INTRODUCTION
The cumulative update packages for October 2008 contain the latest hotfixes for Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office Project 2003 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 3, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 3.
We recommend that you test hotfixes before you deploy them in a production environment. Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous update package. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains the hotfix that you need.
We recommend that you test hotfixes before you deploy them in a production environment. Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous update package. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains the hotfix that you need.
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How to obtain the October 2008 cumulative update packages
A set of supported cumulative update packages are now available from Microsoft. However, each package is intended to correct only the applications that are listed in this article. Apply the packages only to systems that are experiencing these specific problems. If you are not severely affected by any of these problems, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains the hotfixes in these cumulative update packages.Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for a specific cumulative update package. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Packages that are included in the October 2008 cumulative update
A link to a Microsoft Knowledge Base article that discusses each hotfix will be released as the article becomes available. To obtain a specific hotfix, please contact support and ask for the hotfix by referencing the Knowledge Base article number.For more information about the hotfix packages that are included in the October 2008 cumulative update, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
| Hotfix package name | Knowledge Base article number | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Msaccess.msp | 958884 Description of the Access 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Msaccess.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office Access 2003 |
| Excel.msp, Graph.msp | 958145 Description of the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Excel.msp, Graph.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office Excel 2003 |
| Engmui.msp, Olkintl.msp, Outlook.msp | 958701 Description of the Outlook 2003 Post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Engmui.msp, Olkintl.msp, Outlook.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 |
| Ptk.msp, Aramui.msp | 954354 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for the Arabic language proofing tools (Ptk.msp, Aramui.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office Access 2003 Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 Microsoft Office Word 2003 Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003 Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack |
| Mssp3eu.msp | 958883 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Basque language proofing tools (Mssp3eu.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office Access 2003 Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 Microsoft Office Word 2003 Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003 |
| Msspell.msp | 958688 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for the English language proofing tools (Msspell.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office Access 2003 Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 Microsoft Office Word 2003 Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003 |
| Mdivwctl.msp | 958586 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Office Document Scanning (Mdivwctl.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 Microsoft Office Word 2003 |
| Mso.msp | 958882 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Mso.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Office Word 2003 |
| Mssp3ro.msp, Rommui.msp | 958704 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Romanian language proofing tools (Mssp3ro.msp, Rommui.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office Access 2003 Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 Microsoft Office Word 2003 Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003 |
| Msmdcb80.msp | 958699 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Office Web Components (Msmdcb80.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office Access 2003 Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Microsoft Office Project 2003 |
| Olkintl.msp, Engmui.msp | 957142 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Olkintl.msp, Engmui.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack |
| Visio2003engine.msp, Visio2003intl.msp | 958641 Description of the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Visio2003engine.msp, Visio2003intl.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office Visio 2003 |
| Winword.msp | 957706 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Winword.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office Word 2003 |
| Project.msp | 958857 Description of the Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 and Microsoft Office Project 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Project.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office Project 2003 Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 |
| Prjsvr.msp | 958858 Description of the Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Prjsvr.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 |
| Sts.msp | 958706 Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 3 and the Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 hotfix package (Sts.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 |
| Outlook.msp | 957220 Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package (Outlook.msp): October 28, 2008 | Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 |