Re: KB?????? - Q?????? - What's the different?

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/20/03 

Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:50:26 -0700

The KB article number, which used to have a Q prefix, now has none. It's
OK to refer to it as KBnnnnnn, but all the URL references should just
have six digits, no "KB" and no longer any "Q". 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
"Alan J. McFarlane" <alanjmcf@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:z3p0b.16158$yl6.300@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net...
> Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@whissi.de> wrote:
>
> > Duncan McNutt .[FTSE] <pitmaster@127.0.0.701> wrote:
> >> "Thomas Deutschmann" <whissi@whissi.de> wrote in message
> >> news:0cd501c36646$e66a83f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>
>
> >>> I just want to know, what is the different between
> >>> KB?????? files and Q?????? files.
> >>> Any informations for me?
> >>>
> >> KB = knowledge base
> >> Q = quick fix (from QFE teams - Quick Fix Engineers)
> >>
> > Thx
> >
> I think that he's playing games with you, I don't agree with his
answer
> anyway.  KB is just a newer way of 'numbering' Knowledge Base
articles, that
> for us English (en-us) speakers used to numbered with Q e.g. Q123456
is the
> same article as KB123456 etc etc.  See "Upcoming Changes to Knowledge
Base
> (KB) Articles" at
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbnumb
>
> QFE is a separate signifier with the meaning given to Q above.  It
often is
> used when a patch is available prior to its inclusion in a Service
Pack.
> -- 
> Alan J. McFarlane
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alanjmcf/
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