Microsoft KB Archive/906451

= Issues that are fixed in Outlook 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2 =

Article ID: 906451

Article Last Modified on 8/25/2006

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 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

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SUMMARY
Microsoft has released a service pack for Microsoft Office 2003 that contains fixes for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.



INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides the latest updates to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. Office 2003 SP2 contains security enhancements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some of the fixes that are included in Office 2003 SP2 were previously released in Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or in separate updates. Office 2003 SP2 combines the previously released fixes into one update.

For more information about Office 2003 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887616 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2



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 1 issues that are fixed by Office 2003 SP2.

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 Office2003_SP2Changes.exe package now.

Release Date: September 27, 2005

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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Issues that were previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
Office 2003 SP2 fixes the Outlook 2003 issues that are described in the following hotfix packages:

839629 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: August 21, 2004

839647 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 9, 2004

883917 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package: August 2, 2004

883929 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 2, 2004

883942 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 2, 2004

885227 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 9, 2004

885243 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 13, 2004

885244 Description of the English version of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 13, 2004

885246 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 21, 2004

885872 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: September 27, 2004

886803 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: October 12, 2004

886804 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: October 13, 2004

887568 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 2, 2004

888088 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 1, 2004

888616 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 12, 2004

889096 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 22, 2004

889097 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 19, 2004

890050 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 29, 2004

890342 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 4, 2004

891007 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 20, 2004

891115 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 18, 2004

891519 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 18, 2004

891576 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 7, 2005

892057 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 7, 2005

892089 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 15, 2005

892299 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 20, 2005

892404 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 25, 2005

893050 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 24, 2005

893052 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 1, 2005

893305 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 4, 2005

894317 Description of the Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 22, 2005

894378 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 24, 2005

894539 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 26, 2005

895119 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 4, 2005

895318 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 11, 2005

895395 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 11, 2005

895402 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 11, 2005

895679 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 11 2005

896155 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that includes the Emsmdb32.dll file: April 28, 2005

896164 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that includes the Outex.dll file: April 28, 2005

896253 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 30, 2005

896261 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 29, 2005

896418 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: April 4, 2005

896498 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: March 19, 2005

896618 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: April 28, 2005

896724 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that includes the Outllib.dll file: April 28, 2005

896986 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: April 28, 2005

897247 Description of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: May 2, 2005

897708 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: April 28, 2005

898076 Description of the Outlook 2003 and Word 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: April 28, 2005

Office 2003 SP2 fixes the Outlook 2003 issue that is described in the following Knowledge Base article:

924159 The body of an e-mail message may appear to be blank when you open the message in Outlook 2003

Issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
Office 2003 SP2 also fixes the following Outlook 2003 issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Some appointments may not be included in the exported Web page

If you use Save as Web Page to export your calendar, some appointments may not be included in the exported Web page. This issue may occur when you use a language that is different from English in Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.

An e-mail message is sent from the default account if you try to send the e-mail message from an account that is not the default account

You try to send an e-mail message to a personal distribution list (PDL) that contains a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) address. If you try to send this e-mail message from an account that is not the default account, the e-mail message is still sent from the default account. This issue may occur when you have a fax program installed.

The call to the MAPI ConfigureMsgService method does not increase the handle count

You write a custom program that uses the MAPI ConfigureMsgService method to create and configure profiles. However, when the MAPI ConfigureMsgService method is called, the handle count does not increase. The call to the MAPI ConfigureMsgService method causes a handle leak.

Some items in a deleted profile may exist in a new profile that has the same name as the deleted profile

You delete a profile, and then you create a new profile that has the same name as the deleted profile. When you reuse the name of the deleted profile, some items in the deleted profile may exist in the new profile.

Excessive downloads of the full Offline Address Book may cause high network traffic

You may experience high network traffic that is caused by excessive downloads of the full Offline Address Book.

A control that is associated with a text field on a custom form may appear to be blank

You have a custom form that has a text field that contains lots of text. The control that is associated with this text field may appear to be blank in Outlook 2003.

Outlook 2003 cannot reestablish a secure SMTP connection after the previous connection fails because of a server-side issue

You try to use Outlook 2003 to reestablish a secure SMTP connection after the previous connection fails because of a server-side issue. When you do this, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:

Task ' - Sending' reported error (0x8004210B) : 'The operation timed out waiting for a response from the sending (SMTP) server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

To reestablish a secure SMTP connection, you must restart Outlook 2003.

Outlook 2003 cannot download e-mail through Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) after a connection to the server is restored

When Outlook 2003 automatically tries to download e-mail through POP3 after a connection to the server is restored, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:

Task ' - Receiving' reported error (0x80040125) : 'Changes made to the item were lost due to a reconnect with the server.

After you restart Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 downloads e-mail through POP3 without any errors.

&quot;Signed by&quot; may be blank when you receive a signed e-mail message from a custom form

You have a custom form that contains a Signed by box. When you receive a signed e-mail message from this custom form, Signed by may be blank.

A rule is not applied if the default delivery location is set to a personal folders (.pst) file

You create a rule that moves e-mail messages to a .pst file when you receive new e-mail messages. If the default delivery location is set to a .pst file, the rule is not applied when new e-mail messages are received.

A meeting request update is not processed correctly by Collaboration Data Objects for Exchange (CDOEX) or by Collaboration Data Objects for Windows 2000 (CDOSYS)

When you use CDOEX or CDOSYS to accept and respond programmatically to a meeting request update, the meeting request update is processed correctly. However, if you delete this meeting request update from Outlook 2003, the corresponding meeting item in the calendar is also deleted.

Outlook 2003 does not enable the bow logs when you click to select the &quot;Enable logging (troubleshooting)&quot; check box

When you turn on the logging feature in Outlook 2003 by clicking to select the Enable logging (troubleshooting) check box, you may expect Outlook 2003 to enable the bow logs. However, when you click to select the Enable logging (troubleshooting) check box, Outlook 2003 does not enable the bow logs.

You can set deferred delivery in Cached Exchange Mode even though deferred delivery does not work in Cached Exchange Mode

You can set deferred delivery in Cached Exchange Mode. However, deferred delivery does not work in Cached Exchange Mode. You may expect to receive a warning message when you set deferred delivery in Cached Exchange Mode.

The location of your .pst file may be included in the base64-encoded Message-ID header

The location of your .pst file may be included in the base64-encoded Message-ID header of an e-mail message. However, you may consider the location of your .pst file private information. You may not want the location of your .pst file to be included in the base64-encoded Message-ID header of an e-mail message.

A menu is displayed instead of the list of e-mail addresses that you have previously used

Typically, when you type an e-mail address in To, Cc, Bcc, or From, a list of the e-mail addresses that you have previously used is displayed. However, in some scenarios, a menu that contains unexpected commands is displayed instead of the list of e-mail addresses.

An e-mail message may be unexpectedly sent from the wrong SMTP account

You have two SMTP accounts in Outlook 2003. When you try to send an e-mail message from one account, the e-mail message may be unexpectedly sent from the other account.

Outlook 2003 switches the keyboard layout to a different language

In some scenarios, Outlook 2003 switches the keyboard layout to a different language when the switch is not always required.

All open Microsoft Office Word 2003 documents close when you cancel a mail-merge operation in Outlook 2003

When you cancel a mail-merge operation in Outlook 2003, all open Word 2003 documents close without any prompt to save the changes to the open documents.

You cannot control the encryption setting for Exchange communication through a Group Policy object (GPO)

Currently, you cannot control the encryption setting for Exchange communication through a GPO.

A meeting is removed from the calendar if you delete a meeting request after you accept the meeting request on another computer

You have Outlook 2003 installed on two computers. If you accept a meeting request on one computer and then delete the meeting request on another computer, the meeting is removed from the calendar.

When you paste two images into an e-mail message in HTML format from a Word 2003 document, one image is overwritten by the other image

You copy two images from a Word 2003 document, and then you paste the two images into an e-mail message in HTML format. Then, you send the e-mail message. When the recipient receives the e-mail message, the recipient sees that one image is overwritten by the other image.

Outlook 2003 cannot correctly synchronize the updated Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services items

You create Windows SharePoint Services items, and then you synchronize the Windows SharePoint Services items to Outlook 2003. If you update the Windows SharePoint Services items and then synchronize the updated Windows SharePoint Services items to Outlook 2003, you may not see the updated Windows SharePoint Services items.

The e-mail messages that are sent to a POP3 account are removed from the server when the default .pst file delivery store reaches the 2 gigabyte (GB) limit

When the default .pst file delivery store reaches the 2 GB limit, the e-mail messages that are sent to a POP3 account are removed from the server. Additionally, you do not receive any synchronization error messages.

The HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE variable in a GET request does not function correctly when you use the &quot;Home Page&quot; tab to view a Web page

When you use the Home Page tab in Outlook 2003 to view a Web page, the HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE variable in a GET request does not function correctly. You expect the Web page to return &quot;EN-US&quot; as the language. However, the Web page returns &quot;undefined&quot; as the language.

Outlook 2003 may become unusable on a computer that has large physical random access memory (RAM) if you have multiple large .pst files

You install Outlook 2003 on a computer that has large physical RAM. If you have multiple large .pst files in Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 may become unusable.

Error signature details
When you use Outlook 2003, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:

Microsoft Office Outlook has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

To see what data this error report contains, click here.

When you view the data in the error report, the error report contains an error signature that is similar to one of the following error signatures.

Additionally, other program versions, module versions, and offsets are possible.

Additional query words: ol (OL2003)

Keywords: kbfix kbupdate kbtshoot KB906451

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