Microsoft KB Archive/883280

= Windows Update, Microsoft Update, or the Windows Automatic Updates feature may repeatedly offer the MS04-003 security update in Knowledge Base article 832483 as a critical update for your computer =

Article ID: 883280

Article Last Modified on 12/5/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Windows Update, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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SYMPTOMS
Windows Update, Microsoft Update, or the Windows Automatic Updates feature may repeatedly offer the MS04-003 security update in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 832483 as a critical update for your computer. This issue may occur even though you already installed the update. If you try to manually install this update, you may receive the following error message:

An error occurred while setup was trying to verify the version of Microsoft Data Access Components currently installed on the machine. Either the version currently installed does not match the version of this hotfix package, or setup was unable to determine the version currently installed.

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RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
 * 1) Download and then install Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8.
 * 2) Install the MS04-003 security update again.

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MORE INFORMATION
For information about how to download and then install MDAC 2.8, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6c050fe3-c795-4b7d-b037-185d0506396c&DisplayLang=en

To install the MS04-003 security update, download and then manually install the update, or use Windows Update or Microsoft Update.

For more information about how to download and manually install the MS04-003 security update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

832483 MS04-003: Buffer overrun in an MDAC function could allow code execution

To install the MS04-003 security update by using Windows Update or by using Microsoft Update, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Microsoft Internet Explorer.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Windows Update.
 * 3) Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to install the suggested updates.

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