Re: Who needs to install SP2?

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:30:15 +0100

Alias wrote:

>Does it have to be the Administrator or can it be an user with administrator
>priviledges? Or does it matter? I have used my user with admin. priviledges
>for all the other updates.

One with Admin status, not necessarily the reserve Administrator 

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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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