Re: [FW1] NT4SP6

[Jon Vandiveer <vandivee@bellsouth.net>]

Ever noticed MS has a problem with EVEN # service pack releases ?

Checkpoint should be releasing SP5 in the next few weeks.....
I was looking through there bug fix/tracker on their web site and it referenced SP5
as fixing a few problems, must be in beta.

"Jim Noble (INFO1)" wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Windows NTBugtraq Mailing List
> [mailto:NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM] On Behalf Of Russ
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 8:48 PM
> To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
> Subject: Alert: SP6a - Not yet!...but...
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> Last week I told you that SP6a was available. This was based on the
> fact that the SP6 download page stated SP6a (still does), I knew MS
> was replacing SP6, and discussions about it being available seemed to
> be confirmed.
>
> Now I'm told by Microsoft that SP6a *has not yet been released*,
> despite what the web pages say. This has also been confirmed
> independently.
>
> I have had reports from people who ordered the SP6 CD and when they
> received it, were told by the MS fulfillment group that they had been
> sent SP6a. I have another report that indicates if you order the SP6a
> CD today, the expected shipping date is 12/27/99.
>
> Go figure.
>
> I'm honestly as confused as the rest of you, or more so, given I
> created all of this confusion in the first place. I wish I could just
> say that my original recommendation, to avoid the download and wait
> for the CD, was made for this reason...but I don't think I'd get away
> with that...;-]
>
> MS has just confirmed to me that SP6a, the *real one*, is in the
> process of being pushed out to their web points as I write this
> message. When I get confirmation its really there, and I've downloaded
> it and compared it to the SP6 versions, I send another note to the
> list.
>
> ...what a tangled web I can weave, eh...;-[
>
> Cheers,
> Russ - NTBugtraq Editor
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