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I am reading this article saying the blocker will expire in the coming months. &nbsp;We customize the registry on our company's PCs to point to our Windows Software Update Server to get update - not using GPO. &nbsp;Do you think we will be affected by what is mentioning in this article? &nbsp;<br />
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<a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/01/30/Microsoft_warns_that_Vista_XP_upgrade_blockers_will_expire_1.html?source=NLC-TB&cgd=2009-01-30" rel="ugc">http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/01/30/Microsoft_warns_that_Vista_XP_upgrade_blockers_will_expire_1.html?source=NLC-TB&cgd=2009-01-30</a><br />
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As far as our servers, we use Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. &nbsp;They should not be affected, right?
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I am reading this article saying the blocker will expire in the coming months.  We customize the registry on our company's PCs to point to our Windows Software Update Server to get update - not using GPO.  Do you think we will be affected by what is mentioning in this article?  

http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/01/30/Microsoft_warns_that_Vista_XP_upgrade_blockers_will_expire_1.html?source=NLC-TB&cgd=2009-01-30

As far as our servers, we use Windows 2000 and Windows 2003.  They should not be affected, right?

Windows Service Pack Automatic Upgrades Blocker

Operating system security (OS security) is the process of ensuring OS integrity, confidentiality and availability. OS security refers to specified steps or measures used to protect the OS from threats, viruses, worms, malware or remote hacker intrusions. OS security encompasses all preventive-control techniques, which safeguard any computer assets capable of being stolen, edited or deleted if OS security is compromised, including authentication, passwords and threats to systems and programs.

OS Security

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).