USP 5.1.2195.21

[leppy99]

Hello all: I ran across the topic of the USP 51 for W2K, downloaded it BUT I have a few question/sconcerns:

1. Being as this USP came out in 2006 and I have Windows Updates that came after the release of the USP; when I install the USP will it mess up these updates? For example: >NET Framework was last updated 10/13/2009, some of the Direct X updates are from 2008, 2009, and 2010.

2. Is this USP 51 the same as the "Updated Rollup 1" that Microsoft put out. And can I install Unofficial Service Pack 51 on top of it?

3. After installing the USP 51 will I be able to get Windows Update files from Microsoft Windows Update?

4. What are my chances of losing data, not being able to access my programs(MS Office 2000, MS Outlook 2000, etc):

and finally

5. Is there any comprehensive documentation on how to run this program(USP51)?

Thank you

Leppy99

[pointertovoid]

Despite all the admiration I have for the work on uSP5, I have to warn you.

Microsoft created patches to improve the functionality, not only security, of W2k sp4. They were intended for an official sp5 which was cancelled on the way. Some of these patches were included in the Rollup1 (though Microsoft claims the R1 contains only security updates), others were not; Microsoft tells in essence that these latter patches "are not fully tested and should be used ONLY if you experience the faulty behaviour a patch improves". These patches are somewhat hidden at Microsoft's site and automatic updates don't load them.

After having tried such patches created for USB, I can tell you that "not fully tested" means "seriously bugged":

they DO introduce buggy behaviours and bluescreens. You really shouldn't install them without an acute need.

Though, the uSP5 includes all these patches, so I expect W2k with uSP5 to have serious bugs and instabilities. Mine got nasty with the USB patches.

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The two editions of the Rollup1 are nearly identical. Use the second one. None is the uSP5, whose "u" means Unofficial, as it doesn't come from Microsoft.

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For the rest, I didn't test uSP5 by myself; it is designed to work exactly as a standard patch or service pack, and allow automatic updates. A tutorial exists.

I believe to understand that uSP5's creator, Gurgelmeyer, passed over, rip, so you won't get first-hand information.