Post-SP3 "hotfixes": c'mon Microsoft, this is getting ridiculous
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From: nospam on 11 Sep 2009 22:48 "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:ek3cHBzMKHA.508(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > nospam(a)nospam.invalid.net wrote: >> Is Microsoft sticking to their plan that SP3 will be the last >> service pack for XP? We're up to nearly 100 post-SP3 critical or >> important patches since May 2008. >> >> If they're not willing to qualify another service pack, they should >> at least come up with an unsupported rollup of these updates. > > You mean like the did with Windows 2000? > > Likely will happen - although 100 since SP3 - I think that number is 30-40 (at least) high. Nope. 81 critical OS updates since 5/2008, another dozen for IE, and another 5 or 6 critical updates for optional features. > In any case- if you integrate the patches (as many as you can) into the installation media/use a WSUS server/use imaging in > combination with those - it's not that big of a deal - never has been. When you consider the over 1000 patches included in > Windows XP SP3 - not including SP1a+SP2 inclusion - 60-100... Not that much. ;-) The legwork is already done here, I'm requesting this for others who aren't familiar with slipstreaming or imaging.
From: Shenan Stanley on 11 Sep 2009 22:51
nospam(a)nospam.invalid.net wrote: > The legwork is already done here, I'm requesting this for others > who aren't familiar with slipstreaming or imaging. Better to teach them how to do the thing that always works instead of depending on something that may never come, IMO. ;-) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |