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Service Pack 2 - What, Where and Should you 3

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bcastner

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A very special thanks to forum member and BroadBandReports Mod Mseng for the following links:


"Hey Bill, do you really expect me to read all of this?"

Well, yes.

Thanks again to MSeng.
 
I very nice collection Bill, I can see us using these quite a lot in the upcoming months.

Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators
 
I just hope somebody besides me reads them all.

Apologies, somebody beside gpamler711 and me reads them all.

 
Apologies
somebody besides gpamler711 and I read them all.



 
Nice set of links Bill, cheers. I'll add one into the fray that may be of use to some, for how to Slipstream SP2 into a Win XP CD:-


Regards
Ken...............

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Ken,

I am a huge fan of the MFSN site.
Thank you for the link.

I suspect for Tek-tips XP Forum I will write a very specific "How to" create a slipstreamed Service Pack 2 bootable CD, and the more sites I can borrow or link to with screenshots, the better I hope the thread will be.

(And now I owe you twice)
 
Hi Bill - The bit I did think was missing on that site, (for numptys like me anyway), was how to determine what a 'network install' package is and how to differentiate between a Non-network install pack:-

From the link:-

Prerequisites:

The latest "Network Install" Service Pack for one of the above Operating Systems

I have SP2, and assume it is the same as the one quoted in the article, but wouldn't have the faintest idea how to check.

Regards
Ken................

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On Monday on this site I will have I hope a detailed "How to" create a bootable CD with Service Pack 2.

The hard part in the past was to explain to Nero, ..etc. users how to configure their burning software.

To heck with that, I am going to take the aproach of Bart's PE and support a Microsoft ISO burning tool, freeware, that should do the job:
 
Ken,
The "Network install" is simply a complete download of the service pack.

I discussed this earlier:

thread895076
thread895063

Without question a slipstream would require this version, rather than any other version.

You do not have to have any network to use this; the "Network install" is so named because those Administrators on a network want to download a single copy once, and choose how to distribute it to multiple users.

You can imagine the horror of 10,000 networked users all getting hit with the Windows Update service at the same time.

So Microsoft packages its service pack and hotfixes so the network administrator only needs to download the patch once. The network admin can they delploy this single copy to all of the network users.

Bill


 
Darn it.

I discussed this earlier:
thread779-895076
thread779-895063

 
Sheesh,
My second link above should have been:
thread779-895863
 
Last *bump*
And Wow.

I guess all of have have figured out by now that bcastner recommends updating to Service Pack 2?

Best wishest to all,
Bill
 
Bill,

Thanks for the book full of links! I mostly remain concerned with our 2000 and 2003 servers, but the roll out of XP SP2 in my work environment will certainly touch my desk a few times.

Off to work the scheduled changes for the night, then I'll get back to reading the list of links.

It is too bad this forum doesn't allow a topic to be "sticky" for a while. You will have to compile all this into a FAQ we can link to. :)

Nathan aka: zaz (zaznet)
zaz@zaz.net
 
Apologies
somebody besides gpamler711 and I read them all.
Click to expand...

I think you were right first time. What I was taught was that you should eliminate the other person and then see if 'me' or 'I' sounded right.

Thanks for the links, regardless. Me will find them very useful when me comes to install the new pack at home.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia)
 
I am not done it seems (I promise this is the last time):

New Documentation

For the RTM of Windows XP Service Pack 2, the following content was created:

White papers:

Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2

Using the Windows Firewall INF File in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
(authored by AaronCu)

Troubleshooting Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

TechNet Cable Guy articles:

August 2004 - Wireless LAN Enhancements in Windows XP Service Pack 2

June 2004 - The New Wireless Network Setup Wizard in Windows XP Service Pack 2

May 2004 - Network Determination Behavior for Network-Related Group Policy Settings

February 2004 - Manually Configuring Windows Firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2

January 2004 - New Networking Features in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Updated Documentation

The following content had major revisions:

Windows XP Wireless Deployment Technology and Component Overview

Configuring Windows XP IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks for the Home and Small Business

The following content had minor revisions:

Enterprise Deployment of Secure 802.11 Networks Using Microsoft Windows

Troubleshooting Windows XP IEEE 802.11 Wireless Access

IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Security with Windows XP

Ad Hoc Internet Sharing with Microsoft Windows XP
(-b372-8404eeb7f41a&DisplayLang=en)

Obtaining and Installing a VeriSign WLAN Server Certificate for PEAP-MS-CHAP
v2 Wireless Authentication
-bd97-139afc60996b&DisplayLang=en

Computer Browsing on SOHO Networks with Microsoft Windows
-8e35-38251e1349f6&displaylang=en

Troubleshooting Computer Browsing on SOHO Networks with Microsoft Windows
-b1e4-d629028554e4&displaylang=en

IPv6 Transition Technologies

Teredo Overview

Updates to Understanding IPv6
-8300-7bcf900de5c3&DisplayLang=en

Introduction to Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking

Windows XP IPv6 FAQ

Windows Server 2003 IPv6 FAQ

Internet Connection Firewall Feature Overview

Troubleshooting Internet Connection Firewall on Microsoft Windows XP
-b74b-97c2fc44e08b&DisplayLang=en

Troubleshooting File and Printer Sharing in Microsoft Windows XP
-a632-076f98a351a2&DisplayLang=en

Troubleshooting Internet Connection Sharing on Microsoft Windows XP
-ae67-cac31ccd7bc9&DisplayLang=en

Home and Small Office Network Topologies

Using Group Policy Settings with Windows XP Home Networking Features

And the following TechNet Cable Guy articles and pages had minor revisions:

 
Bill, you've got too much time on your hands !

[thumbsup]
 
Note: you may have an issue with some of the links above. Just tediosly retype the hyperlink information if IE does not resolve the link.

Apologies.

Second issue, I wanted to thank Joseph Davies, Microsoft, for assembling these links.
 
MarkhP,

Actually I do not. I just have access to resources where they have too much time on their hands.
 
Unfortunately it looks like I need a lot of spare time and an additional cert or possibly degree in order to just BE READY to install SP2, much less be able to support it across my network.

With things "breaking" and "not working" and "behaving differently", it sounds like the patch is more work for admins. I don't know what kind of nightmares this is going to cause for home users like my mother.

Reformatting and going back to W2K sounds easier than patching at this point. Yes I'm grumpy so please accept my apologies, but this patch doesn't sound like much of a solution.

I'm going to sacrifice one of my desktops that isn't used for much and try the patch.

This wasn't the week to quit smoking...
 
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