Windows 2003 Server SP2 Is Out

[jlbenedict]

Just realized SP2 for Windows Server 2003 was released today. This SP2 also is good for Windows XP x64 edition, so that should be a welcome sign.

Windows Server 2003 SP2

 

[networkman]

Sweet! 😀

 

[Genx87]

Refrsh of WSUS shows it there, time to push it out to a test server and see how it goes 😀

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: Genx87
Refrsh of WSUS shows it there, time to push it out to a test server and see how it goes 😀

:thumbsup: Yep - installing on my test server now

 

[Schadenfroh]

cant seem to slipstream the x64 offline update into my xp pro 64 (yes, I downloaded the xp pro 64bit edition offline service pack and extracted it).

What is the slash command, says that update.exe is not a valid windows application:

E:\SP2\amd64\update\update.exe -s:E:\Windows

tried the /s as well, no go

 

[BucNews]

Installed it on one production server of low value today... will see how it goes.

 

[Brentx]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
cant seem to slipstream the x64 offline update into my xp pro 64 (yes, I downloaded the xp pro 64bit edition offline service pack and extracted it).

What is the slash command, says that update.exe is not a valid windows application:

E:\SP2\amd64\update\update.exe -s:E:\Windows

tried the /s as well, no go

Are you doing this from a 64bit enviroment or 32bit? If it is from a 32bit, it will not work, as the executable is not a valid Win32 application, since it was written for x64.

 

[spyordie007]

I've got it running on most servers in my lab now (deployed via WSUS). A good update to have, has some good features like the scalable networking pack built-in :thumbsup:

 

[RebateMonger]

Most of the SBS world is waiting for a bit....except on test Servers.

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
Most of the SBS world is waiting for a bit....except on test Servers.

I would too, considering the number of interdependent components in SBS it's got to be hard to ensure quality.

The good news is that the SP can *almost* always be uninstalled in the event that you run into issues.

Erik

 

[owensdj]

Does anyone have the MD5 sum for the SP2 x86 ISO image? I'd like to check the integrity of the ISO I downloaded from Microsoft. For some reason Microsoft doesn't provide any checksum that I can find.