quick question, im at work and on a standalone compy using windows 2000. Done some software install and got an error requiring 2000 to be sr3 or newer. Ive googled a billion searches and cant find anything related. Any help? if its a service release like i think it is when was it dropped? and can i upgrade

7/10/2007 3:06:38 PM

Win2K SP4 was released years ago. you should definitely have it installed.

7/10/2007 3:16:26 PM

download

now


http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/default.mspx

7/10/2007 3:41:16 PM

err so the sp as in service packs and the sr's as in service releases are the same thing?

i.e. i get an error msg saying i need sr3 (or newer) to install blah blah

sp3/4 = this sr3?

7/10/2007 3:54:12 PM

btw im working for a geo soils engineering firm atm and am not familiar with windows 2k at all, and their tech lady is a straight dumbass, she knows nothing about anything and idk how she is kept on the payroll. prolly b/c the engineer's know less and dont have time to question her

7/10/2007 3:55:31 PM

if you are running windows 2000, you need to download SP4. i dont know what a service release is...but it sounds like another name for a service pack.

7/10/2007 4:09:27 PM

should be able to run Windows Update through your browser and it should find it

go to the 'Tools' menu in Internet Explorer and go to 'Windows Update'

if you have IE 5.0 or earlier you'll have to install IE 6.0 to get Windows Update I believe...but that should fix a lot of issues

7/10/2007 5:30:39 PM

thanks for all the help, i dont know how this is going to play out, tech lady hates me b/c im the new kid that knows more then her and im only paid 9$ an hour for lab work. she warned me not to update b/c she claimes sr3 means "service release 3" which means its like windows 2000 version 3 that apparently they sold seperately and no longer sell anymore. And if i were to "mess nithin up" i would have to call a "someone" to come fix it....fucking hate ignorance

7/10/2007 6:29:05 PM

hahaha, let us know how it works out.

7/10/2007 7:24:23 PM

downloading sp4 atm at work, going to see if it works, if it does thanks to all!

7/11/2007 2:31:36 PM

Never heard of anything from microsoft ever called a "service release." It's probably just a typo in the installer error prompt like everyone said.

You're not using IBM software like rational software architect are you? there was a release of that called "v2003 SR3" but IBM's one of the only companies I know of that uses the term "service release."

7/11/2007 2:43:14 PM

its called gINT, its a program for managing soil data

7/11/2007 8:41:50 PM