Microsoft KB Archive/902848

= Description of Outlook Live 2003 Service Pack 2 =

Article ID: 902848

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Outlook Live

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released a service pack for Microsoft Office Outlook Live 2003. This article contains information about how to obtain the service pack and about how to obtain a list of issues that are fixed by the service pack. Additionally, this article contains information about the issues that you may experience when you install the service pack and about how to determine whether the service pack is installed.''



INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Office Outlook Live 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains significant security enhancements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some of the fixes that are included with Office Live 2003 SP2 were previously released in separate updates. Office Live 2003 SP2 combines the previously released fixes into one update.



List of issues that the service pack fixes in downloadable format
There is an Excel workbook available that contains a list of the post-Service Pack 1 Outlook Live 2003 issues that are fixed by Outlook Live 2003 SP2.

Note The workbook is in the English language. The workbook will not be translated into any other languages.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Office2003_SP2Changes.exe package now. Release Date: September 27, 2005

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

List of issues that the service pack fixes
Outlook Live 2003 SP2 contains fixes to issues that are described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

906451 Issues that are fixed in Outlook 2003 by Outlook 2003 Service Pack 2

Known issues during installation of the service pack
When you try to install Microsoft Office Outlook Live 2003 SP2, you receive an error message.

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

906323 When you try to install Office 2003 Service Pack 2, you receive a &quot;The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the windows installer service&quot; error message, or the Setup program may not be completed, and you do not receive notification

Known issues after the installation of the service pack
After you install a Microsoft Office service pack, you are unexpectedly prompted to restart the computer.

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

905726 You are unexpectedly prompted to restart the computer after you install an Office service pack or an Office update

How to obtain and install the service pack
Outlook Live 2003 SP2, and also installation instructions and deployment strategies, is found on the Microsoft Download Center. To download this service pack from the Microsoft Download Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=344CB27A-BB19-4CD8-8307-E8CBAC184964

Removal information
There is no option to remove this download using the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel. To remove Outlook Live 2003 SP2 from your computer, you must remove Outlook 2003 and then reinstall Outlook 2003 from your original Outlook 2003 CD-ROM.

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

873125 You cannot remove service packs for Office 2003 products

How to determine whether the service pack is installed
The service pack contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table.

You do not have to install this service pack if you have a later version of the files that are listed in the table.

For more information about how to determine the version of Outlook 2003 that is installed on your computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

821549 How to check the version of Office 2003

Information for administrators about .msp files
The administrative service pack consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file) that is packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The following .msp file is distributed in this service pack:

Olklivesp2.msp

Features for reinstalling specific components for administrators
If you update your administrative installation point and recache and reinstall Outlook Live on client computers, you can run a command line that includes the REINSTALL=[list of features] property.

The REINSTALL=[list of features] property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific components of Outlook Live from the administrative image. For Outlook Live SP2, the value for [list of features] is as follows:

REINSTALL=ALL

For detailed procedures that explain how to update an administrative image and to update client computers, see the &quot;Updating clients from a patched administrative image&quot; section in the &quot;Distributing Office 2003 Product Updates&quot; topic. To view the &quot;Distributing Office 2003 Product Updates&quot; topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA011402381033.aspx

The Office Admin Update Center for Office IT Professionals contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office. For more information about the Office Admin Update Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/office/bb267346.aspx

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