Windows 2003 SP1 has been retired, so you are not up to the latest updates, you need to move to Windows 2003 SP2, to be supported and for the system to be available for further patching. Trust me I know this the hard way has I upgrade my SP1 systems (thank god I only have a few left).
BTW: Your colleague is "dead" wrong... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 ________________________________ From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: clarification on sp level and patching I think it's valid to say that it's a fully patched SP1 system. Without the SP qualifier, the statement might be somewhat ambiguous. If someone asks, "Does this have all the latest patches", then "No" is a valid answer, if there is a subsequent service pack that can be installed. -ASB http://Home.ASBzone.com/ASB/ On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Christopher Bodnar <christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote: Got a question, If a machine is not at the latest SP level, say for example a server is at W2K3 SP1, but it has all the critical updates for SP1 applied, is that machine considered "patched" for critical updates? It has always been my impression that it is not. My reasoning is that it's missing all the critical patches that are included in the latest SP ( SP2 in this case) and all the post SP updates. My colleague disagrees and says that as long as it has the latest updates for its SP level it's fully patched. Can someone clarify this for me? Thank you, Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
