No Windows 2000 SP5, Expect Security Rollup Instead

Microsoft has killed its plan and Windows 2000 Service Pack 5. Instead, the company will launch an updated summary for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 in the middle of next year.

The company also announced changes in a posting on its Web site issued a Thanksgiving Day holiday.

"There will not be any Service Pack 5 (sp5) For Windows 2000," the company said in its posting. "Therefore, (SP4 become final Service Pack for Windows 2000." Service Pack 4 will be a pre-condition must install the Update Rollup, and the machine will be maintained at the level of (SP4. in the Windows 2000 system (SP4 deployed, it will be updated from a life-cycle policy, support End until January 1, 2010, according to Microsoft.

Update Rollup, will require less pre-deployment testing because it contains less than the restoration of the Service Pack and many patches have patches in the table. Update Rollup also will include a "small number of important non-security updates." in the interpretation of a decision Updating the package rather than a service pack, Microsoft FAQ said, "The most frequent requests [customers] were Microsoft, make it as easy as possible for Windows 2000 systems so far, from the security point of view, and reduce the amount of pre-deployment testing, and they would need performance. " Microsoft update rollups has been done before, including the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 after security rollup packages, Windows 2000, and a security package Summary Windows XP Update Summary 1.