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- Year 2000 Information for Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 Installation
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-
- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1998
-
- You have received this information because Windows NT 4.0 Service
- Pack 4 (SP4) has detected that one or more of your operating system
- components contain known Year 2000 issues for Windows NT 4.0.
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- Installing the Year 2000 Service Pack from Compact Disc
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- Installing the Service Pack using Update.exe will update all
- necessary files on your Windows NT 4.0 installation. It will
- also detect and inform you if any additional Microsoft
- components require updating to resolve known Year 2000 issues
- in your Windows NT 4.0 operating system. Follow the procedure
- below to update your computer to resolve known Year 2000 issues.
-
- Run the Y2ksetup.exe program located in the \I386\Update
- (for x86-based computers) or \Alpha\Update (for Alpha-based
- computers) folders on the Service Pack 4 compact disc. This
- program automatically updates operating system components
- as detected to resolve known Year 2000 issues.
-
- Note that this installation will require the system to be
- restarted one or more times. There is no uninstall option
- available for Y2ksetup.exe.
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- Installing the Year 2000 Service Pack via the Web or FTP
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-
- Install the base Service Pack from one of the locations
- below to your computer:
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- http://support.microsoft.com/support/ntserver/content/servicepacks/
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/downloads/
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- The download program will automatically detect which files
- need to be updated. Once prompted with the File Download
- dialog, select "Run this program from its current location"
- to perform a patched installation. This will also detect
- and inform you if any additional Microsoft components require
- updating to resolve known Year 2000 issues on your Windows NT
- 4.0 operating system. Follow the procedure below to resolve
- known Year 2000 issues.
-
- Download the Year 2000 Service Pack (y2ksp4i.exe or y2ksp4a.exe)
- from one of the locations below to your computer:
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- ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/ntserver/content/servicepacks/
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/downloads/
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- Run the self-extracting executable to expand the package.
- Run Y2ksetup.exe from \I386\Update (for x86-based computers)
- or \Alpha\Update (for Alpha-based computers) folder at the
- target location. This program automatically updates operating
- system components as detected to resolve known Year 2000 issues.
-
- Note that this installation will require the system to be
- restarted one or more times. There is no uninstall option
- available for Y2ksetup.exe.
-
- >>>If you need to reinstall this Service Pack, run Update.exe
- from the \I386\Update or \Alpha\Update folders. It isn't necessary
- to uninstall the Service Pack previous to running Update.exe more
- than once on the same system. Use \I386\Update\Y2ksetup.exe or
- \Alpha\Update\Y2ksetup.exe to resolve known Year 2000 issues in
- the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
-
- There are installation switches that can be used with Y2ksetup.exe.
- The following switches are available:
- Y2KSETUP [-q] [-d]
- -q silent mode installation
- -d display only (does not install, only displays those operating
- system components on the computer that contain known Year 2000
- issues)
-
- For Year 2000 issues regarding Microsoft products or definitions
- regarding Year 2000 compliance, as used herein, see our Web site at
- http://www.microsoft.com/year2000.
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- Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0
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-
- You must be running Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server
- (SBS) version 4.0a or higher.
-
- Consult section 5.8 "Microsoft BackOffice Small Business
- Server" of Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 Readme.txt for
- complete information.
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