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In article <slrn63n7p0.9l.mperry@mperry.basin.com>, mperry@mperry.basin.com 
writes...
> On Tue, 07 Oct 1997 22:32:21 GMT, Garry W <gnews3@ithaca.com> wrote:
> >cneil@okstate.edu (Neil Cathey) wrote:
> >>>Joe "We are Borg" Foster <joe@bftsi0.UUCP> writes:
> >>><ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/NT4SP3_I.EXE> SP 3.0.1 Intel
> >>
> >>Well, I'm hooked to the Internet through  a campus lan, so I downloaded the 
> >>"new" SP3 and extracted the files in it.  I can't explain the size differences 
> >>between the "old" and "new" SP3 archives, but after extraction, they are 
> >>identical.  They both have 649 files taking up 56,411,868 bytes.  The file 
> >>dates are identical too, 5/1/97 12:00AM.  Maybe they rearchived them for some 
> >>reason?  I don't know...
> >
> >If you get the files from the more usual place:
> >
> >  ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/ussp3/i386
> >
> >you'll see a readme file there that says:
> >
> >   Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
> >
> >   This is NOT a new version of the Service Pack. The dates are
> >   different than the original files because the following files 
> >   have been resigned. No changes were made to the Service Pack.
> >
> >    Nt4sp3_a.exe
> >    Nt4sp3_i.exe
> >    Nt4sym3a.exe
> >    Nt4sym3i.exe
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >garry
> >
> >PS - I assume "resigned" means "re-signed" in the above. Who knows what
> >re-signed means.
> 
> I think you had it right the first time.  We are "resigned" to microsoft's
> service pack ploys for NT 4. :)


Well, it has been my experience that Microsoft is loathe to disclose the
*actual* dates of patches/fixes to any of their OS's.. 

I run into this all the time.. they keep "re-dating" old fixes to make
them look like they're new.. in the process confusing everybody.  I really
think they have this thing about trying to appear like their patches are
newer than they actually are.

The worst part is that it makes for constant work trying to figure out if
you have the most up to date files, and when something new has been released.
(not to mention causing people to spend valuable time re-downloading stuff 
that hasn't changed)

Of course, that's why they *do* it that way.. grrrrr..


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