Installing W2K3 SP2: Should I expect surprises?

binarysoul

We have five servers on Windows 2003 Server standard SP1. We're going to apply SP2 and I'm wondering if there are any known issues/surprises I should be aware of.


Umm, wondering why I waited so long? remember I'm not in Management; I follow it

leefdaddy

Make sure you have ample free space on the system partition before beginning the install.

bertieb

I'd review this just incase - FYI it's the only problem I've seen on over 150 SP2 installs on Win2K3 and the fix works nicely should this happen (around 30% of the time in my case). Nothing too sinister!!

http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2007/03/20/help-and-support-service-missing-after-installing-windows-2003-service-pack-2.aspx

(Edit: Also worth noting it's happened on systems that DONT have SBS installed, and has been reported by non-SBS users, hence why I included it!!)

RussS

I have service packed dozens of Server 2003 and SBS 2003 machines with no issues whatever.





Of course - there is always the first time