Re: SP2/SP1

ALRIGHTY THEN!! lol Thanks Les that was a big help, I'll follow the steps
indicated.

Craig

"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Craig,

I don't know how MS could make this any harder, nor do I know how they
could make it easier ;-/.

One cannot refer to SP1 or SP2 or SP<anything> without also including the
full product name that goes along with it.

SBS SP1 includes:

Windows Server 2003 SP1
Exchange SP1
<other stuff>
** Small Buinsess Server SP1

Note the confusion, where SP1 is mentioned several times, and where Small
Business Server SP1 is mentioned twice. If you install Windows Server 2003
SP1 without the rest of the SBS SP1, you break stuff.

There is currently no SP2 for SBS, but there is Windows Server SP2. If you
install Windows Server SP2 on SBS, before installing at least Windows
Server 2003 SP1 *AND* the bit with the two asteriks, you break stuff. Even
*WITH* all of the pre-requisites, you'll probably break stuff with WS SP2,
but the fixes are known.

The best advice I can give is to install service packs in the order that
they were released, skipping nothing unless you have received specific
information that indicates they can be skipped. On that note, you can
safely skip Exchange SP1 and install Exchange SP2 in it's place ;-).

--
Les Connor [SBS MVP]


<stjoe5373@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
On SBS 2003 does SP1 need to be installed before I can install SP2?

Thanks, Craig




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