Apparently MS was jumping the gun on SP3 and accidently released it or published it earlier than expected on the corporate Windowsupdate for Windows2000 website. Some of the folks on Neowin noticed this and grabbed it(or tried to grab it while they could). Apparently it has been pulled until tomorrow when its final is supposedly due out tomorrow, the 25th of July.

To see just what I am talking about, take a look here: _http://www.neowin.net/bboard/showthread.ph...&threadid=39693
TCM

Edit: Getting it now from someone at Neowin, soon as I have it, will upload it

EDIT:No live links please



Last edited by DoG at Aug 6 2002, 10:08 PM

Download: Windows 2000 SP3 FINAL (English)


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

Download: Windows 2000 SP3 FINAL (German)

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

Really
Its not here yet
http: //www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/



Last edited by pc_techie at Jul 30 2002, 09:05 PM

its out but it phones home your serial number :(

Are u sure? Not another FUD...

FUD, as usual:

(http://www.wininformant.com/Articles...rticleID=26142)

An uninformed complaint about the End User License Agreement (EULA) for Windows 2000 SP3 is making the rounds this week, spreading some mistruths about information Microsoft is allegedly collecting after you install the patch. According to the complaint, the SP3 EULA gives Microsoft the right to collect your OS version number and Product Identification number, Internet Explorer version number, version numbers of other software, and the Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices. This, the complaint says, is sneaky, underhanded, and any number of other adjectives you'd care to add to the list. The truth, as ever, is far less fascinating. First, this information is passed to Windows Update so that the service can provide the correct product updates for your individual system. But the EULA clearly states that this information is not saved, or passed along to Microsoft. It's just collected for an obvious (and desirable) reason. "Windows Update does not collect your name, address, e-mail address, or any other form of personally identifiable information," the EULA reads. "The configuration information collected is used only for the period of time that you are visiting the site, and is not saved."

SuperTech :blink:

ta

what if M$ add Product activation feature to W2K SP4 in the future? like what happened FCKGW... users in Windows XP, ppl with the RBDC9... product id will get stuffed hey?

ONE MONTH LATER.....

Just now made a Windows 2000 SP3 Slipstreamed bootable CD :)
Thanks to bink.nu/bootcd