Just a note to advise you that I found significant differences between the
7/8 getadmini hotfix and the more recent 7/15 one.
The differences :
- First, Microsoft seems to inform system-aware and security-concerned
people <g> more transparently in its PSS notes, see upgraded Q146695. New
practices ?
- Second : Content.
* The hotfix dated 7/8 (1313 KB compressed ftp.microsoft.com distribution
archive) contains :
hotfix.exe - dated 2/6/97 12:33 - size 83KB
hotfix.inf - dated 7/7/97 15:03 - size 8KB
ntoskrnl.exe - dated 7/7/97 14:26 - size 895 KB
ntoskrnl.dbg - dated 7/7/97 14:26 - size 1051 KB
ntkrnlmp.exe - dated 7/7/97 14:26 - size 914KB
ntkrnlmp.dbg - dated 7/7/97 14:26 - size 1062KB
* The hotfix dated 7/15 (1344 KB compressed ftp.microsoft.com distribution
archive) contains :
hotfix.exe - dated 2/6/97 12:33 - size 83KB
hotfix.inf - dated 7/15/97 10:39 - size 8KB
ntoskrnl.exe - dated 7/11/97 11:27 - size 895 KB
ntkrnlmp.exe - dated 7/11/97 11:28 - size 914KB
user32.dll - dated 7/11/97 22:18 - size 316KB
win32k.sys - dated 7/12/97 17:34 - size 1205KB
To be short, no more debug info, but new user32 and win32k in the same
package, as it seems !
Since the first version protected against the initial getadmin "release", I
think it's safe to assume that some more thorough bug-fixing has occurred,
but only MS can know for sure (and say ?), of course ...
I applied the second version after the first one on a stable < I mean it is
production-class, but often rebooted for setups, SPs, hotfixes ... g> lab
machine without a glitch, but have not tested yet the symbols status ... I
mean the development_stuff, ... which happens to be the same as what's used
by PSS BSOD post-mortem diagnostic helpers, but I don't think I'll go
voluntarily this way ;-).
Cheers,
Olivier.