Re: post-sp4 updates applied to sp3 machine

From: gene (xgene19_at_yahoo.ca)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:01:47 -0400

Ahh, this is the built in "qchain" functionality, correct? Has this always
been the case for patches released after SP4? (even the early ones?)

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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