Ha Randy,

Thank's for sharing this info.

>RegMon wasn't helpful, but Google was. The OVAL site led me to the following registry keys, which indicate SP3a hotfixed with SQL2000-KB815495-8.00.0818-ENU.exe and MDAC Hotfixed with ENU_Q832483_MDAC_x86.EXE.
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>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Updates\\DataAccess\\Q832483
> IsInstalled
> Installed
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>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Microsoft SQL Server\\PPSERVER\\HotFixes\\0818
> DateInstalled
>
>if either value for the first key, and the value for the second key are present, we can skip MSDE service packs and hot fixes.