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Post by Derek L on Sept 23, 2007 9:53:23 GMT -6
 On Sep 18, Microsoft issued Service Pack 3 for Office 2003. If you’re using this version of Office, you’ll want to install the update. It improves security and compatibility with Vista and Office 2007. The service pack also fixes annoyances in programs like Excel and Word. The download is a hefty 120MB. You should receive a notice via Microsoft’s AutoUpdate feature in the next few weeks. But you can get the service pack now by running Windows Update. Or, you can get it directly from Microsoft’s site here: www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e25b7049-3e13-433b-b9d2-5e3c1132f206&displaylang=en |
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Post by Derek L on Sept 24, 2007 15:09:12 GMT -6
See this article online at news.office-watch.com?555DON'T INSTALL THE OFFICE 2003 SERVICE PACK Microsoft has released a new Service Pack for Office 2003 - if you believe their blurb the update is just a bundle of part updates plus some new security fixes. Behind that bland description are some real problems for Office 2003 users. In the name of 'security' some features of Office 2003 are disabled upon installing Service Pack 3 - a cheap shortcut by Microsoft to save themselves the bother of making a real fix. Some of them might not trouble you but others could be an unexpected 'surprise'. So Office Watch is back to its old job of digging into an Office service pack to see what's going on. As has happened too many times before, the documentation is limited, confusing and, at times, contradictory. If you use the Microsoft Update service or have Windows Vista, then you'll be offered SP3 as a new update without any direct warning of the downside. We strongly recommend you do NOT install Office 2003 Service Pack 3 - at least not yet. Peter is working deciphering the glyphs of Microsoft documentation and will report in a future Office Watch. In the meantime, just ignore any prompts to install Office 2003 Service Pack 3 - if you have Service Pack 2 plus later security patches then waiting a week or two should not be a major problem. |
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Post by CaptainShrinkwrap on Sept 25, 2007 6:24:48 GMT -6
I'm sure glad you found this before I released it to everyone. Thanks again.
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