Re: Service pack vs critical update

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 06/30/04


Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:13:05 -0700

Thank you for confirming the differences.

E.

>-----Original Message-----
>Service packs are a collection of hotfixes and updates
that are released in
>a single package for ease of administration and
deployment.
>
>Any hotfixes/patches/updates that are released -after- a
Service Pack has
>been released will still need to be installed, since
they were not included
>in the Service Pack release.
>
>So if Windows 2000 Service Pack 5 (disclaimer: there is
no such monster at
>this moment) is released on July 20th, and a hotfix is
released on July
>30th, you would need to install both the latest Service
Pack, as well as any
>subsequent hotfixes.
>
>
>--
>******************************
>Laura E. Hunter - MCSE, MCT, MVP
>Replies to newsgroup only
>
>
>"ezat" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:23f6f01c45ed9$52a31470$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> My question is if I install the latest service pack do
I
>> have to install all the critical patches? On several
>> computers I had SP4 installed and when I run the auto
>> update it recognized some tweny critical updates to be
>> installed. I thought the critical updates are part of
>> service packs. Any information to educate me is
>> appreciated.
>
>
>.
>



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