Re: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 04/06/05

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    Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:52:29 -0700
To: Wes DiBlasi <wdiblasi@hitechpharm.com>

    Excuse me... but if you have too much going on to call Microsoft...why
    apply the SP now? Why not wait until you have time to handle issues?

    Susan

    Wes DiBlasi wrote:

    >I did not call Microsoft.. To much going on. I have two DC's, the first
    >applied correctly. It servers as a sec wins and sec dns. It was not picking
    >up the extra traffic to efficiently so I was dealing with that.
    >The DC that crashed is my primary wins dns, nothing else. Clean install of
    >2K3 around 3 months ago. No real reason that I could see. The box is up now
    >off of backup so its all over now. I did not apply the SP again and will
    >send any findings -
    >
    >Wes
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Depp, Dennis M. [mailto:deppdm@ornl.gov]
    >Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 2:25 PM
    >To: Wes DiBlasi; Thor (Hammer of God); Thaddeus McNamara;
    >focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    >Subject: RE: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
    >
    >Did you call Microsoft? Did they have any imput into the cause of the
    >crash? Are you running anything extra on your domain controller?
    >
    >Dennis
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Wes DiBlasi [mailto:wdiblasi@hitechpharm.com]
    >Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:59 PM
    >To: 'Thor (Hammer of God)'; 'Thaddeus McNamara';
    >focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    >Subject: RE: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
    >
    >Had no troubles on all but 1. Crashed my DC last night. Registry was
    >unable
    >to load after restarting. Blue screens........ Installed same SP (all
    >off of
    >network) to each machine not using WU or any deployment system. Not to
    >happy
    >about crashing my Domain Controller.
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Thor (Hammer of God) [mailto:thor@hammerofgod.com]
    >Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 2:54 PM
    >To: Thaddeus McNamara; focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    >Subject: Re: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
    >
    >Tested on several development systems (SQL, Ex2k3, ISA, etc) installed
    >via
    >.exe and WU with no issues. Scheduled to roll out to production over
    >next 2
    >
    >days.
    >
    >t
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    >
    >----- Original Message -----
    >From: "Thaddeus McNamara" <tk@coast-radio.com>
    >To: <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
    >Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 12:54 PM
    >Subject: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
    >
    >
    >Has anyone had time to install and test the new Windows Server 2003
    >Service Pack 1? I haven't seen or heard much of anything on it... But,
    >I have been a smidge on the BUSY side...
    >
    >Thadd McNamara
    >Coast Radio Co., Inc.
    >IT Director
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