From: "Rich" 

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  Full builds do not continue.  Hotfixes contain only those files being =
updated.  Service Packs are the same.  If you look at the integrated =
installs, any file not updated in the stand alone service pack is =
unchanged from the original.

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message =
news:3e3bcf60$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  If the current build were in iso format, all the builds from GA thru =
current
  could easily be available via download and corps could run whichever =
they
  like.

  Geo.

  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e3b3018{at}w3.nls.net...
     Windows isn't the only product that does this.  It's just the most
  common.  It makes sense if you consider that integrated installs are =
already
  a supported end user feature and that the OEM market for Windows has =
had
  this longer.  There is some resistence to this from end users though.  =
If
  you look at the corporate sales area of Dell and other computer =
vendors you
  will see that the OS options they offer include versions with specific
  service pack levels.  These folks would sometimes prefer an out of =
date
  version that matches their standard.  Happily, you wanted Windows 2000 =
with
  SP3.  If you had wanted an earlier service level you would have been
  unhappy.

  Rich


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Rich
 

  "Geo." <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
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beenunhappy.Rich

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