Microsoft has released Service Pack 4 for Windows 2000,
which contains a bundle of all updates and patches for the
operating system released since Service Pack 3 last
August.
Microsoft also updated the End User Licence Agreement (EULA) for
Windows 2000 to address privacy concerns. Users are now told more
specifically about features in the product that will "call home" to
Microsoft, said Bob O'Brien, group product manager in Microsoft's
Windows Server Division.
"What we have done is updated the EULA so the customer knows
that they can turn off these features they may not want to have
turned on," he said. "This is about being super transparent with
our customers so they know what the product is doing."
Service Pack 4 does not bring any new features to Windows 2000.
It includes all security fixes and driver updates released since
Service Pack 3 and is meant for customers who do not apply all the
updates when they are released, but want to do them to their own
timetable.
Service Pack 4 is available for Windows 2000 client and server
products at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4
Joris Evers writes for IDG News Service