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by xdeclmjr 1 view

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has anyone had any problems applying these as my change manager is giving me loads of grief because I haven't got the time to test them against applications.
Please can someone tell me the best way to go about applying these patches and the potential risks.
thanks

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by oskiller

I have generally not run into any problems with them. The biggest issue is the rebooting - you will have some downtime depending on how long it takes your server to boot up.

Make sure you apply the red worm patch.

by dc1

We use St. Bernard's software's Update Expert to deploy the hotfixes in one shot. As far as testing it is always best to apply in a lab or sandbox environment and thouroghly regression test.

by oskiller

A little further detail - they are calling it Code Red now:

Windows NT version 4.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30833
Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server:
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30800

As far as installing the patches, I generally install them one at a time and have had good success. This past time, I installed a bunch of fixes with the post service pack 6a rollup. My downtime was under 10 minutes for installing and rebooting. Hope this is what you are looking for.

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