1.0 Introduction
1.1 What's in this Service Pack?
1.2 Additional Windows 2000 Service Pack Resources
2.0 Space Requirements for the Integrated Service Pack
3.0 Release Notes and Known Issues
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This document provides information about the integrated service pack for Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, and Windows 2000 with Server Appliance Kit. Review this document to better understand the scope of this service pack and the issues that it addresses.
The integrated service pack includes the original Windows 2000 product integrated with the Service Pack 2 files. The Service Pack 2 files that are part of this integrated service pack are a collection of updates for Microsoft Windows 2000. So, if you use this CD to install Windows 2000, you are also automatically installing Service Pack 2 (SP2).
ImportantAfter you install the integrated service pack, your system security is set to a high encryption level (128-bit) in order to offer better online and local security and bring your system on par with the new worldwide standard of 128-bit encryption. After you install the integrated service pack, you cannot revert to 56-bit encryption on your system.
You cannot uninstall a service pack that you install as an integrated service pack.
You cannot use this Windows 2000 integrated installation to update Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, or Windows 2000 with Server Appliance Kit.
1.1 What's in this Service Pack?
The Service Pack 2 files that are part of this integrated service pack are a collection of updates for the Windows 2000 operating system, These updates pertain to:
In addition to the core product, the integrated service pack CD includes the following items:
1.2 Additional Windows 2000 Service Pack Resources
For additional information about the Windows 2000 operating system and this service pack, see the following resources:
2.0 Space Requirements for the Service Pack
The space requirements for this installation are practically identical to the space requirements for the original Windows 2000
product. For
information on these requirements, see Readme.doc on the Windows 2000
product CD.
General release note items for the Integrated Service Pack can be found at the Microsoft Windows Beta Web site, which addresses release note items for both the integrated service pack and the standalone service pack.