Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2
On This PageSUMMARYMicrosoft has released a service pack for Microsoft Office 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. INTRODUCTIONMicrosoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains significant security enhancements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some of the fixes that are included with Office 2003 SP2 were previously released in separate updates. Office 2003 SP2 combines the previously released fixes into one update. MORE INFORMATIONService pack detailsDownloadable list of issues that the service pack fixesThere is a Microsoft Excel workbook available that contains a list of the post-Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) 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. (http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/5/0/650783cf-ffbf-4d7b-96ce-d8dd4ab12f7b/office2003_sp2changes.exe)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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/) How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services
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List of issues that the service pack fixesOffice 2003 SP2 fixes the issues that are described in the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:906460 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906460/) Issues that are fixed in Access 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2
906342 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906342/) Issues that are fixed in Excel 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2
906341 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906341/) Issues that are fixed in FrontPage 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2
906426 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906426/) Issues that are fixed in InfoPath 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2
906234 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906234/) Issues that are fixed in Office 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2
906451 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906451/) Issues that are fixed in Outlook 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2
906340 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906340/) Issues that are fixed in PowerPoint 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2
906339 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906339/) Issues that are fixed in Publisher 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2
906338 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906338/) Issues that are fixed in Word 2003 by Office 2003 Service Pack 2
Security bulletins that are associated with the service packOffice 2003 SP2 addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Security Bulletins:890169 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890169/) MS05-023: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word could lead to remote code execution
884933 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884933/) MS04-027: Vulnerability in WordPerfect converter could allow code execution
833987 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833987/) MS04-028: Buffer overrun in JPEG processing (GDI+) could allow code execution
Earlier released updates that this service pack includesOffice 2003 SP2 includes these earlier released updates:842532 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842532/) Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1
873378 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873378/) Description of the security update for Office 2003: WordPerfect 5.x Converter: September 14, 2004
838905 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838905/) Description of the Office 2003 security update: September 14, 2004
873381 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873381/) Description of the updates for Office 2003 French grammar checker: November 9, 2004
887982 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887982/) Description of the update for InfoPath 2003: December 14, 2004
887980 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887980/) Description of the update for Office 2003: February 8, 2005
885828 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885828/) Description of the update for Office 2003: February 8, 2005
892258 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892258/) Description of the updates for the Office 2003 French spelling checker and thesaurus: April 12, 2005
887979 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887979/) Description of the security update for Word 2003: April 12, 2005
Additionally, Office 2003 SP2 includes the Office 2003 Tablet PC update: Improved Ink Recognition update. For more information about this update, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=31634D79-34AD-494D-8108-80085ACE23BE (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=31634D79-34AD-494D-8108-80085ACE23BE) Known issuesKnown issues during the installation of the service packYou receive an error message when you try to install Office 2003 SP2For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 906323 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906323/)
When you try to install Office 2003 Service Pack 2, you receive a "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the windows installer service" error message, or the Setup program may not be completed, and you do not receive notification
Known issues after the installation of the service packYou are unexpectedly prompted to restart the compute arfter you install a Microsoft Office service packFor more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 905726 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905726/)
You are unexpectedly prompted to restart the computer after you install an Office service pack or an Office update
Third-party programs that use the Outlook Calendar feature may produce unexpected results after you installOffice 2003 SP2This problem may occur if the third-party software was not updated to work with the new meeting acceptance architecture in Outlook. For more information about the new meeting acceptance architecture in Outlook, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 894470 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894470/)
A meeting is removed from your Outlook Calendar after you accept the meeting and then delete the accepted meeting request
899919 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899919/) Developer information about the calendar changes in Outlook 2003 Service Pack 2, Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 and later versions
When you try to update the data in tables that are linked to an Excel workbook in Microsoft Office Access 2003, you cannot edit, add, or delete data in the tablesFor more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 904953 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904953/)
You cannot change, add, or delete data in tables that are linked to an Excel workbook in Office Access 2003 or in Access 2002
Installation detailsHow to obtain and install Office 2003 Service Pack 2Office 2003 SP2 installation instructions and deployment strategies are found on the Microsoft Download Center. To download this service pack from the Microsoft Download Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=57E27A97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=57E27A97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867) Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Multilingual User Interface PackFor complete Office 2003 functionality, install Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Multilingual User Interface Pack if you use the Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI). To download Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Multilingual User Interface Pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5EFD0266-2C4D-486B-A0DE-099E96AE21A5 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5EFD0266-2C4D-486B-A0DE-099E96AE21A5) Removal informationYou cannot use the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel to remove this download. To remove Office 2003 SP2 from your computer, you must remove Office 2003, and then reinstall Office 2003 from your original Office 2003 CD-ROM.For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 873125 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873125/)
You cannot remove service packs for Office 2003 products
How to determine whether the service pack is installedThe service pack contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table.
For more information about how to determine the version of Office 2003 that is installed on your computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 821549 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821549/)
How to check the version of Office 2003
Additionally, the following files are also installed when you install Office 2003 SP2:
Information for administrators about .msp filesThe 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 files in the following table are distributed in this service pack.
Features for reinstalling specific components for administratorsIf you update your administrative installation point and recache and reinstall Office 2003 on client computers, you can run a command line that includes the REINSTALL=[list of features] property.The REINSTALL=[list of features] property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific components of Office 2003 from the administrative image. For Office 2003 SP2, the value for [list of features] is as follows: REINSTALL=ALL For detailed procedures that explain how to update an administrative image and to update client computers, see the "Updating clients from a patched administrative image" section in the "Distributing Office 2003 Product Updates" topic. To view the "Distributing Office 2003 Product Updates" topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011402381033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011402381033.aspx) The Office Admin Update Center for Office IT Professionals contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office. For more information about the Office Admin Update Center, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX011511561033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX011511561033.aspx) APPLIES TO
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