Microsoft KB Archive/832668

= Description of Office XP Alternative User Input Update: November 9, 2004 =

Article ID: 832668

Article Last Modified on 1/9/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft Office XP. The &quot;Article contents&quot; section lists the information that is contained in this article about the update.''



Article contents

 * INTRODUCTION
 * MORE INFORMATION
 * How to download and install the update
 * Client update
 * Administrative update
 * How to determine whether the update is installed
 * Windows Installer Update requirements
 * List of issues that are fixed by the update
 * Error signature details



INTRODUCTION
Microsoft has re-released the Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668. The Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 updates the framework that is used to support advanced text services in Microsoft Office XP. You will have to restart your computer to install this update.

The following lists the release history of the Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668.
 * Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 1.0 (March 9, 2004)
 * Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 2.0 (November 9, 2004)

The Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 2.0 (November 9, 2004) addresses an issue where customers who install the Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 1.0 (March 9, 2004) on a Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system cannot set the default Input Method Editor (IME) in Microsoft Windows to an Office XP IME. This issue is fixed in Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 2.0 (November 9, 2004)

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How to download and install the update
This update does not apply to a Microsoft Windows XP-based or a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer. If you try to download the update from the Microsoft Download Center, you will receive the following error message:

This update cannot be applied to this Operating System.

The issues that are fixed in this update have been fixed in the following Microsoft Windows operating systems, and they do not require this update:
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
 * Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) or a later version.

Note Before you install this update, make sure that the following requirements have been met:
 * Installation of Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0

Before you install this update, you must install Windows Installer 2.0 or a later version. For additional information about this requirement, see the &quot;Windows Installer Update requirements&quot; section.

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Client update
If you installed Office XP from a CD-ROM, you have the following two options:
 * Use the Microsoft Office Update Web site to automatically install all the latest updates that include all available service packs and public updates.
 * Install only the Microsoft Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 by following the steps that are described later in this article.

Note We recommend that you install the client update by using the Office Update Web site. The Office Update Web site detects your particular installation of Microsoft Office, and you are prompted to install exactly what you have to have to make sure that your Office installation is completely up-to-date.

Office Update Web site
To have the Office Update Web site detect the required updates that you must install on your computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/maincatalog.aspx

After detection is complete, you receive a list of recommended updates for your approval. Click Start Installation to complete the process.

Install only the client version of the Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668
To download and install the client version, follow these steps:  Download the update from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3489D806-BE63-4253-9120-5E5A2D81DFA9

 If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes. Click Yes to accept the License Agreement. If you are prompted to do this, insert your Office XP CD-ROM, and then click OK. When you receive a message that indicates the installation was successful, click OK. Restart your computer.</li></ol>

Note After you install the update, you cannot remove it.

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Administrative update
If you installed your Office XP product from a server location, the server administrator must update the server location with the administrative update and deploy that update to your computer.

If you are the server administrator, follow these steps to download the administrative update.

Note This update will requires that you restart your computer after you install the update. <ol> Visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/xp/ciceroxp02.htm

</li> Select your download language.</li> Click Save to save the update installation file to the selected folder.</li> In Microsoft Windows Explorer, double-click the installation file (for example, to start installing the update, double-click the officexp-kb832668-v2-fullfile-enu.exe file).</li> If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes.</li> Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.</li> In the Type the location where you want to put the extracted files box, type c:\kb832668, and then click OK.</li> When you are prompted to create the folder, click Yes.</li> If you are familiar with the procedure for updating your administrative installation, click Start, and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box

msiexec /a \ /p C:\kb832668\Msctf.msp SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE

where  is the path of your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP), and   is the .msi database package for the Office XP product (for example, Proplus.msi).

Note You can append /qb+ to the command line so that the Office XP Administrative Installation dialog box and the End User License Agreement dialog box do not appear.</li> To deploy the update to the client workstations, click Start, and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box

msiexec /i \ REINSTALL=  REINSTALLMODE=vomu

where  is the path of your administrative installation point for Office XP (for example, C:\OfficeXP),  is the MSI database package for the Office XP product (for example, Proplus.msi), and   is the list of feature names (case sensitive) that have to be reinstalled for the update. To install all features, you can use REINSTALL=ALL, or you can install the following features:

</li></ol>

For additional information about how to update your administrative installation and deploy to client workstations, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301348 How to install a public update to an administrative installation

This article contains standard instructions for installing an administrative public update. You can also see the following article in the Microsoft Office Resource Kit:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/xp/ciceroxp02.htm

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How to determine whether the update is installed
The Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 2.0 (November 9, 2004) contains updated versions of the following files:

Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 1.0 (March 9, 2004) contains updated versions of the following files:

Note The Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 2.0 (November 9, 2004) contains an updated version of the following files:
 * Msctf.dll
 * Input.cpl
 * Input98.cpl

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To determine whether the update is installed on your computer, follow these steps.

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.
 * 1) Click Start, and then click Search.
 * 2) In the Search Results pane, click All files and folders under Search Companion.
 * 3) In the All or part of the file name box, type the name of one of the files that is listed in the previous list depending on your operating system, and then click Search.
 * 4) In the list of files, right-click the file that was found, and then click Properties.
 * 5) On the Version tab, determine the version of the file that is installed on your computer.

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Windows Installer Update requirements
To install the update that is described in this article, you have to run Windows Installer 2.0 or a later version. Both Windows XP and the Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) include the Windows Installer 2.0 or a later version.

To install the latest version of the Windows Installer for Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cebbacd8-c094-4255-b702-de3bb768148f%20&displaylang=en

To install the latest version of the Windows Installer for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b6140f9-2d36-4977-8fa1-6f8a0f5dca8f&DisplayLang=en

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List of issues that are fixed by the update
The Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 2.0 (November 9, 2004) fixes the following issue:

843604 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 25, 2004

Additionally, the following issues included in Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 1.0 (March 9, 2004) are fixed in the latest version of the update.

316127 Office XP Alternative User Input Update: January 24, 2002

833860 Office XP Alternate User Input hotfix package: January 13, 2004

827136 Office XP Post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: September 4, 2003

823322 Availability of Office XP Alternative User Input hotfix package: June 27, 2003

318916 You cannot use the ALT+~ key combination to turn on or turn off Japanese IME

322912 Incorrect characters appear when you use an Accessibility program with the Japanese version of an Office XP program

The following issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base are fixed by Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 1.0 (March 9, 2004).The issues are also fixed in The Office XP Alternative User Input Update: KB832668 version 2.0 (November 9, 2004).

The Input Method Editor is not available in Microsoft FrontPage for Web Part Properties
When you try to type Korean double-byte character set (DBCS) characters in a Web Part Property on a Web page in Microsoft FrontPage, the Input Method Editor (IME) button is not available.

You cannot change the default IME to a different version of IME 6.5
When you set a new 6.5 version Input Method Editor (IME) as the default IME (for example, from the New Phonetic IME 6.5 to the New ChangJie IME 6.5), the new default IME is not retained when you restart the IME.

You receive an error message in the Msctf.dll file when you click Help on the Language toolbar
When you click Help on the Language toolbar, you may receive an error message in the Msctf.dll. file.

You receive an error message in the Ctfmon.exe file when you start Microsoft Publisher
When you start Publisher, you may receive an error message in the Ctfmon.exe file.

Office XP IME starts setting third-party IME as the default IME
If you install a third-party Input Method Editor (IME) and set it as the default IME, the Office XP IME may continue to start when you start the IME.

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Error signature details
You may receive the following error message:

Microsoft product 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 report contains an error signature that is similar to one of the following error signatures. These error signatures are fixed by the update. <pre class="fixed_text"> Application name Application version  Module name  Module version  Offset --- Excel.exe        10.0.3506.0          Msctf.dll    5.1.2600.0      19264 Excel.exe        10.0.4302.0          Msctf.dll    5.1.2600.0      19264 Excel.exe        10.0.4524.0          Msctf.dll    5.1.2409.22     0001009d Excel.exe        10.0.4524.0          Msctf.dll    5.1.2600.1106   0000cdd2 Excel.exe        10.0.4524.0          Msctf.dll    5.1.2600.1106   0000cdcb Msaccess.exe     10.0.2627.1          Msctf.dll    5.1.2409.7      0001ccb5 Mspub.exe        10.0.3005.0          Msctf.dll    5.1.2409.7      0001ccb5 Outlook.exe      10.0.2627.1          Msctf.dll    5.1.2409.7      0001ccb5 Outlook.exe      10.0.2627.1          Msctf.dll    5.1.2409.7      0001cc2b Outlook.exe      10.0.2627.1          Msctf.dll    5.1.2409.8      0000ee0b Outlook.exe      10.0.2627.1          Msctf.dll    5.1.2600.0      19264 Outlook.exe      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