Eric said:
Hello,
I am planning on rolling out Office SP3 on several machines and I was
wondering
if I had first to apply all the updates for SP2 (if any) through Windows
Update
before upgrading or if I could just install SP3.
Is there such a thing as a network installation package, like for XP SP3,
so I don't have to download it for every machine I upgrade.
Thank you.
Eric
No:
From: (long url so I reprinted MS information here also)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...49-3e13-433b-b9d2-5e3c1132f206&DisplayLang=en
"You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base article (923618): Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 3.
Included in this Service Pack
This service pack includes significant new security updates. This service
pack also includes updates previously released for Office 2003:
Office 2003 Service Pack 1
Office 2003 Service Pack 2
Update for Office 2003 (925251)
Update for Office 2003 (924886)
Update for Office 2003 (919029)
Update for Office 2003 (923097)
Security Update for Office 2003 (923272)
Security Update for Office 2003 (924424)
Security Update for Office 2003 (921566)
Security Update for Office 2003 (917151)
Security Update for Office 2003 (914455)
Update for Office 2003 (913571)
Security Update for Office 2003 (905645)
Security Update for Excel 2003 (918419)
Security Update for Excel 2003 (905756)
Update for InfoPath 2003 (920103)
Update for Outlook 2003 (913807)
Security Update for Outlook 2003 (892843)
Security Update for PowerPoint 2003 (916518)
Security Update for Publisher 2003 (894542)
Security Update for Word 2003 (917334)
Security Update for Excel 2003 (940602)
Security Update for Office 2003 (936048)
Service Pack 3 also includes stability improvements developed as a result of
user input from the Microsoft Online Crash Analysis in Office 2003 and from
Microsoft Product Support feedback.
Some of the changes in Service Pack 3 modify the behavior of Office 2003,
including changes that disable some features by default and increase control
for computer administrators. Changes include:
Office 2003 can no longer open or save certain file formats. For more
information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938810.
MAPI forms do not run in public folders and user folders. For more
information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938816.
Office 2003 can now be configured to allow or deny specific COM components.
For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938815.
Some COM components with unusual characteristics may not function as
expected. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938814.
Changes have been made to the behavior of Microsoft Office Document Imaging.
For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938813.
Some attachments cannot be opened in Outlook. For more information, see
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938811.
Access add-ins can no longer be configured for use by all users. For more
information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938809.
The Fast Save setting in Microsoft Office Word has been removed. For more
information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938808.
Documents saved in certain formats no longer contain the version number of
Office. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938807.
Certain macros in older Excel file formats have increased security. For more
information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 938806.
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System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows Server
2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2
This update applies to the following programs:
Microsoft® Office Basic Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Small Business Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Standard Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Access 2003
Microsoft® Office Access 2003 Runtime
Microsoft® Office Excel® 2003
Microsoft® Office FrontPage® 2003
Microsoft® Office InfoPath® 2003
Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003
Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003
Microsoft® Office Publisher 2003
Microsoft® Office Word 2003
Microsoft® Office 2003 Web Components
Microsoft® Office XP Web Components"
