I got provisioning techs asking me about installing Windows 2003 SP1. When the heck did SP1 go release? How is it that I don’t have any messages about this in my NTBUGTRAQ folder? I depend on Russ Cooper to keep me on top of these things. Where the hell is Russ?!
A 330MB freaking Service Pack… My Windows 2000 Server ISO is only 404MB! Microsoft is so on my shit list now. I thought that after the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack debacles that Microsoft promised us they would never again put major new functionality into an SP. Isn’t that why there are rainbows in the sky? To remind us…
It should probably take me a month to test all of the hardware and software we deploy for customers. I have to condense that into however long it takes for SP1 to show up on Windows Update, which is when the bulk of our customers will start installing it. That gives me until what, Tuesday?
Suddenly a UPS failure sounds like a mighty nice problem to have…
Yeah, that did kind of sneak out the door, didn’t it.
I’ve read that the reason it’s so huge is that they recompiled every binary in the OS with a flag that’s supposed to do something to prevent buffer exploits. So with SP1, you’re basically replacing every single Win2003 binary on your system. Not like that’s going to be a nightmare…
Josh Bancroft
http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com
And it’s already up on Windows Update. !@#$!%^#.
And, seriously, where the hell is Russ Cooper?