Microsoft KB Archive/916467

= Support for Itanium-based processors that use a large instruction cache in Windows Server 2003 =

Article ID: 916467

Article Last Modified on 3/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems

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SUMMARY
This article describes a software update that introduces support in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based processors. This update applies to Windows Server 2003 installations for which the following conditions are true:
 * The Itanium-based processor uses an instruction cache that is larger than the data cache.
 * The instruction cache is not coherent with the data cache.

The affected Itanium-based processors include the Intel Itanium 2 and Montecito processors.



Service pack information
For more information about the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to apply this software update.

Restart requirement
You have to restart your computer after you apply this software update.

Software update replacement information
This software update does not replace any other software updates.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Keywords: kbwinserv2003presp2fix kbqfe kbexpertiseinter kbhotfixserver KB916467

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