Description of the Communicator 2007 R2 hotfix rollup package: May 2009

This article describes the Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 issues that are fixed in the Office Communicator 2007 R2 hotfix rollup package that is dated May 2009.

• The issues that the update package fixes.
• The prerequisites for installing the update package.
• Whether you must restart the computer after you install the update package.
• Whether the update package is replaced by any other update package.
• Whether you must make any registry changes.
• The files that the update package contains.

Issue that this update package fixes

This cumulative update fixes the following issue:

• 971078  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971078/ ) An Automatic Update download is not initiated on a computer that is running Office Communicator 2007 R2 build 3.5.6907.9

This cumulative update also includes the following previously released updates:

• 968504  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968504/ ) Description of the Communicator 2007 R2 update for Microsoft Online Services
• 968623  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968623/ ) You experience one-way audio when LG-Nortel IP8540 or Polycom CX700 phones are used in an Audio Video call on Windows XP
• 968624  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968624/ ) Error events occur when you disconnect a computer that is running Communicator 2007 R2 from the network: "Event ID: 3" or "Event ID: 7"
• 968625  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968625/ ) Description of a hotfix that applies the initial changes for the integration of Office Communicator 2007 R2 and the next version of Office after the Office 2007 release
• 968628  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968628/ ) Communicator 2007 R2 stores the Actual Remote Number (The number that is dialed) for outgoing calls to a remote party
• 968631  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968631/ ) The font in the Conversation window is very small when you run Office Communicator 2007 R2 on a Windows Vista-based computer that has high DPI (120 DPI) with Internet Explorer 8 installed
• 968632  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968632/ ) You cannot click the password field and enter a password when you sign in to Office Communicator 2007 R2
• 968634  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968634/ ) Description of Office Communicator 2007 R2 update to support Polycom roundtable devices
• 968690  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968690/ ) In Office Communicator 2007 R2, User A gets a failure-to-deliver message after sending an IM to User B even though User B receives the message

Update package information

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Communicator.msp package now. (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147547)

Release Date: May 2009

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Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this update package.

Restart requirement

You may have to restart the computer if certain dependencies of Office Communicator are still running when the update is applied. For example, you may have to restart the computer if you have Outlook or Office Communicator 2007 R2 running when the update is applied.

Registry information

To use one of the update packages in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information

This update may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This update contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

After the update is installed, the global version of this update has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

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