Hi guys,

Update list from you guys and others who have emailed me.

I have found so far the following bugs with this service pack. This is compiled from friends' feedback and my own. Anyone else?? Please add here.

Warning!!!!!! - Now advise do not install SP3

Last updated (02/09/02)

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1. Problem: Application popup: Explorer.EXE - Application Error : The
instruction at "0x77fcb8f4" referenced memory
at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "written".
---> System will crash after doing this more frequently until it no longer
boots.
---> Serious problem as of 302 emails thus far about this problem!!)

Solution1: Format and reinstall Windows 2000 SP2 (do not use SP3)

** DIRECTX GAMES ALSO LOOK HERE:

Solution2: - Create two new directories called "tmp" and "temp" in the
route of your windows installation.
- Go to Control Panel>System>Advanced>
- Select "Environment Vairables" Option.
- Edit the entries that talk about "tmp" or "temp" to refect
the drive letter and directory name where you located
these.
- 4 entries should be edited. point them all at the same
places (User and system vairables) e.g. C:\temp and C:\tmp.
- In most cases this forced windows to stop writing this error
message. No idea why the default install directories
report this problem again with SP3.
- Don't forget to reboot your PC after all this.

(this will also fix cache problems in Games using directX)
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2. Bug: ISP dialup may stop validating correctly after install of SP3
Solution: Uninstall SP3, update your dialer (if possible and reinstall)

3. Bug: Windows Update may stop allowing you to install
updates reporting an error after selecting your updates
and clicking "install".
Solution: ??????????

4. Bug: Audio drivers of some sound cards stop functioning correctly.
Soultion: Uninstall SP3, update your drivers (if possible and then
reinstall)

5. Bug: Blue screen of death on boot of some computers - specifically Dell.
Soultion: Format your PC and install after a clean system restore.

6. Bug: After install SP3, the opera no longer work. I even re-installed the
opera, but the same thing. I refuse to run, and no error messages.
Solution: ???????????????/

7. Bug: IE (5.5) hangs when waiting for login (to secured network sites)
window to display.
Solution: ???????????????/

8. Bug: Outlook Express (5.50.4807.1700) extremely slow starting up.
Solution: ???????????????/

9. User Report 1: I just installed SP3, and now, no matter what I do, I can't
get the web view stuff to show up in Windows
Explorer. "Enable Web Content in Folders" _IS_ checked,
and the window is more than wide enough.
Solution: this all has to do with MS doing away with NON-Signed
WebView templates, so this is the fix...... simply rename your
default.htt file to folder.htt , and the do the same for the
folder.htt file and rename it to default.htt .... you'll have to do
this so that you dont overwrite them by accident. but it worked
for me, and i'm hoping it will work for you too.

10. Bug: Neowin.net Board - Sp3 Broke My Dvd Drive
Solution: Uninstall SP3

11. Bug: Neowin net Board - Cardbus Card in Docking (IBM Dock) can not
be installed after installing SP3. This update resolves
the "CardBus PC Cards May No Longer Function on Specific
Docking Stations After You Apply SP3" issue in Windows 2000
Service Pack 3 (SP3) and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge
Base (KB) Article Q327269
Solution: Download here

Can anyone else add to this list of suggest solutions or bugs????

Cheers

Hawk



Last edited by NightHawk at Today at 12:49 am

Bug : if SP3 has all these bugs then SP3 is a bug
Solution : get rid of it .

@Nighthawk
#2 has allso been reported to MS by official betatesters of SP3


In addition :
None of these are concidered as bug's, they are features :P

Hehe Microsoft still hassen't learned from his mistakes. Hope SP4 for Windows 2000 will be better. :D

Greetz

About windows update stop working with sp3, before installing it, acess the site and allow the microsoft application that checks your system be installed, worked for me, after sp3 installation the update worked!

After install SP3, the opera no longer work. I even re-installed the opera, but the same thing. I refuse to run, and no error messages.

Anyone has the same problem?

BigG

IE (5.5) hangs when waiting for login (to secured network sites) window to display.

OE (5.50.4807.1700) extremely slow starting up.

Doubt they will do a SP4, maybe a SP3a or something to fix the bugs.

Try IE LAN settings, untick Automatically Detect Settings

Er.. How do you do a system restore after the hdd is formatted? :D

Opera 6.05 Eng Non-Java works perfectly for me???



Last edited by MaxPayne at Aug 13 2002, 04:23 PM

In respose to the last post.

the first point: - still does not work... not reported by 18 emails to me.
the second point: - restore off CD.
the third point: 2 people reported this issue, I am glad it works for you.

At present most people have said they are going back to SP2.

Cheers

Hawk

Have you checked news://microsoft.public.win2000.general? I only use win2000 on a couple of servers so I don't read up on it much anymore.
I just hope they don't screw up SP1 for WinXP the same way B)

updated

Hello all,

check here for more info:

h**p://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,477292,00.asp

and here's some excerpts from the article:

August 19, 2002
Microsoft's Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Rolls Out Trouble
By Timothy Dyck

Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 was released earlier this month, consolidating more than a year of security patches and other bug fixes since Service Pack 2 shipped. It, along with related documentation, can be found at h**p//www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp3/default.asp.

SP3 includes the contents of Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2 and Windows 2000 Security Rollup Package Version 1, as well as many additional fixes. As such, it should be applied but only after appropriate testing.

The service pack introduces three components: Microsoft Corp.'s automatic update agent (which, if configured to apply updates automatically, will unfortunately also reboot machines automatically); Microsoft Installer 2.0; and a seriously ineffective tool to hide the presence of Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Media Player.


Please check it out and hope this helps some....:)

(at least make sure you turn off auto-updates) ;)

Well I cannot say I used it long enough to find any bugs. I can report that I did a slipstream of Server and a clean install on a box unchanged since SP2 and all of the problems I ever had with 2k on that box were non-existant with SP3

No problems at all.
For me, with my luck, it is unbelievable.

After reading this thread I have only installed it on my development server. Sometimes get a "Memory could not be written" error on it (Windows 2000 Server - .NET Frameworks - IIS - SQL Server 2000).

Thanks NightHawk for the heads up. I'll wait 'til Microsoft comes up with a solution before I install it on my two production servers.
:rolleyes:

# 6. Bug: IE (5.5) hangs...as posted by us & added to your updated list -o-bugs was fixed by clearing our auto-complete data & disabling auto-complete. Never had the problem @ all before SP3, though. Haven't tried reallowing auto-complete, though, to see if it's really fixed...

OE still slow though, despite applying a few different suggested fixes for the problem. Is it possible to upgrade OE 5 to 6, without upgrading IE?



Last edited by ateizzynuff at Today at 1:31 pm

ateizzynuff,

Try Uninsitalling IE then reinstalling it if you have IE remove option in "add and remove". Due to the fact that Outlook and IE are integrated and IE is integrated into the OS, there is slill not much of a solution. However, soon to be released SP1 for IE6 does speed up outlook so see if you can obtain a copy from the forums. Hope this helps.

I havnt had any of those probs, i did go to M$ and do a sys update before i installed sp3. worked for me...

peace

installed win2k sp3 (pro and server) on about 8 machines and SO FAR no probs. hope this luck doesnt run out ;-)

peace out

updated

bump up since some of you cannot read.

i am shit now.....just recover my OS to sp3 2 weeks ago...
oh man......i gonna do it again.....argh.....

bump..... update.... Install IE SP1. Will fix issues with Outlook Express 6.

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