Win2K3 Servers continue reverting from SP2 to SP1

[Guest Allyn]

We have a few Win2K3 servers that have had SP2 installed on them a couple

times. SP2 will show up for a while, maybe a few months, and in the process

of doing some maintenance we'll see they have reverted to SP1. We're puzzled

at this, as no one in IT is removing them.

 

Has anyone else experienced this?

 

Thank you.

[Guest chriske911]

Re: Win2K3 Servers continue reverting from SP2 to SP1

 

After serious thinking Allyn wrote :

> We have a few Win2K3 servers that have had SP2 installed on them a couple

> times. SP2 will show up for a while, maybe a few months, and in the process

> of doing some maintenance we'll see they have reverted to SP1. We're puzzled

> at this, as no one in IT is removing them.

> Has anyone else experienced this?

> Thank you.

 

with OEM servers or workstations there can be a recovery partition that

holds a profile of a working system

could it be that the SP2 version of the system is not very stable and

the recovery software therefore reverts it backt to pre SP2 config?

 

grtz

[Guest Allyn]

Re: Win2K3 Servers continue reverting from SP2 to SP1

 

We are using voluming licensing on the servers, and the servers don't have a

recovery partition.

 

I had another thought: We needed to free up drive space, so I deleted backup

directories under the Windows directory of the form "$NTUninstallKB...$". Is

any information maintained in these that might cause this behavior?

 

 

 

"chriske911" wrote:

> After serious thinking Allyn wrote :

> > We have a few Win2K3 servers that have had SP2 installed on them a couple

> > times. SP2 will show up for a while, maybe a few months, and in the process

> > of doing some maintenance we'll see they have reverted to SP1. We're puzzled

> > at this, as no one in IT is removing them.

>

> > Has anyone else experienced this?

>

> > Thank you.

>

> with OEM servers or workstations there can be a recovery partition that

> holds a profile of a working system

> could it be that the SP2 version of the system is not very stable and

> the recovery software therefore reverts it backt to pre SP2 config?

>

> grtz

>

>

>

[Guest chriske911]

Re: Win2K3 Servers continue reverting from SP2 to SP1

 

Allyn has brought this to us :

> We are using voluming licensing on the servers, and the servers don't have a

> recovery partition.

> I had another thought: We needed to free up drive space, so I deleted backup

> directories under the Windows directory of the form "$NTUninstallKB...$". Is

> any information maintained in these that might cause this behavior?

 

 

> "chriske911" wrote:

>> After serious thinking Allyn wrote :

>>> We have a few Win2K3 servers that have had SP2 installed on them a couple

>>> times. SP2 will show up for a while, maybe a few months, and in the process

>>> of doing some maintenance we'll see they have reverted to SP1. We're

>>> puzzled at this, as no one in IT is removing them.

>>> Has anyone else experienced this?

>>

>>> Thank you.

>>

>> with OEM servers or workstations there can be a recovery partition that

>> holds a profile of a working system

>> could it be that the SP2 version of the system is not very stable and

>> the recovery software therefore reverts it backt to pre SP2 config?

>>

>> grtz

>>

>>

>>

 

no, not AFAIK

those are just the installers necessary to reverse a patch or service

pack

for a servicepack it is called $NtServicePackUninstall$, for patches it

is called $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$

 

it is even stranger that it reverts the installation if you deleted the

uninstaller

 

could it be that it is just the label that is wrong and not the actual

installation

you can check this by looking at versions of files or by the following

tool: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279631

 

grtz