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Issues:
"Explorer.exe
Has Generated Errors and Will Be Closed By Windows"
Error Message When You Try to Install Service Pack 3
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 326612 - If you start the Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Setup
Wizard from Windows Explorer (start Windows Explorer,
and then double-click w2ksp3.exe), you may receive the
following error message after the Windows 2000 Setup
Wizard is complete: explorer.exe
has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You
will need to restart the program. An error log is being
created
The
Installation of Windows 2000 Preliminary Hotfixes Causes
a Conflict with Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 309601 - If you install a preliminary version of any of the
Windows 2000 hotfixes that are listed in the "More
Information" section of this article on a computer
on which Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows 2000 is
installed, or if you install SP3 for Windows 2000 on a
computer on which these preliminary hotfixes are
installed, you may experience either of the following
symptoms: You lose some of the functionality of SP3 for
Windows 2000. -or- You lose the functionality of the preliminary
hotfix.
The
Latest Batch of SP3 Fixes
Paula Sharick provides a summary of five new Win2K
SP3 bug fixes, including a fix for a DHCP
reservation problem, a workaround you can use to
force a domain controller (DC) to immediately
replicate an account you disable, an update that
corrects a blue screen that occurs when you close a
file on a network share, a solution for a Win2K
Server Terminal Services client printing problem,
and a code fix that eliminates Perflib error
messages in the Application Event Log. Source: Windows
& .NET Magazine
Specific
Issues:
How to Suppress the Warning That Appears When You Install SP3 on a Computer on Which Previous Versions of Post-SP3 Hotfixes Are Installed
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 810077 - This article describes how to disable the warning message that appears when you try to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) on a computer on which previous versions of post-SP3 hotfixes have been installed.
"Nothing to Do" Error Message When You Try to Remove Service Pack from Add/Remove Programs
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 315141
- Prior to Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), when a Windows 2000 service pack was deployed by using Update.msi and then manually uninstalled by using the Add/Remove Programs tool, an entry would remain in the Add/Remove Programs list for that
service
pack.
However, you could run Winver.exe to see that the
service pack was uninstalled. When you try to remove the
service pack entry from the Add/Remove Programs list,
you may receive the following error message: Nothing
to Do
Redirected Printing Through a Terminal Services Session May Not Work with Windows 2000 SP3
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 328020 -
After
you apply Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) on a
computer that is accessed by using Terminal Services,
you may sporadically not be able to print to redirected
local printers if the document that is being printed is
opened from a mapped network drive. The document seems
to be printed, but if you view the event log entry for
the print job, you see that the UNC path of the mapped
drive is added to the typical Terminal Services port. If
you view the network folder that is the mapped network
drive, you see a file that is named with the port
number.
Some Windows 2000 Hotfixes May Cause a Conflict with
Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 309601 - This issue
does not affect any Windows 2000 Hotfixes that are
available from the Microsoft Download Center or on the
Windows Update Web site, including Windows 2000 Security
Updates. This issue affects only a small number of
post-Service Pack 3 (SP3).
Stop Error or Error Message After You Install Windows
2000 SP3: Winlogon.exe has Generated Errors and will be
Shut Down
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 812431 - When you try
to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), you may
experience one of the following symptoms: When you
restart your computer, you receive the following error
message: Winlogon.exe has generated errors and will be
shut down The computer...
The
Installation of Preliminary Version of Shell Hotfix
Causes a Conflict with SP3 for Windows 2000 (Q326799)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 326799 - If you install a preliminary version of any of the
Windows 2000 hotfixes that are listed in the "More
Information" section of this article on a computer
on which Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows 2000 is
installed, or if you install SP3 for Windows
The
Installation of Preliminary Version of Windows 2000
Active Directory Hotfix Causes a Conflict with SP3 for
Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 326797 - If you install a preliminary version of any of the
Windows 2000 hotfixes that are listed in the "More
Information" section of this article on a computer
on which Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows 2000 is
installed, or if you install SP3 for Windows
The
Installation of Windows 2000 Kernel Hotfix Causes a
Conflict with SP3 for Windows 2000: 1 of 2
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 326935 - If you install a preliminary version of any of the
Windows 2000 hotfixes that are listed in the "More
Information" section of this article on a computer
on which Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows 2000 is
installed, or if you install SP3 for Windows
The
Installation of Preliminary Windows 2000 Post-SP3 OLE
Hotfix Causes a Conflict with SP3 for Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 326803 - If you install a preliminary version of any of the
Windows 2000 hotfixes that are listed in the "More
Information" section of this article on a computer
on which Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows 2000 is
installed, or if you install SP3 for Windows
The
Installation of Windows 2000 Spooler Hotfix Causes a
Conflict with SP3 for Windows 2000 (Q326801)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 326801 - If you install a preliminary version of any of the
Windows 2000 hotfixes that are listed in the "More
Information" section of this article on a computer
on which Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows 2000 is
installed, or if you install SP3 for Windows
The Set Program Access and Defaults Feature Is Not Available in Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 327883 - You may experience any of the following symptoms if you are using Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3):
The Windows 2000 SP3 DHCP Tool May Show an Empty Reservations List
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 328636 - The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snap-in in Microsoft Management Console (MMC) may not show any reservations in a scope. This may occur after you install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) on an administrative workstation if there
are more than 100 reservations in a scope.
Windows Service Pack 3 Files Are Removed When You Remove
Windows 2000 Compatibility Update (March 2001)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article If you remove the March
2001 package of the Windows 2000 Application
Compatibility Update from your Microsoft Windows 2000
Service Pack 3 (SP3)-based computer, you may
unintentionally remove all Windows 2000 SP3 files that
are located in the %Windir%\AppPatch folder, except for
the Shcmn.dll file
Windows
2000 SP3 Setup Error Message: The Application Failed to
Initialize Properly (0x80000003)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 316605 - When you apply Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) on a
debug version of Windows 2000 that has been upgraded to
Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2), you may receive the
following error message: The Application failed to
initialize properly (0x80000003)
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Supports the Detection of
Multiple-LUN USB Storage Devices
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 316857 - Before you install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), some Universal Serial Bus (USB) mass-storage devices with multiple logical unit numbers (LUNs) may not be detected properly. A change in SP3 causes Windows 2000 to detect multiple-LUN USB
devices correctly. This functionality is present in
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me).
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