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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. :)

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Michael Perry
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