Article ID: 982726 - Last Review: February 14, 2012 - Revision: 28.0
Description of the Outlook 2010 Junk Email Filter update: February 14, 2012
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This update provides the Junk Email Filter in Microsoft Outlook 2010 with a more current definition of those characteristics that define certain email messages as junk email. This update was released on February 14, 2012.
This update contains files that have the versions that are listed in the following table.
32-bit
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File name
File version
File size
Date
Time
Outlfltr.dat
14.0.10923.846
3,610,432
24-Jan-2012
12:25
64-bit
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File name
File version
File size
Date
Time
Outlfltr.dat
14.0.10923.846
3,610,432
24-Jan-2012
12:25
To determine the version of the files that are installed on the computer, follow these steps, as appropriate for the operating system that you are running.
Windows Update may return error code 646 or error code 0x80070646. This results from updates not being installed successfully from Microsoft Update or through a manual install by using the /quiet and /passive flags.
For more information about how to resolve this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2258121
Error code "0x80070646," "646," or "1606" when you try to install Office updates
You may also encounter the following issues when you try to install this update:
The update installation fails.
The system keeps reminding you to install this update although you already installed it.
The desktop does not load.
If you encounter one if the issues mentioned above, you may try the following methods.
Method 1: Reset Windows Update components and then try updating your computer
To reset the Windows Update components automatically, click the
Fix it
button or link. Click
Run
in the
File Download
dialog box, and then follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.
Note this Fix it Solution has two modes Default and Aggressive. You should run the Fix it solution in Default mode and determine whether it resolves your problem with Windows Update before you ru it in Aggressive mode.
Note this wizard may be in English only; however, the automatic fix also works for other language versions of Windows.
Note if you are not on the computer that has the problem, save the Fix it solution to a flash drive or a CD and then run it on the computer that has the problem.
For more information about how to reset Windows Update components, visit the following Microsoft Website:
How do I reset Windows Update components?
Method 2: Manually download the update from the download link and then install it in clean boot mode
We suggest you to install the updates in clean boot mode to avoid the interruption of non-Microsoft programs. To enter clean boot mode on a computer, follow these steps:
Click Start, type msconfig in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or click Continue.
On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
Under Selective Startup, clear the Load Startup Items check box.
Click the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable All.
Click OK.
When you are prompted, click Restart.
Try update your computer again.
For more information about this method, visit the following Microsoft Website:
Perform a clean startup to determine whether background programs are interfering with your game or program
This update consists of a full-file Microsoft Windows Installer (.msp) file. The .msp file is packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The following .msp file is distributed in this update:
Outlfltr.msp
Information for administrators about how to reinstall specific components
If you update your administrative installation point, and then you recache and reinstall Outlook 2010 on client computers, you can run a command-line command that includes the REINSTALL=[ list of features ] property. This property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific components of Outlook 2010 from the administrative image. For this update, the value for the REINSTALL=[ list of features ] property is as follows:
OUTLOOKFiles
Or, you can substitute the REINSTALL=ALL parameter to reinstall all Microsoft Office components on the
client computer. For more information about
the policy for how e-mail is filtered by the junk e-mail filters in Outlook or
in Exchange Server, click the following article number to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Description of the policy for how e-mail is filtered by the junk e-mail filters in Outlook or in Exchange Server
The Office System TechCenter contains the latest administrative updates and strategic deployment resources for all versions of Office. For more information about the Office System TechCenter, visit the following Microsoft website:
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