Download SQL Server 2000 Service
Pack 3a (SP3a), the latest and most
comprehensive update to
SQL Server 2000 that corrects vulnerabilities including the
Slammer (W32.slammer) virus.
If you have applied SP3, you do not need to apply SP3a.
SP3a is primarily intended for SQL Server users who have
not applied any versions of SP3 and for MSDE users who want
to choose the new "disable network protocols"
option. Additionally, you should use SP3a rather than SP3
moving forward. For more information see: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/2000/sp3.asp.
SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine(MSDE)
Downloadable file name: SQL2kdesksp3.exe SP3a.
SP3a updates for MSDE include updates and new installations
for the database components of instances of the SQL Server
2000 Desktop Engine, including:
The Desktop data engine.
Database client connectivity components, such as the OLE
DB Provider for SQL Server, the SQL Server ODBC driver,
and the client Net-Libraries.
SQL2kdesksp3.exe includes all of the files that are required
to install a new instance of Desktop Engine (.msi files),
to upgrade all existing instances of Desktop Engine (.msp
files), as well as to consume merge modules (.msm files)
into applications. You can install the three parts of SP3a
described above individually. However, if you want to upgrade
both your database components and Analysis Services components,
you must apply both the SP3a database components and the
SP3a Analysis Services components.