Re: I'm Rolling W2K Back to SP2 - Here's Why!

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sat Sep 21 2002 - 14:45:13 EDT

where is mike ryan when we need him to pop in with a comment re. OS/2 on his
new T30..

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----- Original Message -----
From: "James H. E. Maugham" <CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com>
To: <andres_at_msu.edu>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: RE: I'm Rolling W2K Back to SP2 - Here's Why!

> Steve,
>
> STeve Andre' [mailto:andres_at_msu.edu] wrote:
>
> > The problem with rolling back to SP2 is that you have ensured that you
> > have a dangerous system if on the net.
>
> I know where you're coming from, but the SP2/SP3 W2K security updates are
still
> available on the net without performing the complete upgrade to SP3. To
wit:
>
> DataAccess - Q318203
> Windows 2000
> SP2 - Q282522
> SP3 - Q300845
> Q311967
> Q313450
> Q313829
> Q314147
> Windows Media Player - wm308567
>
> Admittedly, these aren't all the holes in W2K, but my firewall handles
most
> other things.
>
> > I will point out however that you can disable the automatic updates in
> > SP3 by going to the control panel and getting inside the 'automatic
> > updates' control, and disabling it.
>
> But, that doesn't turn off the DRM!
>
> > ThinkPads are an excellent hardware platform for OpenBSD, NetBSD,
> > FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris and OS/2.
>
> I have to admit that the thought of a "rollback" to OS/2 is becoming more
and
> more attractive.
>
> Now, WTH are those WARP CDs? ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
>

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