Re: Service Pack Sequence

Frank,

I appreciate your comments but i was referring to step one (downloading all
exe files) rather than the download button at the top of the page.
I think i will implement all SPs over the weekend (in order) and hope no
serious problems arise.

Thanks

"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" wrote:

> The problem is that if you click the Download link you only get the first
> file. You need to scroll down to the bottom where all 5 files to be
> downloaded are listed.
>
> --
> Frank McCallister SBS MVP
> COMPUMAC
> "FAM" <FAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:390E0910-652F-43D5-884C-2832DF5687DF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thanks for the quick responses, im getting more confused now as,
> >
> > From what i recall when downloading the patch, the size was roughly 210MB
> > which is the size of "SBS SP1" (Size of file as mentioned in article
> > below)
> > but yet when i go to add/remove programs the only SP1 i see is
> > - "Server 2003 Service Pack 1" (29MB)
> >
> > Yet the patch mentioned below for "Server 2003 Service Pack 1" is 337MB?
> >
> >
> > "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:
> >
> >> Windows update ONLY installs Windows 2003 sp1...you got step one...NOT
> >> step 5.
> >>
> >> FAM wrote:
> >>
> >> >After waiting for SBS SP1 to come out, i went to windows update and
> >> >downloaded/installed the SBS SP1.
> >> >I now realise through the article
> >> >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B6F8A4C0-B707-4161-ADEB-44F1B756119F&displaylang=en
> >> >that there is more than 1 patches that were meant to be implemented
> >> >beforehand, they are,
> >> >
> >> >1) Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
> >> >2) Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 1
> >> >3) Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1
> >> >4) Windows XP SP2 for Client Deployment
> >> >5) Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 1
> >> >
> >> >So I am now at the stage where i have jumped straight to stage five but
> >> >i
> >> >require Exchange SP1 installed?
> >> >
> >> >Is it just a case of installing the Exchange patch or start at step 1?
> >> >Has
> >> >anyone been in a similar predicament?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks in advance
> >> >
> >> >FAM
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> An open letter to the Security Community::
> >> http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/12/12/23540.aspx
> >>
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