Microsoft KB Archive/923645

= Description of Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3 =

Article ID: 923645

Article Last Modified on 9/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Project Server 2003
 * Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released a service pack for Microsoft Office Project Server 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 Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is available. This service pack contains significant security improvements.



List of issues that the service pack fixes
Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3 fixes the issues that are described in the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938796 Issues that are fixed in Project Server 2003 by Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3

Security bulletins that are associated with this service pack
No Microsoft security bulletins are associated with Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3.

Updates that are included in this service pack
Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3 includes Project Server 2003 Service Pack 2a. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887621 Description of Project Server 2003 Service Pack 2a

Known issues that may occur after you install this service pack
 After you install a Microsoft Office service pack, you may be prompted 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

 If you have made changes to a Project Server file that does not have a version, Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3 does not update the file. For example, .asp pages are not updated. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

906357 Some files are not updated when you install Project Server 2003 Service Pack 2a

 You may receive an error message when you try to do the following things in Project Server 2003:  You publish a Microsoft Office Project plan. You manage users and groups. You publish an assignment. You save security changes.</li></ul>

For more information about the error messages and about how to resolve them, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

903093 You receive error messages when you publish a plan or an assignment when you work with Project Server 2002 or with Project Server 2003

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How to obtain and then install Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3
To download this service pack from the Microsoft Download Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C5269419-034F-458D-9255-DE6C9F2A6F28

Note You can also download Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3 installation instructions and deployment strategies from the Microsoft Download Center.

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=307C1815-1CA8-4DF1-81F8-6E20495E30AF

Removal information
You cannot use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel to remove this service pack. To remove this service pack from your computer, remove Project Server 2003. Then, reinstall Project Server 2003 from the Project Server 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 this service pack is installed
This service pack contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table.

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 Project Server 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

Information about .msp files for administrators
Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3 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.

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