Re: NT 4.0 Option Pack on NT 4 SP 6

From: Todd J Heron (todd_heron_no_spam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:05:50 -0400

Ignore the error and continue to install SP6a. This is a known issue. They
developed PWS and tested it on SP3 at the time and not SP4 or greater (b/c
they weren't out yet) and that's why you get that error message.

BTW, A lot of people were posting this question back in 1999 when they first
started encountering it. :) 

-- 
Todd J Heron, MCSE
Windows 2003/2000/NT
"Greg Stigers" <Greg Stigers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:095F4730-7625-48B4-810C-C5B3BA2D1CBE@microsoft.com...
> At work, we have been tasked with bringing up vendor-provided software,
which
> provides a web front-end to allow customers to lookup data from a legacy
> server. The system chosen for this web frontend, at least for initial
> testing, is running NT 4, as it is in the DMZ and has the two properly
> configured NICs. We took the time and trouble to update IE, and to run
> Windows Update until we had all the critical updates. It also has Peer Web
> Services, which does not appear to support the required FPX or ASPs.
>
> When I go to install NT 4.0 Option Pack, it informs me that "Setup
detected
> that Windows NT 4.0 SP4 or greater is installed on your machine. We
haven't
> tested this product on SP4. Do you wish to proceed?
>
> What a fascinating question! Preliminary research seems to indicate that
SP6
> updates this NT 4.0 Option Pack. Presumably, either Windows Update will
pick
> up on the need to reapply SP6 and any hotfixes, or I can rerun SP6
manually.
> But I am confident that readers of this newsgroup already know the answer
to
> this.
>
> And I will make the case that the right thing to do is add a second NIC to
a
> hardened 2003 Server, before exposing this system to the world at large.
>
> Please copy me on your replies at gregstigers+iis at spamcop dot net.
Thanks.
>
> Greg Stigers, MCSA

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