Service Pack 3 for Windows 2000 has suffered a last minute glitch, according
to
a Microsoft internal email seen by Paul Thurrott of WinInfo. SP3 was ready to
roll next Thursday, but the discovery of bugs in Microsoft Installer (MSI) 2.0 have
knocked it back to "this summer".
According to Thurrott, the company planned earlier this week to roll back to
MSI 1.1 instead, but said it would stick with 2.0 if testers and partners said they
wanted it, as its removal at this stage could well break applications. This seems
to have been the case, as
Activewin.com
reports a posting by a Microsoft official in the SP3 newsgroup as saying: "MSI 2.0
is a benefit to our customers and it will be included in Windows 2000 Service Pack
3 when it releases this summer."
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