MS08-070: Description of the security update for Office XP: December 9, 2008

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS08-070. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200812.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200812.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/ms08-070.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-070.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 support issues with security updates, visit the Microsoft International Support Web site: 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: For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through your usual support contacts.

More information about this security update

Known issues with this security update

• After you apply this security update, you may have to accept the Microsoft Software License Terms when you start a Microsoft Office XP program. If you do not accept the Microsoft Software License Terms, the Office XP program may not start.
• This security update updates the CLSID of a Microsoft Visual Basic 6 control. After you apply this security update, you must register the updated CLSID if you are using the updated controls in any of the following:
  • An application other than Microsoft Office
  • A Web application
  • A Microsoft Office Visual Basic for Applications macro
  To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Open a Command Prompt window.
     • In Windows Vista, click Start
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       , type cmd in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
     • In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.
  2. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
     regsvr32 %windir%\System32\Mscomct2.ocx
  3. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER to close the Command Prompt window.

Prerequisites

This security update is a post Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 security update. To install the security update, you must have Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 installed.

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

Security update availability

This security update is available only for the following languages:

• Chinese Simplified
• Chinese Traditional
• Chinese Traditional Taiwan
• Korean

FILE INFORMATION

The available languages 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.