Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Language Interface Pack

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Language Interface Pack makes sure that Microsoft Office 2003 performs with complete functionality when you use an Office 2003 Language Interface Pack.

Service pack details

List of issues that the service pack fixes

Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Language Interface Pack fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Earlier released updates that the service pack includes

The Catalan, Norwegian (NyNorsk), and Serbian (Cyrillic) language versions of Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Language Interface Pack include the earlier released update that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Known issues

Known issues after the installation of the service pack

After you install a Microsoft Office service pack, you are unexpectedly prompted to restart the computer. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Installation details

How to obtain and install the service pack

The client and administrative service packs are located at the Microsoft Download Center. To download this service pack and to view installation instructions and deployment strategies, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Removal information

There is no option to remove this service pack by using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. To remove Office 2003 Service Pack 2 for Language Interface Pack, you must remove Office 2003. Then, you must reinstall Office 2003 from your original Office 2003 CD. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to determine whether the service pack is installed

You do not have to install this service pack if you have a later version of the files that are listed in the following table.To search for the appropriate file, search the hard disk drive. To do this, 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 appropriate file name as listed in the table, and then click Search.
4. In the list of files, right-click the appropriate file, and then click Properties.
5. On the Version tab, determine the version of the file that is installed on the computer.

Information for administrators about .msp files

The administrative service pack consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer file (.msp file). The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The .msp files in this service pack use the following naming schema:Note In this naming schema, LanguageAbbreviation is the three-letter language identifier.

Features for reinstalling specific components for administrators

If you update your administrative installation point and then recache and reinstall Office 2003 on client computers, we recommend that you run a command line that includes the REINSTALL=ALL property to install all the features.

For detailed procedures that explain how to update an administrative image and how 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: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: