[DosFreak]

http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP3/NT5/EN-US/w2ksp3.exe English

http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP3/NT5/DE/w2ksp3.exe German

Not official yet, you know the drill.

For those that want to wait. Watch this site:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q260910
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/default.asp

Supposedly the list of SP3 fixes (not up yet as of this typing): http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q320853

SlipStream Thread (integrate SP3 into your 2K CD):
http://www.ntcompatible.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=21978

[Toby]

[clutch]

Nice link either way. I guess I'll have another push via SMS in the near future...

[DosFreak]

The 30+ day future of course.

[Toby]

Just installed it on my machine at home and alive and well

Will give it a go at work on the DC's in our test-domain on monday :)( a large forest with +10000 users with lots of Exchage & SQL-servers. An exact replica of our production enviorment).

/Toby

[Preacher]

So this means that the new AppCompat will finally run? Impressive...

[BladeRunner]

Well my test domain will recieve SP3 tomorrow, considering it's 1:30am here right now I've got no intention of doing anything with it now
My test domain DC, Exchange Server, SQL Server and at least one workstation will have had to have been running this for 30 days without a single issue before it gets rolled out to my live domain.

Oh the fun starts here, the workstation upgrades always come first, then the dreaded servers - please don't let this be like the infamour NT4 SP which killed servers left, right and centre.

[DosFreak]

The bug fixes are up and have been for the past couple of hours.

[DosFreak]

Windows 2000 SP3 Deployment Tools

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/prem_sp3/deploytools.asp

The Windows 2000 Resource Kit Deployment Tools (deploy.cab) assists system administrators in installing Windows 2000 on multiple computers. This file contains updates to the deployment tools and documentation.

http://premierdownload.microsoft.com/dow...DeployTools.exe

Windows 2000 SP3 Support Tools

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/prem_sp3/supporttools.asp

These updated Windows 2000 Support Tools (support.cab) will help support personnel and network administrators better manage their networks and troubleshoot problems.

http://premierdownload.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Tool/SP3/NT5/EN-US/SP3SupportTools.exe

[rgodart]

I followed the slimstream guide word by word. I'm booting with the 4 bootdisks, and the setup gets to de "format c:" part, but after that when windows wants to copy the files to the drive it gives and error.

When i boot frmom the cd the setup runs fine till the end...
Any ideas?

[DosFreak]

Hmmmm,

My bad. Read this thread: http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=12009443&m=9720950925

I'm thinking you don't have the extract.exe which you need to create proper bootdisks.


What's this format c: that you speak of? Are you talking about the 2K equivalent partition setup/format menu of format?

[Titanus]

How did you find the SP3 links Dosfreak? I have searched (for quiet a while...) SP3 downloads and info in Microsoft site as if I did not know they existed and I found nothing! ;(

It seemed to me that you were warned by Bill himself...

[rgodart]

Ok a little more details:

i updated the bootdisk image files using bdup.cmd. (what does extract.exe have to do with that? it's not mentioned in your slipstream guide.)

I created the 4 bootdisks in the windows 2000 command prompt with the makeboot.exe from the updated windows 2000 sp3 cd.

I boot with these 4 disks. When on the 4th disk i get to the partition setup part, i set up my partitions, everything goes well. Then setup formats my c: partition in NTFS, so far so good. But just after the format i get following error:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following value in the .SIF file used by setup is corrupted or missing:

Value 0 on the line in section [sourcedisksfiles] with key "sp3.cab"

Setup cannot continue. To quit setup press F3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[DosFreak]

Yup, that's what it is.

BDUP.CMD uses EXTRACT.EXE to create the images. If your version of extract.exe isn't the same as the one posted at the arstechnica post then the images created will not work. Try downloading the extract.exe from that thread. Place it in your SYSTEM32 directory. Now recreate the images.

Now try the disks.

So you don't have to go through the process of recreating the CD again. Download WinISO. Open up the .ISO that you created with WINISO. Replace the bootdisks in the .ISO with the ones that you created. Now save the .ISO and burn it to CD.


*Connectix VPC helps out greatly when creating CD's creating floppies. You can test .ISO'S & .IMG's without wasting CD's/Floppies/Time.

Quote:

Ok a little more details:

i updated the bootdisk image files using bdup.cmd. (what does extract.exe have to do with that? it's not mentioned in your slipstream guide.)

I created the 4 bootdisks in the windows 2000 command prompt with the makeboot.exe from the updated windows 2000 sp3 cd.

I boot with these 4 disks. When on the 4th disk i get to the partition setup part, i set up my partitions, everything goes well. Then setup formats my c: partition in NTFS, so far so good. But just after the format i get following error:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following value in the .SIF file used by setup is corrupted or missing:

Value 0 on the line in section [sourcedisksfiles] with key "sp3.cab"

Setup cannot continue. To quit setup press F3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[DosFreak]

BSOD news

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4729

Quote:

They said that you have to say "yes" to back up your settings when the SP is first run to avoid potential calamity.

Well whodathunkit. ;(

Sounds like unstable systems to me....

[rgodart]

OK thanks for your quick replies, i will try that and tell you later tonight if it worked.

[DosFreak]

FOUND IT.

DO NOT USE ANY OTHER EXTRACT BUT THIS ONE!

EXTRACT
From Winimage's Site:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/extrac21.zip
ftp://ftp.winimage.com/extrac21.zip

Place the EXTRACT.EXE from the .zip into your SYSTEM32 or add it to your PATH.

This is why BDUP.CMD was not working.

[rgodart]

It still doesn't work. I still get the same error after the format. I tried all your versions of extract... BDUP.CMD works and seems to make the images fine, the floppies work, till the format is finished then i get that darn error...

I did it in vmware (i rulez!! ) this time cuz i'm sick of formatting my computer over and over again

[DosFreak]

Just checked Microsoft Windows Update and noticed that Service Pack 3 was available for download. Looks like it's official.

It's also listed here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q260910

[DosFreak]

Hmmm, gonna check this out tonight because I coulda swore it worked. Compare the files in the SP3 floppy images to the SP2 floppy images. See if there are any differences.