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Microsoft Releases SP4 for Windows 2000

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the eye-patch-you-patch-we-all-patch dept.

Snake_Plisken writes "I checked Windows Update today on a lark and found that Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 has been released." You can read a short CNet article discussing the media player patches as well as one more about the fixes in SP4.

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  1. Re:Any "hidden" patch? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Lovely mess with SP1 for Windows XP? I didn't have any problem.

    If I were you, I would start trusting Microsoft. Although they have had a bad reputation for security, Slashdot has run many articles on their efforts in training their workforce to be more security conscience.

    I believe that Windows is very secure nowadays, at least as much as Linux. One nice thing about MS products is that security patches are much easier to install! No troll, just the straight truth.

  2. Re:Wait a second by ncc74656 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I allready migrated my domain server to Windows XP. I can recommend it.

    Whatever you say, troll. Maybe you can also tell me which way the egg rolls off the henhouse when the rooster sitting on top of it lays an egg.

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  3. Re:/. Minor Versions? by anshil · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Relevance is a relative field. It is not definined by the number of CPUs that run these.

    Most CPUs on the world do not have any OS at all.
    If the whole world would be runned by a central computer, would it's OS be relevant if it only runs on a single box? etc. etc.

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  4. You're the idiot. by BoomerSooner · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I guess you don't have any hardware that needs drivers.

  5. Re:Wait a second by ncc74656 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I allready migrated my domain server to Windows XP. I can recommend it.

    Whatever you say, troll.

    To the clueless moderator who marked this reply as flamebait:

    Windows XP [Home|Professional] is a desktop/workstation OS. It is not a server OS. Unlike WinNT and Win2K, there was never a server version of WinXP. It will not function as a domain controller. (Hell, WinXP Home won't even log into a domain.) There's Windows Server 2003 now, but it's not XP-anything.

    Fscking clueless idiot mods...

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  6. MS beats Apple with patches by mslinux · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    W2K came out in 1999. There have been 4 major SvcPacks released for it that contain bug fixes and added features (all at no charge).

    Apple release OS X in 2001. First it was 10.0, then it was 10.1, then 10.2, and now 10.3 Each point release costed around $150. And, OS X just *really* reached a stable, useable condition around late 10.1 or early 10.2

    So, MS wins this category too. Now, let's compare market share...