[OPLINTECH] Microsoft to Reissue Final Windows 2000 Update

JKENZIG JKENZIG@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us
Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:41:15 -0400


And we were just discussing the Floppy issue here...
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Microsoft to Reissue Final Windows 2000 Update
   Microsoft will release an updated version of Update Rollup 1 for=20
Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4), a consolidated software patch=20
that was supposed to be the last major update to Win2K. The new version=20
of Update Rollup 1 is required because the initial version included=20
"isolated" problems that have affected some Microsoft customers.
   "After the release of Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4, we=20
identified several issues that may occur when you install this update=20
rollup," a Microsoft support bulletin states. "These issues are=20
isolated, and affect few customers ... If you are affected by these=20
issues, we suggest that you do not install Update Rollup 1 for Windows=20
2000 SP4 until the corresponding hotfix is available. We plan to=20
reissue Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 soon." Microsoft also=20
noted that the new version of Update Rollup 1 will include several new=20
hotfixes.=20
   According to Microsoft, the original version of Update Rollup 1=20
adversely affected certain applications from Citrix Systems, Internet=20
Security Systems (ISS), and Sophos. Even Microsoft Office is affected.=20
After installing Update Rollup 1, customers reported that Office=20
applications could no longer save data to floppy disks. You can learn=20
more about the update rollup and the problems Microsoft customers have=20
experienced by reading the Microsoft bulletin.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861