Windows 2000 SP3

The Cigarette Smoking Man · 31-07-2002 12:44pm #1

Not officially out until tomorrow, but you can download it now:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP3/NT5/EN-US/w2ksp3.exe

Story is here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26460.html

Robbo · 31-07-2002 3:23pm

16:22:27 (752.29 KB/s) - `w2ksp3.exe' saved [130978672/130978672]

Third level education is a wonderful thing

lynchie · 31-07-2002 4:07pm

Can't really beat that but not far off it!!

Haven't installed it yet. Ill wait till tomorrow to do it.

Stephen · 31-07-2002 5:17pm

Jaysus, its a bit big isn't it ?

I think I'll wait till i'm back in college to download that.

Dustaz · 31-07-2002 5:33pm

Any info as to what it actually does? or is it just a release of all the security fixes since sp2?

flamegrill · 31-07-2002 5:53pm

(2.38 MB/s) - `w2ksp3.exe' saved [130978672/130978672]

ph33r :P

sceptre · 31-07-2002 6:52pm

Hmmm, a whole nights downloading. Looks like a trip out to UL in order.

Lawnkiller · 31-07-2002 7:21pm

the whole shebang in 3 mins 27 seconds.

call into college in the morning and pick it up - go on OpenBSD server

daveirl · 31-07-2002 8:11pm

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yellum · 31-07-2002 8:39pm

Aren't you all great with your downloading it in under 3 minutes ? We'll give you a special award at the Boards Awards event, "fastest connection but penis still microscopic "

:rolleyes:

ando · 31-07-2002 8:45pm

124 MB ... FFS.... These sp's are getting unreal. It would be better if they supplied one sp for professional and one for server

ando · 31-07-2002 8:46pm

BTW, yellum.. LOOOOOOOOOOL

funiest signature i've seen in a good while

daveirl · 31-07-2002 10:58pm

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po0k · 01-08-2002 1:59am

/me gives Mord a 10

*Noobles*

TacT · 01-08-2002 10:07am

To translate = I have more bandwidth than you to make up for the small size of my penis

Dustaz · 01-08-2002 11:12am

Enough with the bloody pipe comparisons!!!

Originally posted by Dustaz
Any info as to what it actually does? or is it just a release of all the security fixes since sp2?

well? someone wanna post the readme or are you too busy admiring your large pipes?:)

gurramok · 01-08-2002 12:03pm

Once they leave college and enter the real world of 56k they can kiss goodbye to those fat pipes !!:)

Also is it worth getting !!
What da heck extra does it do over sp2 ??

Hobbes · 01-08-2002 12:07pm

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q320853

bricks · 01-08-2002 8:10pm

Someone quote the figure for the download time on a 56k modem:).

Basically the 124 meg file is for coperates who want all of the stuff together in one handy file. If you wait a few days you can use windowsupdate and it'll let you have only what you need.

MiCr0 · 02-08-2002 12:47am

(@MiCr0|Home): Operating System: /Windows 2000 Professional, Service Pack 3 (5.0 - 2195)\ º Installed: /2K was installed 48wks 6days 5hrs 44mins 42secs ago, to C:\WINDOWS\ º Uptime: /23h 36m 31s\

sceptre · 02-08-2002 1:36am

Originally posted by bricks
Someone quote the figure for the download time on a 56k modem:).

Seems to be giving me an estimate of 6h25 @ 5.5KB/s

Not too bad I suppose

sceptre · 02-08-2002 1:40am

Originally posted by bricks
Basically the 124 meg file is for coperates who want all of the stuff together in one handy file. If you wait a few days you can use windowsupdate and it'll let you have only what you need.

Handy to have the one big file around if
a) you have more than one system
or
b)you ever envisage doing a reinstall and don't want to download the "only what you need" stuff again

Some magazine cover CD will have it in about two months at a guess.

zAbbo · 02-08-2002 2:02am

Downloaded it there myself, havent installed it yet as i`m still looking for the leaked xp_SP

sceptre you`re bound to know someone who has a big juciy net connection to get it for you.

LoGiE · 03-08-2002 12:36pm

SP3 is can be downloaded using the express installer thats up now. It's 22mb for w2kpro which is a little better for those without fast connections. Downloaded and installed no problem

po0k · 04-08-2002 4:57pm

afaik every interim patch now will be titled as SP4, until SP4 itself is released, after whcih every new acth will be called Sp5 and so on...

sceptre · 04-08-2002 6:04pm

Originally posted by SyxPak
afaik every interim patch now will be titled as SP4, until SP4 itself is released, after whcih every new acth will be called Sp5 and so on...

Big move towards persuading people to use windowsupdate regularly rather than a big SP every 18 months then.

Makes sense from a certain perspective - many people only update when there actually is a service pack out. On the other hand, some will think "well, that's service pack 4 installed then, I'm sorted"

Based on Microsoft's record with the never released SP7 for NT, SP4 may never see the light of day in any case (though I suppose on a server level, win2k is still the current product).

Ruaidhri · 07-08-2002 3:37pm

first thing you do after installation is go start/settings/control panel and open automatic updates.disable that little ****er.

Windows 2000 SP3

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