- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Professional x64 Service Pack 2 has released for English and German!
- Posted by Chris Keroack \(MS\) on March 14th, 2007
Windows Serviceability is pleased to announce the broad availability of
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Service Pack 2.
This release includes the following standalone builds of Service Pack 2:
.. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (32-bit x86)
.. Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 for x64 Editions
.. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-based Systems
.. Service Pack 2 for Windows XP Professional, x64 Edition
Service Pack 2 will also be available integrated with the operating system.
Today's release includes editions for English and German. Other languages
will be released in the coming weeks.
You may visit http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sp2.mspx to get
official builds, tools and documentation related to this release. You may
also check back with that website to look for new language releases.
Windows Serviceability
- Posted by Jan Nielsen on March 14th, 2007
Yes, I heard this today - and someone told me you had to uninstall IE7
before installing SP2.
I thought he was joking, but the following MS web page actually states that:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true.
"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."
Is Microsoft joking ??? This can't be true.
How can I make WSUS and/or Automatic Update do that ?
- Posted by Chris Keroack \(MS\) on March 15th, 2007
The release notes on TechNet are going to be changed to address this more
clearly. A better way to phrase this is:
If you wish to uninstall Internet Explorer 7, take note of a common problem
with out-of-order uninstalls.
If you installed IE 7 before installing Windows Server 2003 SP2, and you
wish to uninstall IE7, ensure that you uninstall Windows Server 2003 SP2
first before uninstalling Internet Explorer 7. This will avoid a common
problem with out-of-order uninstalls. For more information, see Microsoft
Knowledge Base article 823386 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823836/).
Note that you do not have to uninstall IE7 in order to install Windows
Server 2003 SP2.
An even simpler way to put it: 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 Windows Update.
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Chris Keroack
Release Program Manager
Windows Sustainability
Microsoft Corporation
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Release Program Manager
Windows Sustainability
Microsoft Corporation
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- Posted by Someone on March 15th, 2007
Thanks, I was just downloading it to one of my servers then saw this post.
Sp2 canceled for now. I'll uninstall IE 7 to save myself headaches....
Thanks !!!!!!
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- Posted by Chris Keroack \(MS\) on March 15th, 2007
IE7 users can upgrade directly to Windows Server 2003 SP2 without
uninstalling IE7 first. There has been some confusion around this point. We
are in the process of updating the release notes to clarify this issue.
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Release Program Manager
Windows Sustainability
Microsoft Corporation
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