Microsoft KB Archive/917688

= Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: April 5, 2006 =

Article ID: 917688

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released the April 5, 2006 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for Microsoft Office 2003. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:''


 * Issues that the hotfix package fixes
 * Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
 * Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package
 * Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
 * Whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
 * The files that the hotfix package contains



INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Office 2003 issues that are fixed in the Microsoft Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated April 5, 2006.

Issue that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issue:  

917689 Relative hyperlinks are changed and no longer work correctly in a file that is saved in Office 2003



This hotfix package also fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:  When you try to close a Microsoft Office 2007 program, the program may stop unexpectedly (crash). Additionally, you receive an event that resembles the following event when you view the Application log in Event Viewer: 



Service pack information
This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

Prerequisites
The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:  The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2003 SP2 installed. For more information about Office 2003 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887616 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2

 The full-file version of this hotfix is also the administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Office 2003 with SP2 installed or without SP2 installed. However, we have tested this hotfix more extensively on Office 2003 with SP2 than we have on Office 2003 without SP2. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office 2003 without SP2, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.</li></ul>

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

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information
You must create or modify a registry key to use the one of the hotfixes that this package contains. For more information about the registry modifications that you must make, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

917689 Relative hyperlinks are changed and no longer work correctly in a file that is saved in Office 2003

Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that are required 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 item in Control Panel.Download information:

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information:

After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table.

Additional notes:
 * For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses for software that is corrected after it is released, 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

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