Can KB939928 be applied to R2-servers?

[Guest PN]

Hello!

 

On our "2003 R2 x86 SP2"-DHCP-servers we have a problem with tcpsvcs.exe

eating private bytes and found useful information in article 939928,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939928.

 

On our request for this hotfix we were adviced to use it even if we stated

that we have R2. R2 is not mentioned in the articles "Applies To"-section and

later we also found that the current version of dnsapi.dll is newer than the

one supplied in the hotfix. Could this cause a problem?

 

Current version: 5.2.3790.4238

Hotfix version: 5.2.3790.4116

 

Sincerely

Peter Nilsson

LTHALLAND

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Can KB939928 be applied to R2-servers?

 

Hello PN,

 

R2 is a feature pack with additional tools on 2003, so the basic is correct

for the patch. If it will be not compatible you will be notified during extraction

and installing. To be sure if something goes wrong, just create a backup/image

before starting the installation.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Hello!

>

> On our "2003 R2 x86 SP2"-DHCP-servers we have a problem with

> tcpsvcs.exe eating private bytes and found useful information in

> article 939928, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939928.

>

> On our request for this hotfix we were adviced to use it even if we

> stated that we have R2. R2 is not mentioned in the articles "Applies

> To"-section and later we also found that the current version of

> dnsapi.dll is newer than the one supplied in the hotfix. Could this

> cause a problem?

>

> Current version: 5.2.3790.4238

> Hotfix version: 5.2.3790.4116

> Sincerely

> Peter Nilsson

> LTHALLAND

[Guest Edwin vMierlo [MVP]]

Re: Can KB939928 be applied to R2-servers?

 

"just create a backup/image

before starting the installation"

 

you should do this prior to applying ANY patch to a production system

 

;-)

 

 

 

 

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message

news:ff16fb66a006d8ca992308eac9a1@msnews.microsoft.com...

> Hello PN,

>

> R2 is a feature pack with additional tools on 2003, so the basic is

correct

> for the patch. If it will be not compatible you will be notified during

extraction

> and installing. To be sure if something goes wrong, just create a

backup/image

> before starting the installation.

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

confers

> no rights.

> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups

> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

>

> > Hello!

> >

> > On our "2003 R2 x86 SP2"-DHCP-servers we have a problem with

> > tcpsvcs.exe eating private bytes and found useful information in

> > article 939928, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939928.

> >

> > On our request for this hotfix we were adviced to use it even if we

> > stated that we have R2. R2 is not mentioned in the articles "Applies

> > To"-section and later we also found that the current version of

> > dnsapi.dll is newer than the one supplied in the hotfix. Could this

> > cause a problem?

> >

> > Current version: 5.2.3790.4238

> > Hotfix version: 5.2.3790.4116

> > Sincerely

> > Peter Nilsson

> > LTHALLAND

>

>

[Guest PN]

Re: Can KB939928 be applied to R2-servers?

 

Thanks for you hints, I will surely create a backup before applying the patch

:)

But I could still cause disturbance for many users while testing. I´m sorry

that I refered to R2, I see that servers without R2 also contains a newer

version of dnsapi.dll than the hotfix. Instead the question should be

rephrased:

 

Is it common that hotfixes contain older versions of system files and should

one not have second thoughts before applying them? And, if applied, will they

not be replaced later by windowsupdate and put you back to square zero?

 

/Peter

[Guest Edwin vMierlo [MVP]]

Re: Can KB939928 be applied to R2-servers?

 

> Thanks for you hints, I will surely create a backup before applying the

patch

> :)

> But I could still cause disturbance for many users while testing. I´m

sorry

> that I refered to R2, I see that servers without R2 also contains a newer

> version of dnsapi.dll than the hotfix. Instead the question should be

> rephrased:

>

> Is it common that hotfixes contain older versions of system files

 

No, .... well the answer is "it depends" if you look at a hotfix for SP1,

but you have SP2 installed on your host, then the Hotfix can contain an

older version of the file.

> and should

> one not have second thoughts before applying them?

 

at first yes, but then you need to find out where the the newer version is

coming from. E.g. is a (newer) patch/SP already installed.

 

Example: if you have installed Security Vulnerability patch MS08-020

(KB945553) then you are already running a later version of the dnsapi.dll

then included in hotfix KB 939928

 

All comes down to patch management in the end.

 

 

HTH,

Edwin.