Microsoft KB Archive/937158

= Description of PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1 =

Article ID: 937158

Article Last Modified on 12/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released a service pack for Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007. This article contains information about how to obtain the service pack. Additionally, this article contains information about how to determine whether the service pack is installed.



INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains significant security improvements, significant stability improvements, and significant performance improvements. Some fixes that are included with PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP1 were previously released in separate updates. PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP1 combines the previously released fixes into one update.



Downloadable lists of the issues that the service pack fixes
Microsoft Office Excel workbooks are available that contain lists of the issues that PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP1 fixes.

Note The workbooks are in English. The workbooks will not be translated into any other languages.

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the 2007 Office Servers Service Pack 1 Changes_all.xls package now.

Download the Office 2007 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

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Security bulletins that are associated with the service pack
PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP1 is associated with the following security updates:

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

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

Previously released updates that the service pack includes
PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP1 includes the following previously released updates:

934391 Description of the update for the 2007 Office programs: May 18, 2007

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

Known issues
For more information about known issues, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

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

How to obtain and install PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP1
PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP1 is available on the Microsoft Download Center, together with installation instructions and deployment strategies. To download the service pack from the Microsoft Download Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E985ED98-5003-4DC1-88EC-3E151E4DC790&displaylang=en

Removal information
You cannot use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel to remove the service pack. To remove PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP1 from the computer, you must remove PowerPoint Viewer 2007, and then you must reinstall PowerPoint Viewer 2007 from the original PowerPoint Viewer 2007 CD-ROM. 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 or 2007 Office 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.

PPViewerSP1-en-us.msp
You do not have to install the service pack if you have a later version of the files that are listed in the table. To determine whether the files that are listed in the table are 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, and then click Properties.
 * 4) On the General tab and on the Version tab, examine the properties of the file that is installed on the computer.

For more information about how to determine the version of the 2007 Microsoft 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 file in the following table is distributed in the service pack.

Features for reinstalling specific components for administrators
If you update your administrative installation point and if you recache and reinstall PowerPoint Viewer 2007 on client computers, you can run a command that includes the REINSTALL=[ ] property. This property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific components of PowerPoint Viewer 2007 from the administrative image. For PowerPoint Viewer 2007 SP1, this property is as follows:

REINSTALL=ALL

For more information about how to distribute product updates for the 2007 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 the latest strategic deployment resources for all versions of Microsoft Office products. For more information about the Office System TechCenter, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb267346.aspx

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