MS08-017: Description of the security update for the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1 development platform: March 11, 2008

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS08-017. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200803.msp (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200803.mspx)
  Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:
  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/ (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)
• IT professionals:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-017.msp (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-017.mspx)

How to obtain help and support for this security update

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 security update support issues, visit the International Support Web site: For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through your usual support contacts.

Known issues with this update

• To apply this security update, you must have Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 installed on the computer. To obtain the latest Windows Installer for the computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c)
• For more information about installation issues with updates for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  939043  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939043/ ) A shared file is rolled back when you uninstall a previously installed update for one edition or SKU on a computer that has more than one edition or SKU of any version of Visual Studio installed
  939400  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939400/ ) Any files that are shared by the two editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003 S939400 or of Visual Studio .NET 2002 S939400 are deleted when you uninstall the edition of the service pack that you installed first
  938244  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938244/ ) The file version is rolled back to the version that was installed by the last service pack when you remove an update for the .NET Framework 1.0, the .NET Framework 1.1, Visual Studio .NET 2002 or Visual Studio .NET 2003
  939407  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939407/ ) You cannot install an update for the .NET Framework 1.1, for the .NET Framework 1.0, for Visual Studio .NET 2003, or for Visual Studio .NET 2002 after you upgrade a computer from Windows XP to Windows Vista
  944298  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944298/ ) Error message when you try to install an update for Visual Studio 2005, for Visual Studio .NET 2003, or for Visual Studio .NET 2002: "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable"
  942380  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942380/ ) Error message when you try to apply a hotfix or an update: "Error 9002. Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Hotfix (KBxxxxxx) cannot be installed because you have one or more hotfixes installed. Remove them and try again."

Command-line switches for this update

For more information about the command-line switches that this update supports, visit the following Microsoft Web site:For more information about Windows Installer command-line switches, visit the following Microsoft Web site:For more information about Windows Installer, visit the following Microsoft Web site: