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Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003

Posted by michael on from the security-is-priority-one dept.

mithridate writes "Microsoft has posted the Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate. eWeek has a short review of the service pack. My favorite quote from the article is, 'The company argues that the improvements are important enough that applications should be changed to accommodate them.' I know I still have not installed SP2 because of the problems it causes with SQL Server, I can't wait to see what kind of havoc it causes on the servers..."

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  1. 6 months between updates? by the_truk_stop · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I wait nearly 6 months before I upgrade or apply any patches

    Interesting. On an unrelated note, did you know that the Slammer virus that crippled the internet exploited a flaw for which a patch had been available for nearly 6 months?


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