Microsoft KB Archive/269267

= XL2000: Administrative Update Available for the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability =

Article ID: 269267

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q269267



SUMMARY
To help you deploy the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update within your organization, Microsoft is providing an update for Office 2000 administrative installations. This update is contained in a self-extracting file available in the Microsoft Office Resource Kit Toolbox.

The &quot;More Information&quot; section of this article describes how to download and install this update on your administrative installation.

NOTE: This update includes only the Excel 2000 fix that is included with the Excel 2000 and PowerPoint 2000 HTML Script Vulnerability Update, but it does not include the PowerPoint 2000 fix. Therefore, if you have not yet applied the Excel 2000 and PowerPoint 2000 HTML Script Vulnerability Update, please apply that update after you apply the Excel 2000 SR-1 Register.ID Function Vulnerability Update. For additional information about the Excel 2000 and PowerPoint 2000 HTML Script Vulnerability Update, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

268365 XL2000: Update Available for HTML Script Vulnerability

268457 PPT2000: Update Available for HTML Script Vulnerability



MORE INFORMATION
If you haven't already done so, you need to apply the SR-1/SR-1a update before applying the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update to your administrative installation. Depending on whether you already installed SR-1/SR-1a on your network clients, please follow the steps appropriate to your situation.

For additional information about the difference between the Office 2000 SR-1 Update and the Office 2000 SR-1a Update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

261933 OFF2000: What Is the SR-1a Update?

Update an Administrative Installation with the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update
 Go to following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/appndx/toolbox.htm#xlregid00

 Download the file to your desktop. In Windows Explorer, double-click the xl9p3_a.exe file. In the Please type the location where you want to place the extracted files box, type C:\xl9p3a, and then click OK. Click Yes when you are prompted to create the folder. On the Start menu, click Run. In the Open box, type the following command

msiexec /a \Data1.msi /p c:\xl9p3a\OQFE7797_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1

where  is the path to your administrative installation point. In the Microsoft Office 2000 Administrative Mode dialog box, click Next.

NOTE: You do not have to type your CD Key or company name in the Microsoft Office 2000 Administrative Mode dialog box. Click I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and then click Next.</li> Click Install Now. Click OK.</li></ol>

Update Network Clients with the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update
At each network client, follow these steps: <ol> On the Windows Start menu, click Run. In the Open box, type the following command

msiexec /i \Data1.msi REINSTALL=EXCELFiles REINSTALLMODE=vomus

where  is the path to your administrative installation point.</li> Click OK.</li> Click OK again.</li> Click Yes if you are prompted to restart your computer.</li></ol>

Your network client is now configured with the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update.

Update the Administrative Installation to SR-1/SR-1a First
If you already updated your administrative installation with the SR-1/SR-1a Administrative update, skip this section, and continue with the steps in the &quot;Update an Administrative Installation with the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update&quot; section.

To update your administrative installation with the SR-1/SR-1a update, follow the procedure in Q257983. Click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257983 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Apply the SR-1/SR-1a Update to Administrative Installations

NOTE: After you update your administrative installation with the SR-1/SR-1a update, you do not yet need to update the network clients to SR-1/SR-1a. When you run the command line in the &quot;Update Network Clients with the SR-1/SR-1a and Excel Updates&quot; section in this article, your client will be updated to both SR-1/SR-1a and the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update.

After you perform the steps in article Q257983 to update your administrative installation with the SR-1/SR-1a update, continue with the following steps:

Update an Administrative Installation with the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update
<ol> Go to following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/appndx/toolbox.htm#xlregid00

</li> Download the file to your desktop.</li> In Windows Explorer, double-click the Xl9p3_a.EXE file.</li> In the Please type the location where you want to place the extracted files box, type C:\xl9p3a and then click OK. Click Yes when you are prompted to create the folder.</li> On the Windows Start menu, click Run. In the Open box, type the following command

msiexec /a \Data1.msi /p c:\xl9p3a\OQFE7797_Admin.msp SHORTFILENAMES=1

where  is the path to your administrative installation point.</li> In the Microsoft Office 2000 Administrative Mode dialog box, click Next.

NOTE: You do not have to type your CD Key or company name in the Microsoft Office 2000 Administrative Mode dialog box.</li> Click I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and then click Next.</li> Click Install Now. When the installation is completed, click OK.</li></ol>

Update Network Clients with the SR-1/SR-1a and Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update
Perform the following steps at each network client: <ol> On the Windows Start menu, click Run. In the Open box, type a command line similar to the following:

 \Setup /qb

where  is the path to your administrative installation point.</li> If you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.</li> <li>If you are prompted a second time to restart your computer, click Yes again.</li></ol>

Your network client is now configured with the SR-1/SR-1a update and the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update.

NOTE: If you already updated your administrative installation with both SR-1/SR-1a and the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update, you can run Setup from the administrative installation on a network client that does not currently have Office installed. When Setup is finished, the network client will be configured with SR-1/SR-1a and the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update. You do not have to perform any reparation or reinstallation procedures on this network client.

Confirming the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update Is Successfully Installed
For additional information about confirming that the Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability Update is installed on your network clients, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

269252 XL2000: Update Available for Excel 2000 SR-1 REGISTER.ID Function Vulnerability

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