That was SP6, not 5... It was the requirement for it to run as local admin to be able to use the network as a service..
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 10:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Upgrade sp3 domain to sp4 or w2k3? > > > If I remember correctly, SP5 killed Lotus Notes, so I wouldn't exactly > call it rock solid. > > On the other hand, maybe it WAS an improvement... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Roger Seielstad > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 10:18 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Upgrade sp3 domain to sp4 or w2k3? > > > "Back in the day..." > > Seriously - the odd numbered NT4 service packs rocked. SP3 was > incredibly stable, SP4 sucked [deleted], SP5 was rock solid. Don't get > me started on SP6 (not 6a, which really should have been called 7....) > > However, Exchange 5.5 was the opposite. Even numbers rocked and odd > numbers sucked... > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Al Lilianstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 9:49 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Upgrade sp3 domain to sp4 or w2k3? > > > > > > joe wrote: > > > > > We are moving from 2KSP3 to K3 directly. Didn't feel the > risk of two > > > > upgrades within a half a year was worth it. Especially with > > many of the > > > horror stories I have heard around SP4 and the fact of the > > even numbered MS > > > SP issue urban legend... > > > > > > > We were laughing about that exact urban legend the other day... > > > > Care to share any of the horror stories? Most of our w2k > > simple servers > > are sp4 and we haven't seen anything that unusual. > > > > al > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al > > Lilianstrom > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:11 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Upgrade sp3 domain to sp4 or w2k3? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > we have a sp3 based domain - 6000 users, 2500 computers, > > empty root, and a > > > single resource domain. Currently looking at upgrading to > > sp4 on the way to > > > Windows 2003. Given our desire to get to w2k3 by fall and > > our own testing > > > methods we're considering going from sp3 to w2k3 directly. > > The Microsoft > > > documentation states that sp3 or later is required to > > upgrade to w2k3 so > > > this "should" work. > > > > > > Any advice/words of wisdom/pitfalls/horror stories/etc > > would be appreciated. > > > > > > tia, al > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Al Lilianstrom > > CD/CSS/CSI > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
