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MS08-052 and MS08-055: Description of the security update for Office XP: September 9, 2008

Article ID: 953405 - View products that this article applies to.

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletins MS08-052 and MS08-055. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx
(http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.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:
MS08-052
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-052.mspx
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-052.mspx)
MS08-055
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-055.mspx
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-055.mspx)

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates: Support for Microsoft Update

(http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527)

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support

(http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bb980617.aspx)

Help protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware: Virus Solution and Security Center

(http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master)

Local support according to your country: International Support

(http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx)

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Additional information about this security update

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed to apply this security update.

For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Office XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307841/ )

How to obtain the latest Office XP service pack

Update replacement

This security update replaces the following security update:

947866

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947866/ )

MS08-016: Description of the security update for Office XP: March 11, 2008

Other products

Security update MS08-052 also applies to Microsoft Project 2002 Service Pack 1 (SP1). To apply security update MS08-052 to Project 2002, you must have Project 2002 SP1 installed.

For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Project 2002, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

867829

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867829/ )

How to obtain the latest Microsoft Project 2002 service pack

File information

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

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