Microsoft has released security bulletin MS04-011. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update, including file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For more information about the latest service pack for Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack
Known issues
For additional information about known issues that may occur after you install the security update, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Windows Server 2003
841180 Oracle database service startup process stops responding
840997 You cannot view enhanced metafile format graphics files (or EMF image files) that were created in Adobe Illustrator
Windows XP
840997 You cannot view enhanced metafile format graphics files (or EMF image files) that were created in Adobe Illustrator
Windows 2000
841180 Oracle database service startup process stops responding
841382 Your Windows 2000-based computer stops responding, you cannot log on to Windows, or your CPU usage for the System process approaches 100 percent
841343 The HOMEDRIVE, HOMEPATH, and HOMESHARE environment variables may not function as you intend if you modify them in Windows 2000
841395 The domain controller does not register _GC, _KERBEROS, and _KPASSWD DNS entries when a Windows 2000 server starts
841617 You receive a "The network name cannot be found" error message when you try to connect to a SMB/CIFS server
842644 Event ID 256 is logged in the system event log after you install the MS04-011 security update on a Windows 2000-based computer
Windows NT 4.0
841384 "STOP 0x00000079" error message appears on a Windows NT 4.0-based computer
For additional information about general issues that may occur when you install software updates that replace the Ntoskrnl.exe file on a Windows NT 4.0-based computer, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 317050 "Disk I/O Error: Status = 00000001" error message occurs when you start the computer
224526 Windows NT 4.0 supports maximum of 7.8 GB system partition