Microsoft KB Archive/936982

= Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 =

Article ID: 936982

Article Last Modified on 12/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Office Access 2007
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2007
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
 * Microsoft Office Word 2007
 * Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
 * Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
 * Microsoft Office Groove 2007

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released a service pack for the 2007 Microsoft Office suites. 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
The 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains significant security improvements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some fixes that are included with the 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1 were previously released in separate updates. The 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1 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 2007 Microsoft Office suite issues that are fixed by the 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1.

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 2007 Office Service Pack 1 Changes_all.xls package now.

Release Date: December 11, 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.



Security bulletins that are associated with this service pack
The 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1 is associated with the following security bulletins:

934233 MS07-023: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel could allow remote code execution

934873 MS07-025: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office could allow remote code execution

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

936542 MS07-036: Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel could allow remote code execution

Earlier released updates that this service pack includes
The 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1 includes the following earlier released updates:

932080 Description of the update for the 2007 Office programs: April 9, 2007

933493 Description of the update for Outlook 2007: April 13, 2007

933688 Description of the security update for the 2007 Office system: May 8, 2007

934062 Description of the security update for the 2007 Office system: May 8, 2007

934173 Description of the update for Word 2007: May 8, 2007

934390 Description of the update for the 2007 Office programs: May 18, 2007

934391 Description of the update for the 2007 Office system: May 8, 2007

934393 Description of the update for the 2007 Office system: May 8, 2007

934395 Description of the update for the 2007 Office programs: May 18, 2007

934670 Description of the security update for Excel 2007: May 8, 2007

935569 Error message when you start a 2007 Office program on a computer that is running Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager: &quot;Office application version does not match&quot;

936056 Description of the security update for the 2007 Microsoft Office system servers: August 14, 2007

936509 Description of the security update for Excel 2007: July 10, 2007

936514 Description of the security update for the 2007 Office system and for the Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system: July 10, 2007

936646 Description of the security update for Publisher 2007: July 10, 2007

936960 Description of the security update for the 2007 Microsoft Office system: August 14, 2007

937608 Description of the update for Outlook 2007: July 10, 2007

Known issues
942101 You receive an error message when you try to apply any of the 2007 Office Service Pack 1 packages on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2

942620 You receive an error message when you try to install the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 1 on a computer that does not have Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 installed

942995 You are prompted unexpectedly to restart the computer after you install a 2007 Office service pack or a 2007 Office update

943081 When you view any 2007 Office system Service Pack 1 update under &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot; in Control Panel, the title of the update contains garbage characters

943082 After you cancel the installation of the 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1, some parts of the service pack remain on the computer

943087 The Document Scanning tool crashes when you use the tool to scan a document after you install the 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1

946205 Error message when you try to open a compiled database file or a compiled project file in Access 2007: &quot;This database is in an unrecognized format&quot;

938574 Description of the Input Method Editor (Japanese) 2007 hotfix package: June 20, 2007

How to obtain and to install the 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1
The 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1 is located at the Microsoft Download Center. To download this service pack and to obtain installation instructions and deployment strategies, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9EC51594-992C-4165-A997-25DA01F388F5

How to obtain and to install Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP1
For complete 2007 Microsoft Office suite functionality, install Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP1 if you use the Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI). To download Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP1, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1F5C7D10-B4F9-482D-B0E5-9547A7F508E5

Removal information
You cannot use the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel to remove this service pack. To remove the 2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1 from your computer, you must remove the 2007 Office suite. Then, reinstall the 2007 Office suite by using your original 2007 Office suite 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 tables.

Note You do not have to install this service pack if you have a later version of the files in the tables.

To determine whether the files that are listed in the tables are already installed, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Search Companion. To do this, click Start, and then click Search.

Note If Windows Desktop Search starts, click Click here to use Search Companion.
 * 1) In the Search Results window, click All files and folders in the Search Companion pane.
 * 2) In the All or part of the file name box, type the name of the file, and then click Search.
 * 3) In the list of files, right-click the file that was located, and then click Properties.
 * 4) On the General and Version tabs, examine the file properties of the file that is installed on the computer.

2007 Microsoft Office suite SP1
MAINMUIsp1-en-us.msp

ClientSharedMUIsp1-en-us.msp

MAINWWsp1-en-us.msp

Office64WWsp1.msp

Proofsp1-en-us.msp

Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP1
MAINMUIsp1-en-us.msp

ClientSharedMUIsp1-en-us.msp

Proofsp1-en-us.msp

For more information about how to determine the version of the 2007 Office suite that is installed on your computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

928116 How to determine which version of a 2007 Office product is installed

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 .msp files in the following table are distributed in this service pack.

Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP1
For detailed procedures that describe how to distribute product updates for the 2007 Microsoft Office system, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/2ce70869-aa75-4a73-9c9b-8b74001f1c3c1033.mspx

The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Microsoft Office. For more information about the Office System TechCenter, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/desktop/default.aspx

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