Microsoft has announced that the W2K URP is not the highest quality update
they have ever released, and they intend to re-release it with fixes. See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861#kb1.
Could someone from MS on this list let us know if, and if so how, this
might affect those of us who are counting on the URP for Filter Manager
support?
One part of the referenced KB article concerns me greatly:
You cannot save files from Microsoft Office programs directly to a floppy disk
Microsoft has identified a problem in the Fastfat.sys file. This problem
does not affect all systems. On systems that are affected, you cannot save
files from Microsoft Office programs directly to a floppy disk. (Microsoft
Office programs include programs such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft
Excel.) Microsoft plans to provide an update to fix this problem on the
Microsoft.com/downloads Web site.
You use one of the following methods to work around this problem:
" Copy the Fastfat.sys file from the $NtUpdateRollupPackUninstall$ Update
Rollup backup directory to the %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers directory.
" Save the Fastfat.sys file to the hard disk. Then, copy the file to the
floppy disk.
" Save the Fastfat.sys file by using an alternative format, such as Rich
Text Format (RTF).
A hotfix that addresses this problem will be available soon. We plan to
reissue Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 soon with this hotfix
included. The reissued update rollup will help simplify future
installations of Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4. The reissued update
rollup will also reduce the chance of customers experiencing this problem.
Note that one of the proposed solutions to this problem is to restore the
old FastFat.sys, which will of course remove any new functionality for
Filter Manager.
(Also, the second 2 solutions should refer to the Office Document in
question, not to FastFat.sys.)
Thanks,
- Dan.