Description of the 2007 Office hotfix package: June 17, 2007

Summary

This article describes the 2007 Microsoft Office issues that are fixed in the 2007 Office hotfix package that is dated June 17, 2007.

This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:

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

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released a hotfix package for the 2007 Office system that integrates presence information, instant messaging (IM), and voice mail.

The hotfix package improves the consistency of presence data between the presence provider application and Office. The hotfix package also improves other integration points. This includes voice mail.

This hotfix package makes the following changes and improvements in the 2007 Office system:

The presence information that is provided by a presence application is now accurate in all scenarios.
Instant messaging to distribution lists is no longer supported in Microsoft Outlook.
The presence icon does not flicker when many people appear at the same time.
Presence requests from Office applications to presence applications are now handled correctly in all scenarios. For example, a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web page now shows current presence information.
The icons that are used to display presence data are modified. Users who are red-green colorblind can now determine the status of other users.
In Outlook Search folders, the count for unread items that are hidden is now accurate.
When you start an Outlook Search folder from a separate application programmatically, the operation now works as expected.
You do not have to start Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to discover a server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server. Outlook 2007 now provides an API to discover Exchange Server servers.

More Information

Hotfix information

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

Download Download the 2007 Office hotfix package now.

Release Date: June 17, 2007

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this hotfix.

Restart information

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

Registry information

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

Uninstallation information

After you apply this hotfix, multiple items that have the same number (KB936864) may be listed in the Installed Updates list of the Add or Remove Programs feature in Control Panel or in the Programs tool. These items may be indistinguishable from one another.

To remove this hotfix, you must remove each item in the Installed Updates list that resembles the following item:

Hotfix for 2007 Microsoft Office system 2007 (KB936864)

Hotfix file information

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

The English version of this hotfix package uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix package. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date 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.

Download information

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
Office2007-kb936864-fullfile-x86-en-us.exe	12.0.6026.5000	36,820,200	17-Jun-2007	08:19