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The January Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains 4 non-security updates.
Non-Security updates were released to:
Provide current definitions to the Junk Email Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, 2010 and 2003
The December Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains 5 security bulletins and 14 non-security updates.
Security updates were released for:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-088
· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2596511) 64-Bit Edition
· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2596511) 32-Bit Edition
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-089
· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2589320) 64-Bit Edition
· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2589320) 32-Bit Edition
· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2596785)
· Security Update for Microsoft Visio 2010 (KB2553374) 64-Bit Edition
· Security Update for Microsoft Visio 2010 (KB2553374) 32-Bit Edition
· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553353) 64-Bit Edition
· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553353) 32-Bit Edition
· Security Update for Microsoft Web Applications (KB2553153)
· Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2553132)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-091
· Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB2596705)
· Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 (KB2553084)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-094
· Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (KB2553185) 64-Bit Edition
· Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (KB2553185) 32-Bit Edition
· Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB2596764)
· Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB2596843)
· Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB2596912)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-096
· Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (KB2596954)
Non-Security updates were released for:
To fix UNC path changes after installing security update MS11-072:
· Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB2596596)
· Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2596651)
· Update for Microsoft Office 2007 suites (KB2596789)
To fix calculation functionality in Excel:
· Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB2553439) 64-Bit Edition
· Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB2553439) 32-Bit Edition
To update proofing tools for memory functionality:
· Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2596963) 32-Bit Edition
· Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2596964) 32-Bit Edition
· Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553270) 64-Bit Edition
· Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553270) 32-Bit Edition
To fix Access 2010 crashes after installation of Office 2010 SP1:
· Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553385) 64-Bit Edition
· Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2553385) 32-Bit Edition
Outlook Junk Email Filters for supported Office versions were also updated:
· Definition Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726), 32-Bit Edition
· Definition Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB982726), 64-Bit Edition
· Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB2597035)
Office 2007 Service Pack 3, which released in October 2011, includes a roll-up of all Public Update and Cumulative Update releases since SP2, as well as stability and performance improvements. A list of the Public Update and Cumulative Update releases follows:
Cumulative Update releases:
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for April 2009 – Released April 30, 2009
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for June 2009 – Released June 30, 2009
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for August 2009 – Released August 25, 2009
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for October 2009 – Released October 27, 2009
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for December 2009 – Released December 15, 2009
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for February 2010 – Released February 23, 2010
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for April 2010 – Released April 27, 2010
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for June 2010 – Released June 29, 2010
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for August 2010 – Released August 31, 2010
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for October 2010 – Released October 26, 2010
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for December 2010 – Released December 14, 2010
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for February 2011 – Released February 22, 2011
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for April 2011 – Released April 26, 2011
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for June 2011 – Released June 28, 2011
Office 2007 Cumulative Update for August 2011 – Released August 30, 2011
Public Update releases:
Security Update for PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (KB970059) – Released May, 5 2009
Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB967642) – Released May, 5 2009
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB969618) – Released May, 5 2009
Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (KB957789) – Released May, 5 2009
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB969559) – Released June, 9 2009
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB969907) – Released June, 9 2009
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB969679) – Released June, 9 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB969682) – Released June, 9 2009
Security Update for Excel Services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB969737), 64-bit Edition – Released June, 9 2009
Security Update for Excel Services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB969737), 32-bit Edition – Released June, 9 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer (KB969686) – Released June, 9 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB969604) – Released June, 9 2009
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB969613) – Released June, 9 2009
Update for 2007 Microsoft Office Servers (KB971620), 64-Bit Edition – Released July, 14 2009
Update for 2007 Microsoft Office Servers (KB971620), 32-Bit Edition – Released July, 14 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB969693) – Released July, 14 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB947318) – Released August, 11 2009
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB972581) – Released October, 13 2009
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB951944) – Released October, 13 2009
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB974234) – Released October, 13 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB972363) – Released October, 13 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007 (KB973709) – Released October, 13 2009
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB973704) – Released November, 10 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB973593) – Released November, 10 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer (KB973707) – Released November, 10 2009
Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB974561) – Released November, 10 2009
Security Update for Microsoft Office Project 2007 (KB949046) – Released December, 8 2009
Update for Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 (KB976416) – Released December, 8 2009
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB978380) – Released March, 9 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB978382) – Released March, 9 2010
Security Update for Excel Services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB979439), 64-bit Edition – Released March, 9 2010
Security Update for Excel Services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB979439), 32-bit Edition – Released March, 9 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer (KB978383) – Released March, 9 2010
Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB979806) – Released April, 13 2010
Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB981715) – Released April, 13 2010
Update for Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 (KB980729) – Released April, 13 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB980470) – Released April, 13 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 (KB979365) – Released April, 13 2010
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB976321) – Released May, 11 2010
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB982331) – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB982308) – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer (KB982333) – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB982312) – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB982158) – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 (KB979441) – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB982124) – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 (KB982127) – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB982135) – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB979445), 64-bit Edition – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB979445), 32-bit Edition – Released June, 8 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Access 2007 (KB979440) – Released July, 13 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB980376) – Released July, 13 2010
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB2277947) – Released August, 10 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB2251419) – Released August, 10 2010
Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB2284654) – Released September, 14 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2288953) – Released September, 14 2010
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB2288621) – Released September, 14 2010
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB2344875) – Released October 12, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB2345035) – Released October 12, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer (KB2345088) – Released October 12, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB2345212) 64-Bit – Released October 12, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB2345212) 32-Bit – Released October 12, 2010
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB2345043) – Released October 12, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB2344993) – Released October 12, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB2251419) for CSA – Released October 12, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (KB2413381) – Released November 9, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2289158) – Released November 9, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2288931) – Released December 14, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB2433089) 64-Bit – Released December 14, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (KB2433089) 32-Bit – Released December 14, 2010
Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB2284697) – Released December 14, 2010
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2412171) – Released January 11, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 (KB2434737) – Released February 8, 2011
Security Update for Groove 2007 (KB2494047) – Released March 8, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer (KB2466158) – Released April 12, 2011
Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2508958) – Released April 12, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB2464583) – Released April 12, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB2464594) – Released April 12, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (KB2464623) – Released April 12, 2011
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB2466156) – Released April 12, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2464635) – Released April 12, 2011
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2509470) – Released April 12, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2509488) – Released April 12, 2011
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2509470) – Released May 10, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2540162) – Released May 10, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB2535818) – Released May 10, 2011
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB2541012) – Released June 14, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB2541007) – Released June 14, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer (KB2541015) – Released June 14, 2011
Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2539530) – Released June 14, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 (KB2510061) – Released June 14, 2011
Security Update for Microsoft Office Visio 2007 (KB2553010) – Released August 9, 2011
The November Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains multiple non-security updates.
As with normal cadence, Outlook Junk Email Filters for Office 2003 and 2010 32-bit/64-bit were also updated.
We are pleased to announce the availability of Service Pack 3 (SP3) for our 2007 family of products.
This service pack contains all the Cumulative Updates and Public Updates for Office 2007 that have shipped since SP2 for both the Office client suites and applications, and the SharePoint server applications. The Project Server updates are included along with the SharePoint updates in the Office Servers SP3 updates. SP3 also contains additional new fixes which are described here. For a list of changes for each product, please refer to their individual KBs. The KB Articles referenced below will be updated throughout the day to include the live links to the published articles.
Starting today, SP3 is available from the Download center. The Downloads Table below provides links to the new packages for SP3. If you have installed all Office Automatic Updates, you will also see SP3 available as a manual download from Microsoft Update. After a 90 day period, SP3 will be offered as an automatic update through Microsoft Update.
Our deployment guidance for 2007 servers remains consistent with the guidance we have provided in the past. Office Client deployment for SP3 will also remain consistent with prior guidance. You can read more information in our previous post here.
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP3
2526086
Suite: 32-bit ; LPK: 32-bit
2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 3 (SP3) and 2007 Microsoft Office servers Language Pack (SP3)
2526299
Server Suite: 32-bit; LPK: 32-bit ; Server Suite: 64-bit; LPK: 64-bit
Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and of Office SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 SP3
2526089
SharePoint Designer: 32-bit; LPK: 32bit
Office Project 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and of Office Project Language Pack 2007 SP3
2526091
Project: 32-bit; Project LPK: 32-bit
Office Visio 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and of Office Visio Language Pack 2007 SP3
2526291
Visio: 32-bit; Visio LPK: 32-bit
Office Proofing Tools 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2526293
32-bit
Microsoft Office Language Interface Pack 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2526307
PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2526298
Visio Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2526301
Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2526302
Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2526294
Microsoft Office InterConnect 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2526296
Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2526297
Microsoft Office Access Runtime and Data Connectivity Components 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
2526310
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP3
2526305
WSS 3.0: 32-bit; LPK: 32-bit ; WSS 3.0: 64-bit; LPK: 64-bit
Microsoft Expression Web 3 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and of Microsoft Expression Web Language Pack SP3
2575737
Expression Web : 32-bit; LPK: 32-bit
Known issues that you may experience when you install the 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP3
2591067
n/a
List of all 2007 Office system Service Pack 3 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 3 packages
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Technical details about the 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 3 (SP3) releases
2591039
Technical details about the 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 3 (SP3) releases
2591050
Technical details about the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) releases
2591054
During the release of Office 2010 Service Pack 1 we found that if you had an Office install with multiple languages only the English version would be updated. On October 17th we rolled out the fix that would detect multiple languages on the same machine thus updating all languages to Sp1.
What does this mean if you’ve installed Sp1? If you have Sp1 installed and go to Microsoft Update you may see Sp1 listed again ready for download. This will happen if you have multiple languages installed of Office 2010.
For the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) admins you will see Office 2010 Sp1 offered in the Windows Admin console ready for approval.
There are no file/binary updates with this change only a detection on the Microsoft Update service. We now target the other languages installed on the machine.
We will be updating KB2510690 with this information.
Hello,
Today's is a small month with two updates being release for the Outlook Junk email Filter.
The Update now live and available for download.
Outlook Junk Email Filters for Office 2003 and 2007.
Today we’re pleased to announce the 3rd (and likely final) Service Pack release for Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007. We are targeting a release date within Calendar Q4 2011. As we approach the date we will have more to share on exact timing.
We are offering this release in preparation for the April October 2012 end of mainstream support for the 2007 client and server products. The October 2011 release provides a 6-month window to test and deploy the release prior to exiting mainstream support. (note: the correction is due to an error in the support date that was fixed on the product support lifecycle web page. The correct date is October).
Upgrading to Office 2010 is also an option for those who are still using Office 2007. Office 2010 will remain in mainstream support until 2015, and this path provides a much better option for those looking to upgrade from Office 2003 prior to its end of life, scheduled for April 2014.
For those of you hoping to test SP3 prior to its deployment, we will continue or standard practice with Service Pack releases. Initially SP3 will be offered through the Microsoft Download Center as a manual download, through Microsoft Update as an Optional update. No earlier than 90 days after release, we will convert SP3 to an Automatic Update for our 2007 customers.
Service Pack 3 contains a roll-up of all 2007 Cumulative and Public Updates since Service Pack 2 for both Office client suites and applications as well as SharePoint Servers, in addition to some new fixes for issues discovered during the lifecycle of SP2.
For each of these products, if you are current with Automatic Updates for Office 2007, you have already installed most of the changes in the release. SP3 is much smaller than 2007 SP1, SP2 or the recently released 2010 SP1. We will provide documentation detailing the changes and the affected packages on TechNet.
The deployment experience should be straightforward. Unlike 2010 SP1, we will not be asking customers to deploy the accompanying Cumulative Update at the same time. Our deployment guidance for 2007 servers remains consistent with the guidance we have provided in the past. Office Client deployment for SP3 will also remain consistent with prior guidance.
SP3 will include changes in the following areas:
Office Client 2007 SuitesOffice SharePoint 2007 Servers Office SharePoint Search Server 2007Office SharePoint Designer 2007Office Project 2007Office Visio 2007Office Proofing tools 2007Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007Office InterConnect 2007Office Compatibility Pack PowerPoint ViewerVisio ViewerOffice Servers Language PackWindows SharePoint Services 3.0Office Access Runtime and Data Connectivity Components
The September Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains 3 security bulletins and 17 non-security updates.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-072
These Excel updates address the vulnerabilities by correcting the way that Microsoft Excel manages objects in memory, indexes an array of memory locations, arses certain records in Excel files, handles a particular type of conditional expression, and conducts bounds checking on array index values. Please see associated KB articles for more information around these updates.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-073
These Office security updates address the vulnerabilities by correcting the way Microsoft Office loads external libraries and initializes objects. Please see associated KB articles for more information around these updates.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-074
These security updates address the vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Microsoft SharePoint validates and sanitizes user input, parses malicious XML and XSL files, and handles script contained inside of specific request parameters. Please see associated KB articles for more information around these updates.
Non-Security updates were released:
To enhance the controls/engine associated with Office Click-to-Run:
To decrease installation failures for updates installed on Office 2010:
To enhance Office SharePoint Online:
To enhance the user experience when mapping an address to a contact in Outlook:
To update the Office File Validation catalogue and to address performance issues when using workbooks stored on network locations:
To facilitate changes to the time-zone data to accommodate daylight savings time:
To enhance the experience of Office 365 users in conjunction with the Outlook Social Connector:
The August 2011 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Foundation (2010, 2007) contains the following Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes:
Russian Time Zones:
Time Zone
Old
New
Russian Standard Time
(UTC +3:00) Moscow, St Petersburg, Volgograd
(UTC +4:00) Moscow, St Petersburg, Volgograd
Ekaterinburg Standard Time
(UTC +5:00) Ekaterinburg
(UTC +6:00) Ekaterinburg
N. Central Asia Standard Time
(UTC +6:00) Novosibirsk
(UTC +7:00) Novosibirsk
North Asia Standard Time
(UTC +7:00) Krasnoyarsk
(UTC +8:00) Krasnoyarsk
North Asia East Standard Time
(UTC +8:00) Irkutsk
(UTC +9:00) Irkutsk
Yakutsk Standard Time
(UTC +9:00) Yakutsk
(UTC +10:00) Yakutsk
Vladivostok Standard Time
(UTC +10:00) Vladivostok
(UTC +11:00) Vladivostok
Magadan Standard Time
(UTC +11:00) Magadan
(UTC +12:00) Magadan
It also contains 2011-adjusted DST start and end dates for the following time zones:
In addition to these changes, the August 2011 CU update rolls up the DST changes that were previously released in the June 2011 CU:
KB2553931 - includes 2011 DST changes for Egypt (DST cancellation), Namibia, Magadan & Israel.
If you'd like to keep track of regular updates in this area, you can get updates and information at the Daylight Saving Time Help andSupport Center.
The August Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains 1 security bulletin and 3 non-security updates.
The following Security updates were released for:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-060
As with normal cadence, Outlook Junk Email Filters for Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 64-Bit / 32-Bit Edition were also updated.
The July Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains 1 security bulletin and 3 non-security updates.
The following Security update were released for:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-055
· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB2493523)
Joining the security bulletin was the Service Pack 1 for Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (KB2553006), 64-bit Edition and 32-bit Edition
As with normal cadence, Outlook Junk Email Filter for Office 2007 was also updated.
Please visit the entire post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/officeinteroperability/archive/2011/07/12/microsoft-office-binary-file-format-validator-is-now-available.aspx
The Office Interoperability team is proud to announce the public Beta release of the Microsoft Office Binary File Format Validator (BFFValidator) tool. Available on the Microsoft Download Center , BFFValidator is a tool that will validate whether a .doc, .ppt, or .xls binary file format (bff) file is conformant with the Microsoft Office File Format Open Specifications .
Congratulations to the Office Interoperability team on a great accomplishment.
With Office 2010 Service Pack 1 having now been out for one week, we wanted to cover some of the most common questions we’ve been getting. Here is a compiled list of the 5 most common questions.
1. Will installing Office 2010 Service Pack 1 require a reboot?
In the majority installs for Client and Server, Office 2010 SP1 may require a reboot. To decrease the likelihood of the reboot, it is advised to close down all open Office applications prior to install.
2. Common Problem: “The installation of this package failed” due to not enough disk space
This is the generic error dialog that appears when an unknown error occurs during installation. The majority of these failures are related to not having enough space on the system drive. The download size for Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 x86 is 361 MB, however with extraction (%temp%) and windows installer caching (%windir%), the amount of disk space required for installation is around 1.3 GB. If freeing up disk space does not solve the issue, please read the following KB article KB954713.
This is the generic error dialog that appears when an unknown error occurs during installation. The majority of these failures are related to not having enough space on the system drive. The download size for Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 x86 is 361 MB, however with extraction (%temp%) and windows installer caching (%windir%), the amount of disk space required for installation is around 1.3 GB.
If freeing up disk space does not solve the issue, please read the following KB article KB954713.
3. How do I confirm that I have Office 2010 Service Pack 1 installed?
There are several ways to learn whether or not you have Office SP1. The first is checking the updates through Add/Remove programs. This can be done by opening the Start Menu, go to the Control Panel, and then click on Programs [and Features]. From there, click on View installed updates which will display entries for installed SP1 update.
There are several ways to learn whether or not you have Office SP1.
The first is checking the updates through Add/Remove programs. This can be done by opening the Start Menu, go to the Control Panel, and then click on Programs [and Features]. From there, click on View installed updates which will display entries for installed SP1 update.
Another way to see if Service Pack 1 is installed is to view the Help documentation in any of the individual applications. To do this, click the File tab in the top left, and then find and click “Help” in the left menu. From the “Help” page, you will see the following dialog on the right side of the page.
Click on the Additional Version and Copyright link to bring up the following dialog which will show the version along with the Service Pack baseline.
The best way to learn if you’re completely up to date with all of Office SP1 is to scan MU. If this is not an option, you can get a comprehensive list of all Office Products are installed and what baseline they are at by using the ROIScan tool located here on TechNet.
4. Can I uninstall Office Service Pack 1?
Note: Server packages are NOT uninstallable for Office 2010 Service Pack 1
Yes, with Office 2010 you have the ability to uninstall the service pack on your client machines. For this service pack, we have added the ability to uninstall SP1 updates through Add/Remove Programs. In the near future we will also be releasing a tool similiar to Oarpman (used for 2007 Sp2) which allows you to streamline the removal of the service pack from your client machines.
NOTE: Uninstalling the service pack will remove the SP from any product that has the service pack install (e.g. if you have Office and Project Sp1 installed on the same machine by removing Office Sp1 you will also remove the SP for Project). To use this feature, open the Start Menu, go to the Control Panel, and then click on Programs [and Features]. From there, click on View installed updates which will display entries for each installed SP1 update. You can now select any client update and click “Uninstall” in the menu: You will then see the following two dialogs:
NOTE: Uninstalling the service pack will remove the SP from any product that has the service pack install (e.g. if you have Office and Project Sp1 installed on the same machine by removing Office Sp1 you will also remove the SP for Project). To use this feature, open the Start Menu, go to the Control Panel, and then click on Programs [and Features]. From there, click on View installed updates which will display entries for each installed SP1 update. You can now select any client update and click “Uninstall” in the menu:
You will then see the following two dialogs:
After completing uninstall, you will likely be prompted to restart to complete the action.
5. If I uninstall the Service Pack that contains the security fixes, am I vulnerable?
After you uninstall the service pack it is recommended to go to Microsoft Update to scan for the latest security updates. After doing so you will be up to date with all Microsoft Office security updates that have been released. Per Microsoft policy we will support both the service pack and the original release for a 12 month period.
Per our earlier post, this is a reminder that on July 12, Office XP will exit the Extended Support phase of its lifecycle, per the Support Policy of Microsoft.
After the end of support, Microsoft will no longer provide public fixes for the Office XP release. Automatic Updates that ship on “Patch Tuesday” will be discontinued for Office XP. There will be no effect on installed software; products will still continue to function., activation will continue to work as expected.
Office XP was quite a remarkable release, it was the version of Office that deprecated Clippy and brought us SharePoint, Web Services integration and other things. SharePoint Team Services turned out to be a pretty smart bet, growing to a $1.3B business over the next 10 years, adding over 20,000 users each day. Office XP brought us Activation, Task Panes, Speech Recognition, Word’s “Reveal Formatting” command, the Data Connection Wizard of Excel, Rules in Outlook, and even the Path animation type in PowerPoint. As with all releases of Office, XP introduced quite a bit of new capability. The original Office XP Press Release is still available, dated March 5, 2001.
What options do Office XP users have?
Microsoft recommends that customers keep their systems secure by upgrading to the latest, supported product and/or service pack, such as Microsoft Office 2010. Office 2007 Service Pack 2 and Office 2003 Service Pack 3 are also supported for the duration outlined in the Support Lifecycle Product Database.
For our Premier Support customers, a Custom Support program is available. The support team has posted a useful web page about available options for retired product support. They have also published a good FAQ page to explain some of the background on the support policy.
For more information, consult these resources:
· Retired Product Support Options · Microsoft Services Premier Support · Microsoft Services Premier Support – Custom Support · Support Lifecycle Information for all Office Products · Office XP Support Lifecycle · Microsoft Support Lifecycle
Yesterday Service Pack 1 (SP1) for SharePoint 2010 was made available. SP1 contains a number of important fixes that improve the SharePoint experience for our customers. With the recommendation to install SP1 for SharePoint came a recommendation to ALSO deploy the June Cumulative Update (CU) for SharePoint simultaneously.
It’s worth explaining this recommendation in detail and answering some common questions about how / why we made this recommendation.
First, to explain the difference between SP1 and the June CU.
The recommended approach is to apply Service Pack 1 and the June CU into an environment together. Because the packages changed by the June CU supersede SP1, the order of installation isn’t critical. If you install the CU before SP1, the packages that the CU updated won’t be overwritten by SP1. Because the June CU is from a later build than SP1, many will be comfortable installing SP1 first, and then applying the CU.
A separate topic of conversation is the order in which you should apply SharePoint Foundation vs. SharePoint Server Updates. Per the guidance from the SharePoint team, when applying SP1 or the CU it is recommended to apply the Foundation packages before applying the server packages.
The recommended order of installation is as follows:
Update Foundation first: SharePoint Foundation 2010 Service Pack 1 Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Foundation 2010 Language Pack June 2011 CU for SharePoint Foundation 2010
Then SharePoint Server: SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 1 Service Pack 1 for Server Language Pack 2010 June 2011 CU for SharePoint Server 2010
You can then run the Configuration Wizard (PSConfig) one time on all boxes.
Some links which will help in planning and executing your SharePoint 2010 SP1 and SharePoint 2010 June CU deployment:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff800847.aspx – Updates for SharePoint Products http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff806326.aspx – SharePoint Foundation Updates http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff806329.aspx – SharePoint Server Updates http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2510766 – List of all SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 Packages http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2532120 – Technical Details about the SharePoint 2010 SP1 and Office Server 2010 releases http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2536599 – Description of the June CU for SharePoint Server 2010 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff806338.aspx – Install a Software Update for SharePoint Server 2010
We are thrilled to announce the availability of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for our 2010 family of products.
The SP1 release is important because it provides us with an opportunity to address customer feedback as well as the security, stability and performance of our 2010 wave of products. The release underscores our commitment to improving the quality of our software over time. We are grateful to those customers and partners who have taken time to provide us the feedback that makes our products and services better.
SP1 contains all Cumulative Updates and Public Updates for 2010 that have already shipped. SP1 also contains new fixes for areas of each product. For those of you seeking a complete list of changes for each product contained in SP1, please visit this Excel Workbook – this is a very handy reference for those building test / evaluation plans for Office Client SP1. The workbook containing the changes for SharePoint Server 2010 is located under this link. The KB Articles referenced below will be updated throughout the day to include the live links to the published articles.
Beginning tomorrow, various Office teams will update their respective team blogs with additional information on SP1. Today you can hop over to the SharePoint Team Blog to read a bit more about the SP1 release.
Today SP1 is available from the Download center. The Downloads Table below provides links to the new packages for SP1. If you have installed all Office Automatic Updates, you will also see SP1 available as a manual download from Microsoft Update. After a 90 day grace period, SP1 will be offered as an automatic update through Microsoft Update. Customers using the Office Click-to-Run technology will have SP1 streamed to them beginning in July.
For SharePoint customers planning to deploy Service Pack 1, it is also recommended to install the June 2011 Cumulative Update for SharePoint when it becomes available in the coming weeks.
Download Links for 2010 Service Pack 1
Access 2010 Runtime SP1
2460015
64-bit
Access Database Engine 2010 SP1
2460011
32-bt
FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint SP1
2460039
Groove Server 2010 SP1
2460067
Office 2010 Filter Pack SP1
2460041
Office 2010 Language Pack SP1
2460043
Office 2010 SP1
2460049
Office Language Interface Pack 2010 SP1
2460044
Office Proofing Tools 2010 SP1
2460053
Office Web Apps 2010 SP1
2460073
PowerPoint Viewer SP1
2460050
Project 2010 SP1
2460052
Project Server 2010 SP1
2460047
Search Server 2010 SP1
2460070
Server Language Pack SP1
2460056
SharePoint 2010 Indexing Connector for Documentum SP1
2460054
SharePoint Designer 2010 SP1
2460057
SharePoint Foundation 2010 Client Object Model Redistributable SP1
2508825
SharePoint Foundation 2010 Language Pack SP1
2460059
SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP1
2460058
SharePoint Server 2010 SP1
2460045
Visio 2010 SP1
2460061
Visio Viewer 2010 SP1
2460065
A common question we’ve been getting is “How come my third party tool says that a file needs to be updated, but when I go to Microsoft Update, I see ‘There are no new updates available for your computer’?” This is because Office updates utilize Windows Installer technology to determine if a file needs to be updated. When you click “Check for Updates” in the Windows Update app, the Windows Update agent determines which Office updates are applicable to your machine based on the products that are installed. This is done by evaluating applicability rules as defined for each update. To learn more about applicability rules used by the Windows Update agent, review this article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb902473(VS.85).aspx
Using Windows Installer to detect applicability has several benefits over file based detection. This includes the ability to update multiple products, repair functionality for missing files and components, and support for reliable uninstallation of updates. To learn more about Windows Installer, review this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310598
Other tools that use file based detection utilize a list of expected file versions when scanning a machine to determine which files need to be updated. This can sometimes be problematic since an Office update may no longer contain a specific file after support for an old baseline (e.g. Service Pack) has been removed, but the file based detection tool still expects the files to be at that specific version. Thus providing you with a false positive result from the scan.
Using Windows Installer to Inventory Products and Patches: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369558(v=VS.85).aspx
To learn more about tools that can be used for detection, review this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961747
The June Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains 2 security bulletins and 6 non-security updates.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-045
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-049
Joining the security bulletins were a handful of non-security updates:
As with normal cadence, Outlook Junk Email Filter for Office 2003 was also updated.
Welcome to TechEd Atlanta! For those of you unable to attend the event in person, we’d like to take a moment to introduce our Service Pack 1 release.
Service Pack 1 is on track for release at the end of June.
SP1 releases for both Office client suites and SharePoint server products will be made available. All language versions of SP1 will release simultaneously. Initially, Service Pack 1 will be offered as a manual download from the Download Center and from Microsoft Update, and no sooner than 90 days after release, will be made available as an Automatic Update.
SP1 will include many interesting changes. Across the client suites and server products, SP1 offers a sprinkling of improvements to make a strong 2010 release wave even stronger. During TechEd and beyond, teams on http://blogs.office.com will update their blogs with more specific details of 2010 Service Pack 1 contents.
There are far too many changes in SP1 to list here, but the list below is a sample of SP1 highlights to get things started. This is a list of things that you can do now that you couldn’t before, or things that are just better than they were with the original release:
Each product in Office and each Server capability area will have changes in SP1. Specific changes will be detailed on TechNet and in KB Articles. On release day, we will publish all associated KB articles on this blog for reference.
As we have discussed in prior blog posts, SP1 will also roll-up our Public Update and Cumulative Update releases to date. SP1 will include all of these fixes, and represent a milestone in the support lifecycle of Office and SharePoint 2010 versions. Below is the list of fixes to date for 2010 products.
TechEd Sessions for Office Client & SP1For TechEd attendees, make sure you stop into the Office booth to discuss our SP1 changes. Office, SharePoint, Project, Visio will all be represented there and will be happy to talk to you about the release. SharePoint has no specific session content dedicated to SP1, but they will be available in the booth to answer questions. Be sure to visit the SharePoint Team Blog for SP1 details as well. You can find the location and other information about TechEd sessions in the official session schedule. Here’s where you can learn more about SP1 for the client suites:
Monday 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM: OSP371-WRK - Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment: Walk-through of an Office 2010 Deployment for IT Professionals
Tuesday 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM: OSP314 - Architecting Microsoft Office for Physical, Virtual and Cloud Deployments
Wednesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: OSP371R-WRK - Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment: Walk-through of an Office 2010 Deployment for IT Professionals
Thursday 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM: OSP315 - Managing Microsoft Office in an Interoperable and Multi-Device World
The May Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains 1 security bulletin and 3 non-security updates.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-036
The PowerPoint patches released this month contain fixes to issues of corrupted background images in layout slides that were reported with the PowerPoint 2003 and 2002 April 2011 Public Updates.
For users who experienced problems with PowerPoint Public Updates (KB2464588 or KB2464617), the May Public Update includes fixes for the PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 issues. Additionally, for those users experiencing document issues after installing this update please review the workarounds listed in the KB’s for 2003 or 2002.
Joining the security bulletin is a rerelease of Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2509470) which fixes issues around print previewing that were reported with the Outlook 2007 April 2011 Public Update.
As with normal cadence, Outlook Junk Email Filters for Office 2003 and 2007 were also updated.
We have had reports of PowerPoint 2002 problems after installing the April 2011 Pubilc Update.
When you open presentations that contain layouts with background images in PowerPoint 2002, an error may occur. When the error occurs, you receive a message that states that some contents (text, images, or objects) have corrupted. You can determine what content has been lost by viewing the layout, but not by viewing the slide content. Items that were removed will display a blank box or a box that contains "cleansed."
We have released a hotfix to address this issue. You can read the new KB2543242 article here, and download the hotfix.
This update will also be made available as part of a future Public Update for PowerPoint 2002. We recommend all users who have installed KB2464617 to install this replacement hotfix.
After installing the April 2011 Public Update, some Outlook 2007 users reported difficulty with print previewing messages.
To correct this issue, we have issued a public hotfix, KB2512788, which you can download and install. This update will also be a part of a future Public Update posted to Microsoft Update as well.
If you have further questions, you can contact Microsoft Support for further assistance. For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in the United States and Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft subsidiary. For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary for support issues with security updates.
Some users have contacted Microsoft support (and found their way to the blog comment feature) to ask for a remedy to the background images issue identified in the KB article relating to our PowerPoint 2003 April 2011 Public Update.
We had mentioned earlier that we intended to make a hotfix available as quickly as possible to address the situation. We have now posted an update to fix this issue. The KB article is here, and the download is here. You can manually download and install or deploy the fix. The new KB number is 2543241.
In our June Public Update release, we will release the update through the Automatic Update channel, where any remaining users will be updated with the changes.
Update: We are aware some of you are experiencing issues with two of the updates, KB2509470 (Outlook), 2464588 (PowerPoint).
KB2464588 issues have been addressed with a new update: http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2011/04/23/issues-after-installing-powerpoint-2003-update-kb2464588.aspx
In both cases, we are working on publishing an update to resolve the issues caused by those releases. We expect to release these updates as a hotfix to resolve those issues. We expect to have a PowerPoint update available for manual download before Monday, April 25th. We expect to have an Outlook update posted no later by Friday, April 29th. We'll keep this blog post updated as we have more information to share.
If you have further questions, you can contact Microsoft Support for further assistance. For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in the United States and Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft subsidiary. For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary for support issues with security updates, visit the Microsoft International Support website:
The April Public Update release for Office is now live and available for download. This release contains 4 security bulletins, 1 security advisory, and 8 non-security updates.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-021
· Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2002 (KB2466169)· Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB2466146), 32-bit / 64-bit Edition· Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB2466156)· Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (KB2502786)· Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB2464583)· Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel Viewer (KB2466158)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-023 and MS11-029 (XP Only)
· Security Update for Microsoft Office XP (KB2509461)· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB2509503)· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2509488)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS11-022
· Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2464635)· Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (KB2464617)· Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (KB2464588)· Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB2464594)· Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (KB2519975), 32-bit / 64-bit Edition· Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (KB2464623)· Security Update for PowerPoint Viewer 2010 (KB2519984)· Security Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 (KB2520047)
Microsoft Security Advisory (2501584) - Release of Microsoft Office File Validation for Microsoft Office
· Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB2464605)· Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2003 (KB2464603)· Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB2464599)· Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 (KB2464598)
· Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System (KB2508958) which will decrease installation failures for updates installed on Microsoft Office 2007.· Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps (KB2510648) which provides critical compatibility updates for customers running mixed-mode server deployments.· Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2510639) which provides critical compatibility updates for customers running mixed-mode server deployments.· Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2509470) which provides stability and performance improvements.
As with normal cadence, Outlook Junk Email Filters for Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 32-bit/64-bit were also updated.