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Is there an SP3 for Win 2K?

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grrl

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I have heard there is a third service pack available for Win 2K, but there is nothing on MS's site.

I also heard this one will require a password. Anyone know about this?
 
It won't be out until late summer. There is a beta version of it floating around. If you want it, do a search in here - it was discussed with a link to it a day or two ago.


I'm not that brave. 🙂
 
Thanks, I'm not that brave either. I'll wait till the summer.

Edit - no link on the archived message.
 
I am currently in the SP3 Beat program and it will be probably later than September that you see it finally get out to the public.
Kind of sucks cause it seems to fix a few things I had issues with. 🙂
 
Could someone post here a link to where the beta can be downloaded from? I recently reverted back to using 2000 from XP and am interested in SP3. Not that I am having any problems with it the way it is now 😀
 
Any SP3 you get from here isnt "legal" or supposed to be handed out.

Try Google allot of people got links form there. 😉
 
I got a link from Google, but the beta I downloaded was password protected? What am I supposed to do?
 
<<does SP3 add any extra features like product activation?>>

Definitely not product activation..


edited for clarification

 
What is the deal with the password? Did the person you got this from not supply it? As for it being illegal I do not understand that. It just wouldn't be official.


Just found the official ms ftp which contains all 679 fixes which will be included in the SP3 soon to be available as a single download on the MS update pages. 679 bug fixes!!!!!!!! Thats insane!!!!!!!! I don't know if I want to download all that shtuff and then go through and install each and everyone of them one at a time!!! Prolly better off waiting for the all in one release ehh. Or not 😀
 
Do people not read?

I said many posts ago that the link is in this thread.
The SP is just a roll-up of all the individual fixes that can already be downloaded.

However, beta Microsoft service packs should be avoided in my opinion. Do any of your remember NT4 SP2 that killed almost EVERY server running that installed it? Do you remember that it was pulled from distribution within a week of being released? Do you remember that NT4 SP4 caused many problems as well and it was pulled eventually as well?

Do we not remember that because of these disasterous service packs that Microsoft implemented a 'beta' program for SP's for the first time?




 
Actually SP3 is supposed to be adding some new features to Windows 2000.
It isnt supposed to be just a rollup of fixes from microsoft, it addresses some other issues as well.
One such addition is in the final release an X-client is to be added to it so that Rapid Re-keying for wireless can be done like in Windows XP.
I know more support for wireless was one intention, wether or not that will happen is a whole other battle.

Here is a list of the current "What is fixed" list.
Windows 2000 SP3 Bug Fix List as of Build 3.051

 
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