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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.

In article <6190jk$7f8$1@owl.slip.net>, Joe "We are Borg" Foster <joe@bftsi0.UUCP> wrote:
>Joe "We are Borg" Foster <joe@bftsi0.UUCP> writes:
>
>> Hey all, I just did my weekly scan of the master Microsoft patch list at
>> <ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/index.txt> and guess what I
>> found! That's right, ladies and germs, a mutant NT4.0SP3 for Intel and
>
>[snip]
>
>Whoops! I was too pi**ed off to get the URLs right! Here are the
>correct URLs:
>
><ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/index.txt> 170KB Master patch list
><ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/> *HUGE* download directory!
>
><ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/NT4SP3_A.EXE> SP 3.0.1 Alpha
><ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/NT4SYM3A.EXE> debug symbols
>
><ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/NT4SP3_I.EXE> SP 3.0.1 Intel
><ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/NT4SYM3I.EXE> debug symbols
>
>Those rat bastards! What were they thinking, that we all have T3's? F***!
>

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...

Neil

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. :)

-- 

Michael Perry
mperry@mperry.basin.com