“Microsoft achieved a dubious milestone this week, releasing
the first security patch for its Windows 2000 operating system,
despite the fact that the OS is still a few weeks away from its
official release.
The software giant this week released the security patch for two
problems affecting the Microsoft Index Server, a file search engine
included with Windows 2000, as well as Windows NT and Internet
Information Server. Windows 2000 is the company’s new corporate
operating system, designed to run computers for large companies,
Web sites and e-commerce services.”
” ‘For Windows 2000 users, of course, this patch is somewhat
interesting, if only because it is the first update to the new
operating system,’ wrote Paul Thurrott, in his WinInfo email
newsletter. ‘It’s also extremely disappointing from an
administrative standpoint…because the patch requires you to
reboot the machine once it’s installed. One of the primary selling
points of Windows 2000 is that it requires far fewer reboots than
Windows NT 4.0.’ “