Re: Why do this to us?

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From: Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP (rmu1_at_columbiaSPAM.SUCKSedu)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 14:55:52 -0400

Gregg Hill wrote:
>
> I know hundreds of users running SP with no problems. Definitely a
> non-issue.
>
> Also, the firewall only protects against outside threats. It's best to be
> fully patched.
>
> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eLwqSxsQEHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Bruce I know very few Corporate\Government users that have put their clients
> at SP4. Most are behind the Corporate firewall so there is no Security risk
> for them. Well it doesn't matter much. With qfecheck it can be determined
> exactly which hotfixes to re-apply. So yes I guess it's a non-issue.
>
> --
> George Hester
> __________________________________
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
> news:OC1KT7rQEHA.3012@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Greetings --
> >
> > Well, the issue _was_ fixed with SP4, which was released quite a
> > while again. It should be a non-issue now.
> >
> > Bruce Chambers
> >
> > --
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> >
> >
> > You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> > having both at once. -- RAH
> >
> >
> > "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:%230Za6LqQEHA.1620@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814510
> >
> > --
> > George Hester
> > __________________________________
> >
> >

Greg, I assume you meant to say SP4. We only have about a dozen servers
here and SP4 left 2 of them in an unusable state, so I definitely
understand why George has stayed at SP3 as we have. 

-- 
Ricardo M. Urbano
Microsoft Windows 2000/NT MVP

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