Not quite perfect
Microsoft has acknowledged some known issues related to SP2. Here are some of the more prominent of those issues:
- Like SP1, SP2 axes BlackICE Defender; a patch for this problem is already available at the Network ICE Web site.
- By design, you cannot install SP2's Adminpak on earlier versions of Windows 2000. The service pack levels of Adminpak and Windows 2000 must be the same.
- SP2 doesn't remove SP1 from the Add/Remove Programs list.
- Norton AntiVirus displays error messages after you install SP2. The solution, and a bit of common sense, is to disable all antivirus software before installing a service pack.
- After installing SP2 on a computer containing an NCR Storage Cabinet array, it can take up to an hour to restart the computer. The file Disk.sys is incompatible with some SCSI devices; Microsoft has a fix available at its Windows 2000 post-SP2 hot fixes page.
Bottom line
On the whole, SP2 leaves behind few stumbling blocks, but it's far from earthshaking. It does what it's supposed to do in the same way that a refrigerator keeps your food cold. In other words, SP2 is something of a yawner--but that's not a bad thing. When you've fixed all the big things, you polish the chrome, and that's exactly what Microsoft has done with the last couple of service packs.
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4. First, do no harm
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