According to Microsoft Technical Specialist Thurrott, Microsoft will no longer consider publishing Windows 2000 Service Pack 5, replaced by issuing a secure package to upgrade the Windows 2000 operating system.
Microsoft has recently sent a security package update document on Windows 2000 operating system recently, which will be released in 2005 to replace Windows 2000 Service Pack 5 (SP5). This update package will include Windows 2000 to Windows 2000 SP4, and the security patches after Windows 2000 SP4, which also contains comparison of non-secure updates. "But Microsoft believes that a Security Rollup Package (SRP) is more in line with the user's needs, so it is expected that there will be no longer Windows 2000 SP5, SP4 will be the last service package of Windows 2000. This article is taken from: http://article.pchome .NET / 2004/11/30 / 31128.HTM