Microsoft KB Archive/843604

= Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 25, 2004 =

Article ID: 843604

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Office XP. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:''


 * Issues that are fixed by the hotfix package
 * Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
 * Information about whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package
 * Information about whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
 * Information about whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
 * Files that are contained in the hotfix package



Article contents

 * INTRODUCTION
 * Issues that are fixed by the hotfix package
 * MORE INFORMATION
 * Hotfix information
 * Prerequisites
 * Restart information
 * Hotfix replacement information
 * Registry information
 * Hotfix file information
 * REFERENCES



INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Microsoft Office XP issue that is fixed in the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated June 25, 2004.

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Issues that are fixed by the hotfix package
The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package, but it was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
 * When you run Microsoft Office XP with the Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) and the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) in an extended Microsoft Windows session with Citrix MetaFrame, you may experience a slow-down in your computer performance when the screen is updated and when you click menu items.

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Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

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Prerequisites
 The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed.

For more information about Office XP SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

832671 Description of Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3

 The optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or later.

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

330537 OFFXP: Office XP updates and patches released after September 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0

 The full-file version of this hotfix is also the administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix with Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) or with Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). However, Microsoft has not tested this fix on Office XP SP1 or Office XP SP2 to the same extent as on Office XP Service Pack 3. If you install this hotfix on a computer with Office XP SP1 or Office XP SP2 installed, some file conflicts might occur. Microsoft supports this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.

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Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

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Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is replaced by a later hotfix.

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

890766 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 7, 2004

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Registry information
You do not have to create or to modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that are contained in this package.

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Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The global 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 tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Size       File name 25-Jun-2004 23:29  3,907,072  Msctf.msp After you install the hotfix, the global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table:   Date         Time   Version      Size     File name 25-Jun-2001 18:56                 3,584  Cadpcpatch.mst 22-May-2003 06:49  4.0.0.28       4,608  Hkl0404.dll 22-May-2003 06:49  4.0.0.28       4,608  Hkl0411.dll 22-May-2003 06:49  4.0.0.28       4,608  Hkl0412.dll 22-May-2003 06:49  4.0.0.28       4,608  Hkl0804.dll 03-Sep-2003 03:33  8.0.5702.0   192,591  Imjpmig.exe 22-May-2003 06:49  5.1.2409.34  109,568  Input.cpl 22-May-2003 06:49  5.1.2409.34  109,056  Input98.cpl 26-May-2004 21:15  5.1.2409.38  289,792  Msctf.dll 22-May-2003 06:49  5.1.2409.34  169,472  Msimtf.dll 07-Jan-2002 23:26  5.1.2409.24  229,888  Sptip.dll Note For more information about installing this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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