Microsoft Bulletins
Thursday, June 26, 2003
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 released by
Microsoft
Microsoft has released Service Pack 4 (SP4) for Windows
2000 as a free download or it can be ordered on CD. It has a
collection of fixes that address areas such as security, application
compatibility, operating system reliability, etc. It includes all
of the updates that were included in previous Windows 2000 service
packs. You can get SP4 by going to the Microsoft
web site .
Monday, February 3, 2003
Microsoft releases updated service pack for Windows
XP Home and Professional
Microsoft has released Service Pack 1a (aka
SP1a) for those Windows XP users who have not yet updated to Service
Pack 1. The only difference between SP1a and SP1 is that the
former does not include Microsoft VM, their competitor to Java. If
you already have SP1 installed you do not need SP1a. This update
can be downloaded for free by using the 'Windows Update' feature or by
visiting the Microsoft
web site.
Thursday, August 1, 2002
Microsoft releases 3rd service pack for
Windows 2000
Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows 2000 was released
for download and can also be purchased on CD. This update has a collection of fixes
that cover such areas as system reliability, security, application
compatibility and setup. It includes all of the fixes that were
previously released in SP1 and SP2. This update can be downloaded
by going to the Microsoft
web site.
Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
available
Microsoft has released Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, the
second major update to the Windows 2000 operating system. The
service pack adds no new features to the operating system. It is
solely designed to fix reported issues. Some of things addressed are
support for Ultra-ATA/100, connectivity issues with IEEE-1394 OHCI
controllers, reading CD-R discs created with DirectCD, OpenGL screen
redraws and more. Service Pack 2 can be downloaded via the Internet
or ordered on CD from the Microsoft
web site.
Thursday, March 1, 2001
Microsoft releases digital video update for
DirectX 8.0 and 8.0a
Microsoft has put a DV updater for DirectX 8.0 on the Microsoft
web site.
This update is highly recommended for anyone who has installed DirectX 8.0
(including 8.0a) and is using an OHCI compliant IEEE-1394 card under
Windows 98 SE, Me or 2000. Key features are added PAL support and
better device control under Windows 98 SE and 2000.
Monday,
September 25, 2000
Microsoft releases fix for 64GB hard drive limit under Windows 98
While the FAT32 filesystem allows partitions up to 2
terabytes in size, the fdisk partitioning program in Windows 98 has been
limited to recognizing hard drives up to 64 gigabytes in size. Microsoft has
released a fixed version of fdisk for Windows 98 that now allows the user
to partition drives of 64GB and larger. It does indeed work properly
in recognizing and partitioning the larger drives but will not let you
enter or display drives sizes of 100GB (100,000MB) or larger. Fdisk
only has space for entering five digits so the only way to specify
capacities of 100,000MB or more was to specify the percentage of capacity
instead. For instance, to create a partition of 150GB on a 300GB
RAID you would specify a partition size of 50%. Also, because fdisk
only supports five digits it would not properly display the capacity of
the unit. Fdisk removed the sixth digit from the value and
displayed it at the beginning of the next field. Fdisk is still
limited to less than 32GB under Windows 95 while Windows Me has already been
fixed so that it can handle drives over 64GB. Complete details,
along with links to the updated fdisk, can be found on the Microsoft web
site.
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