Readme for Microsoft Windows 2000
with Service Pack 4 (SPNotes.htm)

This document provides information about Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4). Review this document to better understand the scope of this product and the issues that it addresses.

If you use this CD to install Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, or Windows 2000 with Server Appliance Kit, you will also install all of the updates that were included in Service Pack 1 (SP1), Service Pack 2 (SP2), Service Pack 3 (SP3), and Service Pack 4 (SP4) for Windows 2000.

Important

You cannot install Windows 2000 with SP4 on computers that are already running Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, or Windows 2000 with Server Appliance Kit unless you reinstall the operating system.

If you install Windows 2000 with SP4, your computer is set to 128-bit encryption. This provides better online and local security and brings your computer up to the current worldwide standard. After you install Windows 2000 with SP4, you cannot revert to 56-bit encryption on your computer unless you reformat the hard drive and install Windows 2000 or Windows 2000 with SP1. Windows 2000 with SP2, SP3, or SP4 updates your computer to 128-bit encryption.

If you install Windows 2000 with SP4, you will not be able to uninstall SP4 unless you uninstall Windows 2000.

1.1 What Is in This Product

Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 provides you with an installation of the Windows 2000 operating system that is integrated with SP4. This means that Windows and the service pack are installed simultaneously.

The SP4 files are a collection of updates for Windows 2000. These updates address the following areas of Windows 2000 functionality:

• Security
• Operating system reliability
• Application compatibility
• Windows 2000 Setup

For additional information about Windows 2000 and SP4, see the resources listed in this section.

All Users

• To view the list of fixes that SP4 contains, see article 327194, "List of Fixes in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4," in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. This list of fixes is also available under Learn More on the Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Web site.
• The article 813432, "Release Notes for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4," in the Microsoft Knowledge Base offers more information that is specific to SP4. This article is also available under Learn More on the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Web site.
• The "Check Hardware and Software Compatibility" page on the Microsoft Web site provides the most up-to-date information available about the hardware and software products that Windows 2000 supports.
• The Microsoft Knowledge Base contains updated information about Windows 2000 and other products from Microsoft.

Advanced Users

• The Microsoft Windows 2000 Guide to Unattended Setup contains detailed instructions for performing an unattended setup of this product. You can find Unattend.doc in Deploy.cab in the \Support\Tools\ folder on the Windows 2000 with SP4 CD.
• The Microsoft Windows 2000 Hotfix Installation and Deployment Guide provides instructions for installing hotfixes on multiple computers. This guide is available under Learn More on the Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Web site.
• The Deploy.cab file contains the Windows 2000 Resource Kit deployment tools, which assist system administrators in installing Windows 2000 on multiple computers. These tools are located in the \Support\Tools folder on the Windows 2000 with SP4 CD. They are not automatically installed when you install that product, however.

  For more information about the tools in Deploy.cab, see the Help file "Windows 2000 Resource Kit Deployment Tools" (Deptool.chm), which is included in \Support\Tools\Deploy.cab on the Windows 2000 with SP4 CD. This Help file provides a list of tools, instructions for how to use them, and additional information about performing an unattended setup.

• The Support.cab file contains a collection of tools that help support personnel and network administrators manage their networks and troubleshoot problems. You can find Support.cab in the \Support\Tools folder of the Windows 2000 with SP4 CD. The file is not automatically installed when you install Windows 2000 with SP4, however.

  For more information about the tools in Support.cab, see the Help file "Windows 2000 Support Tools" (W2rksupp.chm), which is included in Support.cab. This Help file describes the support tools and gives examples of how they are used. You can find additional information about these tools in article 812809, "Service Pack 4 Adds Updates to Several Windows 2000 Support Tools," in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

1.2 Space Requirements for the Integrated Service Pack

The space requirements for this installation are almost identical to the space requirements for the original Windows 2000 product. For information on these requirements, see Readme.doc on the Windows 2000 with SP4 CD, or see the "Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Requirements” page on the Microsoft Product and Technology Catalog Web site.

This section explains how to remove visible entry points (such as shortcuts and menu entries) for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Outlook® Express, or Windows Media® Player either during unattended Setup for Windows 2000 (using Winnt.exe or Winnt32.exe) or while running Sysprep for Windows 2000. These two methods of removing visible entry points are intended primarily for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and advanced users.

The procedures in this section do not remove any actual Windows code; they remove only the visible entry points for the individual components that you specify.

If you want to remove visible entry points for these components after installing Windows, use the Set Program Access and Defaults feature in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

2.1 Removing Visible Entry Points During Unattended Setup

Each entry listed in the [Components] section in the Unattend.txt file uses the same two values: On or Off.

To remove visible entry points for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, or Windows Media Player from Windows 2000 during unattended Setup, perform the following procedure.

To remove visible entry points for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, or Windows Media Player

1. Use Setup Manager to create an Unattend.txt file, or modify an existing Unattend.txt file.
2. To remove Internet Explorer visible entry points, in the [Components] section of the Unattend.txt file, set IEAccess equal to Off.
3. To remove Outlook Express visible entry points, in the [Components] section of the Unattend.txt file, set OEAccess equal to Off.
4. To remove Windows Media Player visible entry points, in the [Components] section of the Unattend.txt file, set WMPOCM equal to Off.
5. Run an unattended Setup, following the instructions in the Help file Deptool.chm (in \Support\Tools\Deploy.cab) on the Windows 2000 with SP4 CD.

Sample

The following sample code shows how to modify the [Components] section of the Unattend.txt file to remove visible entry points:

[Components]
IEAccess = Off
OEAccess = Off
WMPOCM = Off

2.2 Removing Visible Entry Points During Sysprep

To remove visible entry points for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, or Windows Media Player from Windows 2000 after you have installed it, perform the following procedure.

To remove visible entry points for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, or Windows Media Player

1. Create an Unattend.txt file with one or more of the following entries in the [Components] section:

   [Components]
   IEAccess = Off
   OEAccess = Off
   WMPOCM = Off

   You can use the same Unattend.txt file described in the preceding section (Removing Visible Entry Points During Unattended Setup), or you can use a separate file that contains only the [Components] section.

2. Add the following command line to the [GuiRunOnce] section of Sysprep.inf:

   [GuiRunOnce]
   sysocmgr /I:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /U:%systemdrive%\sysprep\unattend.txt /X /Q /R /C 

3. Run Sysprep following the instructions in the Help file Deptool.chm (in \Support\Tools\Deploy.cab) on the Windows 2000 with SP4 CD.

For late-breaking information about SP4, see the article 813432, "Release Notes for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4," in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. This article is also available under Learn More on the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Web site.

3.1 Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Customers Must Contact OEMs for Service Pack Updates

If you are a Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server customer, contact your OEM for information on how to deploy service packs on your computers.

3.2 The Compaq Alpha Processor

The Read1st.txt file in the root folder of the Windows 2000 CD includes a note entitled "7.0 Future Microsoft Support of the Alpha Processor." This note is no longer valid because support for the Compaq Alpha processor has been discontinued.

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