Applying Patches
As explained earlier in this appendix, Microsoft has produced tools to determine service pack and hot fix requirements. You should keep informed of newly released service packs and update your OS as soon as possible. When this book was written, the most recent service pack for Windows 2000 is Service Pack 3; for Windows NT4 Server, it is Service Pack 6a. Microsoft service packs are cumulative, which means that they contain the fixes that were included in previous versions of the service pack plus any new fixes. Hot fixes are released as interim fixes until the next service pack becomes available. In addition to Windows service packs, Security Roll Up Packages are available. These packages are a collection of all the security ...
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