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92 • Installation & Administration Guide
Chapter 7 • Managing Your Windows NT Workstation
Updating the Windows NT Service Pack
Avid|DS 5.0 requires Windows NT 4.0 Revised Service Pack 6a in order to
operate properly. Before installing the service pack, you’ll have to verify the
version that’s currently on your system.
To verify the version of the service pack
1. Go to Start > Run.
2. Type winver and click OK.
The following message box is displayed.
The correct service pack version is Revised Service Pack 6a.
3. If the service pack version is incorrect, use the following procedure to
install
the correct service pack.
To install the Windows NT Service Pack 6a
1. On the Avid|DS Drivers CD, open the \drivers\ntsp\sp folder and double-
click
on the sp6ai386.exe file.
The Setup window is displayed.
2. If prompted, select the Run this program option and click OK.
3. In the Setup window, select the Accept the License Agreement... option.
4. If you’re low on drive space, you can deselect the Backup files... option.
5. Click Install.
6. If prompted to keep or overwrite a file, you can overwrite the file if it’s
network related.
7. When the update is finished, restart the computer.
Service pack version
If you install network drivers later on, you will need to reinstall this
service pack.