Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0001im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span class='nav' style='left: 10px; top: 10px'><pre></pre></span><span name = "INTRA" style='top:51px; left:534px' class="ft6"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Problem Solving:Windows NT</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:107px; left:143px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>NT4</b> <b>Service</b> <b>Pack</b> <b>6</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:213px; left:150px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Microsoft</b></i> <i><b>has</b></i> <i><b>released</b></i> <i><b>SP6</b></i> <i><b>for</b></i> <i><b>Windows</b></i> <i><b>NT</b></i> <i><b>4.0.</b></i> <i><b>We</b></i> <i><b>explain</b></i> <i><b>what's</b></i> <i><b>new.</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:245px; left:576px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>By PCNA Staff</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:324px; left:77px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>A</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:329px; left:115px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>t the end of October, Microsoft</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:329px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>you install it is up to you. Our recom </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:329px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the first time in SP6 can be found in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:341px; left:115px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>finally released Service Pack 6</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:341px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>mendation is that you do indeed install</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:341px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>two KnowledgeBase articles, Q241211</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:353px; left:115px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>for Windows NT 4. Quite how</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:353px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>SP6, after testing it on one or two non </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:353px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and Q244690. This combined list is</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:365px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>long the company will continue releas </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:365px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>critical machines. If you don't install</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:365px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>around twice as long as that included</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:377px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ing fixes for NT4 once Windows 2000</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:377px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>SP6, and you call Microsoft for sup </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:377px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>in Figure 1.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:389px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>(NT5) is out, no one is saying. It seems</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:389px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>port, the first thing you'll be told to do</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:389px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>We recommend that you spend</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:401px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>certain that we'll yet see an SP7, but all</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:401px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>is install the latest service pack. So it</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:401px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>some time looking through the list of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:413px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>is vague after that. If you need to know</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:413px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>makes sense to do that now, before</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:413px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>fixes, either in the list here or on the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:425px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>that Microsoft will continue to fix all</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:425px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>anything goes wrong.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:425px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Microsoft Web site. In our experience,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:437px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the bugs in your OS, now might be a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:437px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>As before, SP6 is cumulative. It con </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:437px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>there's a good chance that some will</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:449px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>good time to start thinking about</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:449px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tains all the fixes in SP1 to SP5, as well</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:449px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>offer the solution to problems that</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:461px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>switching to Windows 2000.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:461px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>as the new batch, so you can upgrade</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:461px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>have been affecting you and your us </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:473px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Anyway, back to NT4 SP6. You'll</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:473px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>straight to SP6 from any other patch</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:473px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ers. NT is a complex product and the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:485px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>find it on the Web in the usual place</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:485px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>level of Windows NT.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:485px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>fact that there have been five service</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:497px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>(start at</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:497px; left:122px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Courier'>www.microsoft.com/nt </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:497px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>packs to date does not mean that it's</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:509px; left:77px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Courier'>server</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:509px; left:118px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>or</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:509px; left:130px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Courier'>/ntworkstation</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:509px; left:221px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>), and of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:511px; left:272px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>What's</b></i> <i><b>Fixed?</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:509px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>now bug free. That long standing oc </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:521px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>course it's also on this month's CD </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:521px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>casional crash on one of your machines</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:533px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ROM. You can also order it from Mi </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:533px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Figure 1 lists what are, in our opin </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:533px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>may be down to a recently fixed OS</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:545px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>crosoft on CD, though this will take time</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:545px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ion, the most important fixes included</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:545px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>bug rather than an error on the part of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:557px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and many national Microsoft subsidiar </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:557px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>in SP6 for the first time. The Q numbers</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:557px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>yourself or one of your users, so it's</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:569px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ies make a charge for this service. The</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:569px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>relate to the Microsoft KnowledgeBase</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:569px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>worth taking advantage of the fixes.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:581px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>file size is 34.5 MB the same as SP5.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:581px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>entry which describes each fix in de </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:593px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Note that the version of SP6 on your</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:593px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tail. This article includes details of a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:595px; left:466px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Patterns</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:605px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>CD ROM is the US English version for</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:605px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>selection of fixes, but many more are</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:617px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Intel, with standard encryption. If you</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:617px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>available in the KnowledgeBase. You</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:617px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>It's interesting to note that a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:629px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>want other languages, the DEC Alpha</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:629px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>can access it by going to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:629px; left:394px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Courier'>support. </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:629px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>number of SP6 fixes repair things that</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:641px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>version, or the version with 128 bit en </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:641px; left:272px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Courier'>microsoft.com/support/kb/ </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:641px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>got broken by SP4. It makes sense,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:653px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>cryption, you can get it from the Web.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:653px; left:272px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Courier'>articles/</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:653px; left:338px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Qxxx/x/xx.asp, where</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:653px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>therefore, to go to SP6 if you're cur </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:665px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>So, should you install SP6 right</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:665px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>xxxxxx is the KB article number split</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:665px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>rently running your workstations or</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:677px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>away? It's certainly fairly stable, from</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:677px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>into three sections. Alternatively, send</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:677px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>servers on SP4. If you're currently at</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>reports we've seen. It's been in beta</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:289px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>blank</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:328px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>email</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:366px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:388px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Courier'>mshelp@mi </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:689px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>SP5, then the urgency to install these</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:701px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>test among thousands of sites for a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:701px; left:272px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Courier'>crosoft.com</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:701px; left:345px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>with the Q number (in </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:701px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>new fixes is reduced. Note also that a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:713px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>good few months. In fact, it's been in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:713px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>cluding the Q) in the subject of the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:713px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>fair number of fixes relate to problems</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:725px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>beta for so long that there were already</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:725px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>message. The article will be returned</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:725px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>caused in stress conditions. If you</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:737px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>some post SP6 patches available on</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:737px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to you in an email message, though</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:737px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>have servers which fall over during</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:749px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the Web before SP6 itself was officially</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:749px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>this can sometimes take up to 48 hours.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:749px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>busy times, it's possible that SP6 will</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:761px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>released. There are, though, some re </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:761px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The full list of problems fixed for</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:761px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>offer a solution.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:773px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ported problems, and we strongly sug </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:785px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>gest that you check the Microsoft Web</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:797px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>site before you install SP6. For exam </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:809px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ple, problems have been reported with</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:803px; left:310px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i> The</i> <i>full</i> <i>list</i> <i>of</i> <i>problems</i> <i>fixed</i> <i>for</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:821px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>winspool.drv and with some Compaq</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:833px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>network cards.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:827px; left:299px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>the</i> <i>first</i> <i>time</i> <i>in</i> <i>SP6</i> <i>can</i> <i>be</i> <i>found</i> <i>in</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:845px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Although SP6 fixes dozens of bugs,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:857px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Microsoft says that none of the bugs is</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:851px; left:333px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>two</i> <i>KnowledgeBase</i> <i>articles,</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:869px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>critical. If you stick with SP4 or 5, you</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:881px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>won't be at any major disadvantage</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:875px; left:348px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>Q241211</i> <i>and</i> <i>Q244690. </i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:893px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and there aren't (yet) any major appli </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:905px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>cations that require SP6. So, whether</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:52px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Issue 114 (January 2000) page 9</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:617px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>File: P1714.1</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:944px; left:260px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>PC</i> <i>Network</i> <i>Advisor</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre>Next page <a href='page0002.htm'>></a></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>