[OPLINTECH] Rollup 1 Update

[James Guilford]

The "Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4" is breaking both Microsoft 
and Non-Microsoft apps around the planet. In our case it caused HP's 
Instant Top Tools for our Win2K Server to run the CPU at 100% all the 
time. Since Top Tools is optional and I didn't use it often, I removed 
the package and things got back to normal. Administrators I've heard 
complaining find all they seemingly need to do is uninstall the Rollup 
and their servers and/or apps are okay again. If you kept your patches 
up-to-date prior to installing the Rollup, you ought to be okay NOT 
installing it.

The OPLIN Tech list and the Library NT list also posted messages about 
PCs with the Rollup installed "freezing" when trying to save a MS Office 
document to diskette. I just saw that here today on a Win2K Pro PC 
trying to save a tiny Excel spreadsheet

It's been a long time since we've heard warnings NOT to install a 
Microsoft patch but this appears to be one to hold off from!

-- J. Guilford

Chris Brose wrote:

> Has anyone had any problems the "Updated Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4"?
>
> Two of our Servers have gone down since this update.  Microsoft hasn't 
> acknowledge this Service Pak is a problem, so there is little 
> information from Microsoft on this subject.
>
> We'll have to rebuild our servers to fix this problem, and I was 
> checking to see if any other Network Admins have dealt with this yet?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Christopher J. Brose
> Network Administrator
> Tiffin-Seneca Public Library
> Voice: 419-447-3751
> Fax:   419-447-3045
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James Guilford, I.T. Manager
Westlake Porter Public Library
http://www.westlakelibrary.org

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