Officially, there is no support for Beta or RC products, as those products are specifically designed for testing the product for final release.
John Tolmachoff IT Manager, Network Engineer RelianceSoft, Inc. Fullerton, CA 92835 www.reliancesoft.com -----Original Message----- From: Matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 11:53 PM To: Security-Basics Subject: Need Help Securing XP Hi all Here's my story: I wanted to see how XP looked and decided to give it a test run I managed to get a evaluation copy Of XP Pro Release Candidate 1 (Build 2505) and a spare box with a freshly formatted hard drive. After installing I immediately went to Windows Update to try and grab the pile of patches I knew were needed I also immediately installed a firewall (Sygate Personal Firewall) The fun started when I discovered that windows update wouldn't work, so I started poking around to see what was wrong. Fast forward to an hour later... I still couldn't get the Critical updates I needed thru windows update so I started manually grabbing them one by one. A slow and painfull process. As I was finishing my third of 22 critical update's I got a error message that says "this Hotfix will only work with Build 2600" or something similar and several patches and hotfixes I tried after that was the same message "Only works with Build 2600" So I guess my question is: Is it possible to patch this Build I have so I can safely DEMO it and see if I like it or am I resigned to a swiss cheese Installation which I am most definitely not enthused about pursuing further ? I have run the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer thru several times and no amount of tweaking by me is gonna plug those holes I have without the patches! So I am thinking this is a lost cause.. I would appreciate all your comments Thanks in advance Matt