RE: MS Service Packs

From: matt (mdtallon_at_pobox.com)
Date: 06/19/03

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    Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:19:57 -0400
    To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    
    

    Is that to say that you can't just run Windows Update on a fresh
    install and get the needed Service Pack as well as the patches?
    I thought Update was capable of detecting all necessary fixes...

    > Well as far as I know, once you visit windows update,
    > it will only have you install patches that you don't
    > have installed. So I assume once installing SP3 and
    > doing Windows Update, you should have everything.

    >> From my experience Once you' ve installed SP3 you
    >> have to run windows update so that you can get all
    >> the patches starting from when SP3 was released.

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