RE: Help with XP Hotfixes and Patches

From: Darren W. MacDonald (darrydoo@aci.on.ca)
Date: 05/30/02 

From: "Darren W. MacDonald" <darrydoo@aci.on.ca>
To: "'Matt'" <btc1@alltel.net>, "'Focus-Ms'" <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 22:14:16 -0400

Matt:

At trade shows and the like, Technet and MSDN conferences, etc. etc.
etc., Microsoft gives away eval copies of software (120-day versions,
etc.) -- almost as bad as AOL it seems sometimes. :-) Try procuring one
of these.

TTYL
Darren

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt [mailto:btc1@alltel.net]
> Sent: May 28, 2002 5:26 PM
> To: Focus-Ms
> Subject: Help with XP Hotfixes and Patches
>
> Hi all
> Here's my story:
>
> I wanted to see how XP looked and decided to give it a test run
>
> I managed to get a evaluation copy Of XP Pro Release Candidate 1
(Build
> 2505) and a spare box with a freshly formatted hard drive.
> After installing I immediately went to Windows Update to try and grab
the
> pile of patches I knew were needed
> I also immediately installed a firewall (Sygate Personal Firewall)
>
> The fun started when I discovered that windows update wouldn't work,
so I
> started poking around to see what was wrong. Fast forward to an hour
> later... I still couldn't get the Critical updates I needed thru
windows
> update so I started manually grabbing them one by one. A slow and
painfull
> process. As I was finishing my third of 22 critical update's I got a
error
> message that says "this Hotfix will only work with Build 2600" or
> something
> similar and several patches and hotfixes I tried after that was the
same
> message "Only works with Build 2600"
>
> So I guess my question is:
> Is it possible to patch this Build I have so I can safely DEMO it and
see
> if
> I like it or am I resigned to a swiss cheese Installation?
> (which I am definitely not enthused about pursuing further ?)
> I have run the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer thru several times
and
> no amount of tweaking by me is gonna plug those holes I have without
the
> patches! So I am thinking this is a lost cause..
>
> I would appreciate all your comments
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Matt

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