Can
any tools identify whether a system is missing
important service packs? |
I discussed CmdInfo, a freeware utility (available
at http://www.savilltech.com/cmdinfo.html)
that you can use to test whether a hotfix is installed
on local and remote machines. Recently, Microsoft released
a new tool, hfnetchk, that communicates with a constantly
updated list of hotfixes stored on the Microsoft Web
site and can determine whether your system is missing
any critical fixes. You can use hfnetchk to scan one
computer, a group of computers, or a whole domain. See
Microsoft
article Q303215 for further information.
You can download hfnetchk from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=31154.
Here is a sample execution:
windows service pack
windows service packs
D:\temp>hfnetchk -i 200.200.200.1
Microsoft Network Security Hotfix Checker, 3.1
Developed for Microsoft by Shavlik Technologies, LLC
info@shavlik.com (www.shavlik.com)
** Attempting to download the XML from
http://download.microsoft.com/download/x
ml/security/1.0/NT5/EN-US/mssecure.cab. **
** File was successfully downloaded. **
** Attempting to load D:\temp\mssecure.xml. **
Using XML data version = 1.0.1.137 Last modified on 8/21/2001.
Scanning 200.200.200.1
Done scanning 200.200.200.1
----------------------------
200.200.200.1
----------------------------
WINDOWS 2000 ADVANCED SERVER SP2
Patch NOT Found MS00-077 Q299796
Patch NOT Found MS00-079 Q276471
Patch NOT Found MS01-007 Q285851
Patch NOT Found MS01-013 Q285156
WARNING MS01-022 Q296441
Patch NOT Found MS01-025 Q296185
Patch NOT Found MS01-031 Q299553
Patch NOT Found MS01-036 Q299687
Patch NOT Found MS01-037 Q302755
Patch NOT Found MS01-040 Q292435
Patch NOT Found MS01-041 Q298012
Patch NOT Found MS01-043 Q303984
Patch NOT Found MS01-046 Q252795
Internet Information Services 5.0
Patch NOT Found MS01-025 Q296185
Patch NOT Found MS01-044 Q301625
Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1
Patch NOT Found MS00-093 Q279328
Patch NOT Found MS01-015 Q286043
SQL Server 2000 Gold
WARNING MS00-092 Q280380
WARNING MS01-032 Q299717
WARNING MS01-041 Q298012
It's important to note that Microsoft now offers several
utilities to analyze your machine, including
It's best to use all of these resources to ensure your
system is up-to-date.
How
can I uninstall a Windows 2000 service pack? |
One of the great points of Windows 2000 service packs
are the improvements in the uninstall area and to
uninstall from the GUI perform the following:
- Start the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet
(Start - Settings - Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs)
- Select Windows 2000 SP1 (for example, works with
all versions)
- Click Change/Remove
- Follow the instructions and reboot as needed
To uninstall from the command line perform the following:
- Open a command prompt (cmd.exe)
- Move to %systemroot%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst
- Run spuninstl.exe
- Close the command prompt by typing exit
- Follow the instructions
How do I create a bootable
Windows 2000 CD-ROM with a service pack slipstreamed?
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Win2K introduced to service packs the slipstream
ability, which lets you apply a service pack to a
Win2K installation distribution point so that any
clients you instal from that location automatically
have the service pack applied. Without much more effort,
you can burn this slipstreamed installation to a CD-ROM
to enable Win2K installs from a bootable CD-ROM.
- Copy the entire structure of the Win2K CD-ROM
to a folder on your local disk (e.g., c:\temp\win2000pro).
- Slipstream the service pack to this installation
point (you must point to the root of the CD-ROM's
COPIED location and not to the I386 folder-e.g.,
c:\win2ksp2\i386\update\update -s:c:\temp\win2000pro.)
- The installation point will now have the service
pack applied, and the root will include a couple
of extra files; the important file is the one that
indicates that the service pack is installed. This
is an empty file with a name of cdrom_sp.tst if
Service Pack 1 (SP1) is slipstreamed or cdromsp2.tst
if SP2 is slipstreamed.
- Other important files that should be in the root
of the distribution area are listed below:
- CDROM_NT.5-Identifier indicating that the
CD-ROM contains Windows NT 5.0 (i.e., Win2K)
- CDROM_IP.5-Identifier indicating that the
CD-ROM contains the professional version
- CDROM_IS.5-Identifier indicating that the
CD-ROM contains the server version
- CDROM_IA.5-Identifier indicating that the
CD-ROM contains the advanced server version
- Create the CD-ROM.
- You need the boot sector for the CD-ROM.
- You should then burn the CD-ROM (see the FAQ mentioned
in the previous step). Steps 8 through 18 are the
steps you would perform if you use Adaptec's Easy
CD Creator.
- Start Easy CD Creator.
- From the File menu, select New CD Project, Bootable
CD.
- For the boot settings, set the emulation to No
Emulation, Load Segment to 0x7c0, and Sector Count
to 4. Click Browse, and select the boot image (e.g.,
w2kcdbt.bin). Click OK.
- Add all the files in the Win2K folder to the CD-ROM
folder (so CDROM_NT.5, etc. will be at the root
of the CD-ROM).
- Right-click the root of the CD-ROM, and select
Properties.
- Change the volume label to W2PFPP_EN for Win2K
Professional, W2SFPP_EN for Win2K Server, and W2AFPP_EN
for Win2K Advanced Server.
- Change the File System to ISO9660.
- Click OK.
- Click Record.
- Under Record Method, select Finalize CD, and under
Record Options, select Record CD. Click Start Recording.
- When the recording is complete, remove the CD-ROM.
You can delete the temporary Win2K local folder.
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