Agreed, and good advice, but that's why I stated : "The service pack is considered cumulative for all precedents up to published release date ( RTM date ) ..."
Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _____ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: clarification on sp level and patching Just remember if you apply a service pack to a server, without re-applying the post SP updates the fixes you put in place, will be undone when the service pack is applied, therefore I recommend that you script your SP install and re-add the post SP patches again, before rebooting from the service pack update. PS: Qchain.exe in your script is your friend. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + [email protected] Phone:401-639-3505 _____ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: clarification on sp level and patching normally a service pack contains all the hotfixes and security patches since the last service pack release. The service pack is considered cumulative for all precedents up to published release date ( RTM date ) ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
