QChain obsolete?

From: Evan Mann (emann@questinc.org)
Date: 08/05/02 

From: Evan Mann <emann@questinc.org>
To: "'focus-ms@securityfocus.com'" <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:03:33 -0400

I pulled this off Citrix THIN List and have not had oppurtunity to research
more, but it's very interesting information:

This is taken directly from the Hotfix Installation and Deployment Guide
available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp3/hfdeploy.htm
(Link may wrap)

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Hotfix chaining during update installations is supported in Windows 2000.
Qchain.exe is a utility that enables you to install multiple hotfixes
without having to restart your computer after each one is installed. If
multiple hotfixes replace the same file, Qchain.exe ensures that the correct
version is installed. Windows 2000 SP3 and all post-SP3 hotfixes have
Qchain.exe functionality built in. You can install SP3 and then install any
number of post-SP3 hotfixes without having to restart the computer in
between. To determine whether a given hotfix was released after SP3,
download the hotfix and check the naming convention used. All post-SP3
hotfixes use the following naming convention:

Q######_W2K_SP4_x86_en.exe

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