A new beta build of Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003 will be made available later today. The build, 1137, will be up for grabs for both x86 and AMD64 systems.

New Functionality Included in Service Pack 1:

  • The Security Configuration Wizard - The Security Configuration Wizard is included with SP1 for the Windows Server 2003 family. You can use the wizard to create, edit, or apply a security policy for a computer or group of similarly configured computers.
  • IIS 6.0 Performance - "Kernel-mode" (as differentiated from "user-mode") improves SSL performance because it moves encryption and decryption operations to the kernel.
  • Internet Connection Firewall for IPv6 - Internet Connection Firewall for IPv6 is included.
  • 32-bit applications running on 64-bit platforms - The performance of 32-bit applications running on 64-bit Windows operating systems (WOW64) is improved because WOW64 now uses the Intel IA32 EL driver.

    The above is not a complete list of new features included in SP1. For a full list and more information view the readme file included with the build.

    Note: If you are running a previously released Service Pack 1 build (eg. 1039-2, 1069), you must uninstall it first before attempting to install build 1137.

    View: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Home
    View: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Post-RTM Fixes
    News source: WinBeta.org

    Some of the fixes included are:
    Texture corruption is no longer seen when playing EA Sports' Madden 2004
    Setting the display resolution to 1024x768 32bpp followed by playing Blade of Darkness with the game set to 1027x768 16bpp, and texture resolution set to max, no longer results in a flickering horizontal line of display corruption
    Playing the game Battle Field 1942 under Windows XP results in the Haze effect appearing incorrectly
    Playing the game Call of Duty no longer results in the operating system failing to respond
    Setting the game Flight Simulator 2004 to display at 1024x768 or 1280x1024 followed by starting a new flight no longer results in the menu being flipped just before the new flight is about to begin
    Choppy gameplay is no longer noticed with attempting to play the game Homeworld 2
    The game Jedi Knight-Jedi Academy no longer fails to respond when enabling Anti-Aliasing to 4x or 6x
    Setting the texture preference bar to any setting lower than High Quality in the game Formula 1 2002 no longer results in the 2D game menu being displayed when maximizing the replay screen
    Poor game performance is no longer noticed when playing the game Lord of the Realms 3 under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON(tm) 9200 series installed
    Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing the demo game 4x4 Evolution under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON(tm) 9600 series installed
    Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game Indiana Jones at its default mode of 640x480 32bpp
    Playing the game Morrowind with Truform enabled no longer results in the game failing to respond Configuring the game Halo Combat Evolved (demo) to 1024x768 followed by selecting a normal campaign no longer results in the operating system failing to respond


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    (2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by DJ Prem on 18 Dec 2003 - 11:25
    Not beta for this?
    Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by gameguy on 18 Dec 2003 - 12:19
    there's a beta for this, it's been in progress for a while now...
    Quote this comment #1.2 Posted by DJ Prem on 18 Dec 2003 - 13:59
    I see because i did not get the GuestID whist i was on the beta...wonder if anyone know the ID and if it still works
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by kirk26 on 18 Dec 2003 - 14:38
    Title needs to have the word beta in it. It's misleading.
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