Re: post-sp4 updates applied to sp3 machine
From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 01/17/05
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:18:04 +0100
gene wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have several machines that run Windows 2000 sp3, we have been applying
> hotfixes as they are released for the past couple of years, meaning that all
> "post-sp4" patches have been applied to these sp3 machines...Now my client
> wants to upgrade these machines to Windows 2000 sp4. Would they need to
> reapply all post-sp4 hotfixes afterwards...
No, you don't need to do that.
>
> If not, why?
>
> ->Also what do the patches check for to see if they have already been
> applied or not (file versions?, registry keys? other...)
Updates using update.exe (most updates do) doesn't really check if it
has already been applied, it just goes ahead and installs the update,
but it will version handle the files in the package when copying them,
so it will not overwrite same version or newer version files.
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