Microsoft NT Service Packs and Updates

Microsoft have recently released onto their Internet site a number of software updates for Windows NT. As always, these updates have been placed into File Area 88 of the Insight BBS (and are also available by anonymous FTP from ftp.apricot.co.uk in /bbs/area88).

< SP5_351I.EXE

This file contains the latest service pack release for Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 (running on the Intel processor platform). It contains a cumulative collection of fixes that Microsoft have released for Windows NT 3.51 (server and workstation). The archive is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains sub-directories, and as such should be run with a -D command line switch.

An important point to remember with this (and previous service packs) is that if a change is made to the components installed under NT after the service pack has been applied, the service pack will need to be re-applied (so that files from the original installation media can then be updated by the service pack). The same applies if the system has been repaired using an NT Emergency Repair Disk.

< SP5_351.TXT

This is the 'readme' file for the Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5. It contains installation instructions for the service pack, and details of the problems fixed.

< HOTFIX.ZIP

This archive contains a Microsoft 'hotfix' for Windows NT 4.0 (workstation and server) that resolves an issue that could result in data corruption on systems due to a timing issue in the cache manager when performing file write-extend operations. This hotfix will be included in a future service pack for Windows NT 4.0.