MS09-017: Description of the security update for PowerPoint 2002: May 12, 2009

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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS09-017. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200905.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200905.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/ms09-017.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-017.mspx)

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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 support issues with security updates, visit the Microsoft International Support Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=4 (http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=4)

North American customers can also obtain instant access to unlimited no-charge e-mail support or to unlimited individual chat support by visiting the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=7552 (http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=7552)

For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through your usual support contacts.

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MORE INFORMATION

Known issues with this security update

This update addresses the vulnerabilities by preventing Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 from opening PowerPoint 4.0 native file formats. After you install this update, you cannot open PowerPoint 4.0 presentations. When you try to open a PowerPoint 4.0 presentation, you receive the following error message:
This file has an older format that isn't supported.
You can override this behavior and enable PowerPoint 2002 to open PowerPoint 4.0 presentations. However, doing this may increase your security risk.

For more information about how to enable PowerPoint to open PowerPoint 4.0 presentations, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
970980 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970980/ ) You receive an error message when you try to open a PowerPoint 4.0 document after you install MS09-017 on PowerPoint 2000 and PowerPoint 2002

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More 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 Office XP Service Pack 3, 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

Replacement information

This security update replaces the following previously released security update:

948995 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948995/ ) MS08-051: Description of the security update for PowerPoint 2002: August 12, 2008

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.