Microsoft Fixes Win2K PatchMicrosoft Fixes Win2K Patch

Microsoft is warning customers that a patch to fix a security flaw found in Windows 2000, which was revealed earlier this week, may cause some systems to crash.

"Microsoft was made aware that some customers who had received a hot fix from Product Support Services experienced stop errors on boot after applying the patch released for this bulletin," Microsoft wrote in an update to its advisory. The company says the errors occur when users are running certain hot fixes that were issued between December 2001 and February 2002 and attempt to apply the new patch in Microsoft Bulletin MS03-007.

Microsoft has updated its bulletin to give specific steps on how customers can patch their Windows 2000 servers running IIS 5.0 and avoid the glitch.

Microsoft Bulletin MS03-007 is available at www.microsoft.com/security.