Allows Ntbackup to connect to a new Exchange 2000 remote store client.

Corrects the issue that prevents error messages when backing up offline information stores on Exchange 2000.

Fixes a problem with Ntbackup.exe truncating Active Directory logs during a system-state backup.

Makes it possible to convert FAT32 to NTFS on IDE drives larger than 20 GB.

Corrects a problem where servers with small SCSI disks appeared to have zero cylinders.

Service Pack 2 offers the following server-centric fixes: Service Pack 2 also includes all of the fixes in Service Pack 1. The service pack’s installation program will check the version of Windows 2000 to which you’re applying the service pack and only install the files that need updating.

Unfortunately, both Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server share a common code base you get all of the fixes whether you need them or not. Service Pack 2 squashed approximately 500 more bugs in all versions of Windows 2000.Īlthough some of the problems fixed address problems on client machines that are running Windows 2000 Professional, many of the patches in this service pack address problems with Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server. Service Pack 1 addressed some of the problems, but it didn’t get them all. Nobody would argue that although Windows 2000 is good, that there isn’t room for improvement. I’ll also tell you how to obtain and install it. In this Daily Feature, I’ll look at some of the server-centric things that Service Pack 2 addresses.

Microsoft recently released Service Pack 2. Because of the inherent instability of new software, many network administrators like to wait until at least two service packs ship before deploying new network operating systems. Even though Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 is more stable than Windows NT 4.0 ever was, there are still little bugs running around in the product waiting to bite you.

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