Re: Questions about Win2k3 SP2

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Hi gerry -

#1 - If you do not have R2 installed on the machine, SP2 will not lay down R2. If you have R2, then SP2 will update the R2 components with the latest Sp2 bits.
#2 - To be more specific, If you are using a slip stream or a full product build to upgrade to SP2, certain applications and components (such as Internet Explorer® 7 and Windows .NET Framework 2.0) do not function properly. If any applications or components stop functioning, you may need to reinstall them. If you upgrade using update.exe, you will not encounter this problem. Most people upgrade using update.exe from the Download Center, or from Windows Update.
#3 - You do not need to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 in order to uninstall Windows Server 2003 SP2. I apologize for any confusion this point caused. I'm getting the documentation updated to be more specific. This note is just about scenarios where users with to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 after SP2 install. If you want to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 after installing Windows Server 2003 SP2, you must uninstall the components in the correct order.To uninstall Internet Explorer 7, first uninstall Windows Server 2003 SP2, and then uninstall Internet Explorer 7. For more information, see article 823836 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.


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"Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ulgBmOjZHHA.1388@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I starated reading the notes about Win2k3 SP2 and some things are confusing.

Here are my questions:

1. It says it "supersedes" the R2 release of Win2k3, does this mean it will
put all the R2 components onto the Win2k3 SP1 server? The confusion is that
the "CD-ROM" version of SP2 says you have to run the R2 components as a
separate update? Here is the link, scroll down to where it says "Note".

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sp2/overview.mspx

2. It says in the release notes, "If you are installing SP2 on a computer
running SP1, to ensure that certain applications and components (such as
Internet Explorer® 7 and Windows .NET Framework 2.0) function properly,
install SP2 by using Update.exe. You can obtain Update.exe from the
Microsoft Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=85446 ). "

What does that mean? The link doesn't even take you to "Update.exe", and how
does WindowsUpdate get round this?

3. It then says in the release notes, "If you installed Internet Explorer 7
after installing Windows Server 2003 SP1, you must uninstall Internet
Explorer 7 before you install Windows Server 2003 SP2."

But that would mean 3 reboots?? Uninstall IE7, Install SP2, Reinstall IE7
(unless it's in SP2?)

Again, how does WindowsUpdate cope with this?

Thanks for any help.

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Gerry Hickman - (London UK)



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