Microsoft KB Archive/923618

= Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 3 =

Article ID: 923618

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack
 * Microsoft Office Web Components
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003 Runtime
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
 * Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released a service pack for Microsoft Office 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 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) contains security enhancements and stability improvements. Some fixes that are included with Office 2003 SP3 were previously released in separate updates. Office 2003 SP3 combines the previously released fixes into one update.



Downloadable list of issues that the service pack fixes
A Microsoft Excel workbook is available that contains a list of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 issues that are fixed by Office 2003 SP3.

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 Office2003System_SP3Changes.exe package now.

Release Date: September 18, 2007

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
Office 2003 SP3 fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

938790 Issues that are fixed in Excel 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 3

938792 Issues that are fixed in Office 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 3

938802 Issues that are fixed in Outlook 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 3

938801 Issues that are fixed in PowerPoint 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 3

938799 Issues that are fixed in Word 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 3

Security bulletins that are associated with the service pack
Office 2003 SP3 addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

922581 MS06-062: Vulnerabilities in Office could allow remote code execution

924191 MS06-061: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services could allow remote code execution

922968 MS06-048: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution

917284 MS06-038: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution

915384 MS06-039: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office filters could allow remote code execution

901190 MS06-009: Vulnerability in the Korean Input Method Editor (IME) could allow elevation of privilege

917285 MS06-037: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel could allow remote code execution

905413 MS06-012: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution

902412 MS06-003: Vulnerability in TNEF decoding in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange could allow remote code execution

916768 MS06-028: Vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint could allow remote code execution

910729 MS06-054: Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher could allow remote code execution

917336 MS06-027: Vulnerability in Microsoft Word could allow remote code execution

940965 MS07-044: Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel could allow remote code execution

936227 MS07-042: Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services could allow remote code execution

Previously released updates that the service pack includes
Office 2003 SP3 includes the following previously released updates:

842532 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1

887616 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2

892843 Description of the security update for Outlook 2003: January 10, 2006

913807 Description of the update for Outlook 2003: March 14, 2006

924424 Description of the security update for Office 2003: October 10, 2006

914455 Description of the security update for Office 2003, for Project 2003, and for OneNote 2003: July 11, 2006

923097 Description of the update for Office 2003: October 10, 2006

923272 Description of the security update for Office 2003: October 10, 2006

919029 Description of the update for Office 2003: November 14, 2006

894542 Description of the security update for Publisher 2003: September 12, 2006

921566 Description of the security update for Office 2003: August 8, 2006

905756 Description of the security update for Excel 2003: March 14, 2006

917334 Description of the security update for Microsoft Office Word 2003: June 13, 2006

917151 Description of the security update for Office 2003: July 11, 2006

918419 Description of the security update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003: July 11, 2006

916518 Description of the security update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003: June 13, 2006

913571 Description of the updates for Office 2003: March 14, 2006

924886 Description of the update for Office 2003: December 12, 2006

905645 Description of the security update for Office 2003: February 14, 2006

920103 Description of the update for InfoPath 2003: August 8, 2006

925251 Description of the update for Office 2003: February 13, 2007

936048 Description of the security update for Office 2003: August 14, 2007

940602 Description of the security update for Excel 2003: August 14, 2007

Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack

Office 2003 SP3 also includes updates for the Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack. For more information about the earlier updates for the Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack that are included in Office 2003 SP3, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 for Multilingual User Interface Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f682ab1c-5be8-476d-b439-196412223cda

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Multilingual User Interface Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5EFD0266-2C4D-486B-A0DE-099E96AE21A5&displaylang=en

New and updated features
After you install Office 2003 SP3, you can use a registry key to enable or to disable the instantiation point of a specific COM category in an Office 2003 program. For more information about this feature, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938815 How to enable or disable the instantiation point of a specific COM category in an Office 2003 Service Pack 3 application

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you can use a registry key to change the number of embedded MIME messages that are processed before a MIME message appears in the message body in Outlook 2003. For more information about this feature, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938817 How to change the number of embedded MIME messages that Outlook 2003 processes before the MIME is dumped to the message body

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you can install add-ins in Microsoft Office Access 2003 on a Windows Vista-based computer. For more information about this feature, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938809 Error message when you try to install an Access 2003 add-in for all users by using the Add-In Manager on a Windows Vista-based computer: &quot;There was an error adding to the registry&quot;

Known issues after you install the service pack
After you install Office 2003 SP3, you experience problems when you use a Bit field in an Access project (.adp). For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

943967 After you install Office 2003 SP 3, you encounter various problems in an Access project when you work with a Bit data type column in a linked SQL Server table

After you install a Microsoft Office service pack, you are prompted unexpectedly 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

After you install Office 2003 SP3, an add-in, ActiveX control, or COM add-in may not work as expected in an Office 2003 program. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938814 The functionality of an add-in, an ActiveX control, or a COM add-in is reduced, or the functionality is blocked after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you may receive an error message when you try to create a new MAPI form in Outlook 2003. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938816 Error message when you try to create a new MAPI form in Outlook 2003: &quot;contact the administrator&quot;

After you install Office 2003 SP3, attachments that contain the .gadget extension cannot be opened in Outlook 2003. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938811 Attachments that contain the .gadget extension cannot be opened in Outlook 2003 after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, the Fast Saves feature does not work as expected in Word 2003. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938808 The Fast Saves feature in Word 2003 no longer functions after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program may not work as expected. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938813 You may experience issues when you run the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you may receive an error message when you try to open or to save a file. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

941636 You receive an error message when you try to open a file or to save a file after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you cannot open some Microsoft Excel workbooks that contain Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938806 You cannot open Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook files that contain Visual Basic for Applications macros in Excel 2003 after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, the version number of Office is no longer saved in the properties of the document as expected. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938807 Office files that are saved in certain formats no longer contain the version number of Office after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

How to obtain and install Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Office 2003 Service Pack 3, together with installation instructions and deployment strategies, is available for download from 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=E25B7049-3E13-433B-B9D2-5E3C1132F206

Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Multilingual User Interface Pack
For complete Office 2003 functionality, install Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Multilingual User Interface Pack if you use the Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack. To download Office 2003 Service Pack 3 for Multilingual User Interface Pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E6386D0D-954B-44A2-B8A1-E0F2E717D387

Removal information
There is no option to remove this download by using the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel. To remove Office 2003 SP3 from the computer, you must remove Office 2003. Then, reinstall Office 2003 from the original Office 2003 CD.

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.

Note 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 Office 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 products

Additionally, the following files are installed when you install Office 2003 SP3.

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 files are distributed in this service pack:

Features for reinstalling specific components for administrators
If you update your administrative installation point, and if you recache and reinstall Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 on client computers, run a command line that includes the REINSTALL=[list of features] property. This property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific components of Office 2003 from the administrative image. For Office 2003 SP3, the value for the [list of features] is as follows:

REINSTALL=ALL

For detailed procedures that explain how to update an administrative image and how 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 Microsoft Office Desktop Applications TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

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