Win 2k Service Pack 3

[CXGJarrod]

Originally posted here by shkuey
Service pack three contains XP style reporting to Microsoft. It reports all installed components to microsoft periodically, including serial numbers and licensing information on the MS products.

I'm still examining the packets to find the best way to block it at my firewall without interrupting normal traffic.

Where did you get this info? How does it send this information to Microsoft?

[El Diablo]

Originally posted here by shkuey
Service pack three contains XP style reporting to Microsoft. It reports all installed components to microsoft periodically, including serial numbers and licensing information on the MS products.

I'm still examining the packets to find the best way to block it at my firewall without interrupting normal traffic.

would you mind posting some of these captures? of course removing anything that might be considered sensitive to your company




El Diablo

[HuSh_HuSH]

There was a post about the sending of info to microsoft here

http://www.antionline.com/showthread...0&pagenumber=2

however i did read the EULA and didn't see this anywhere when I installed it. Am I blind?

Also, well a firewall like Zonealarm not tell me when something tries to send info to Microsoft? Like it does when program's try to update themselves?

[shkuey]

The EULA states that Microsoft may check OS version and the version of any installed components (whether this means OS components or generic Microsoft components, I dont know), and install updates at will.

"You acknowledge and agree that Microsoft may automatically check the version of the OS Product and/or its components that you are utilizing and may provide upgrades or fixes to the OS Product that will be automatically downloaded to your computer."

I've watched it do this several times with the automatic update service and also when connected to windows update, and neither of them work without the OS information reaching Microsoft. So you either have to not update your machine, give Microsoft control to install anything they please, or download fixes/patches manually.

[eeshman]

I personally prefer to download the stuff manually. I've always said that if you want something done right, do it yourself.

-the eeshman

[CwnAnnwn]

I have come across a rather surprising issue in SP3. I do not know if it's unique to my implentation, or a bug in the SP, but I have been working with MS for the last several days to get this resolved.

I installed SP3 on all my AD servers. After the update none of my NT4 machines could authenticate against the AD. This killed my member servers, workstations, and the domain trust with our old NT4 domain.

If you are running a trust with an NT4 domain I would recommend not installing SP3 on the Master Browser until you have installed it on another DC and thoroughly verifyed that the NT4 machines can authenticate against that machine. Oh, and don't make my mistake - leave yourself the back door to uninstall the SP... that's been the biggest mistake of my career so far.

[cable]

Hi there,

I've installed service pack 3 on my machine and so far, I haven't encountered any problems, yet.

[aeallison]

Originally posted here by El Diablo
I haven't seen that stat anywhere before either. So I called my friends up at my former employer who, while I won't mention the name, has the largest distributed network in the world (non-military) and asked them if they have had any issues with SP3 in their labs yet.

They have had a couple of small issues, but nothing like a BSoD that kills the machines and requires a format to fix. Most of their stuff has to do with older machines with old hardware. Nothing that is specific at the moment, but they said they would keep me up to date on what they find.

Always fun to have someone like that to call on... I miss that job sometimes.



El Diablo

Do you know or can you find out, if any of the older Compaq Proliant series computers have any issues with SP3? I have seven of these in operation at this time.

[digitalgadfly]

I just wanted let everyone know that I have deployed SP3 on approx. 100 Dell Lattitude C800s, and 50 HP Omniboox XE3s. I have had incurred no troubles. I still have computers out there that need SP3, such as a few Gateways, so if anyone does find some incompatibility issues please let me know. Thank you.

[cheesegoduk]

Yeah my pc seems to be running fine under sp3, If anything it seems to be running better, I think I will stick with windows 2000 and not move to windows xp