MS12-030: Description of the security update for Excel 2010: May 8, 2012

Prerequisites to apply this security update

There are no prerequisites for installing this security update.

Restart information

You do not have to restart the computer after you install this security update.

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces the following security update:

2553070 MS11-072: Description of the security update for Excel 2010: September 13, 2011

Removal information

To remove this security update, use the Add or Remove Programs item or use the Programs and Features item in Control Panel.

Note When you remove this security update, you may be prompted to insert the disc that contains Microsoft Office 2010. Additionally, you may not have the option to uninstall this security update from the Add or Remove Programs item or the Programs and Features item in Control Panel. There are several possible causes of this issue.

For more information about the removal, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

903771 Information about the ability to uninstall Office updates

File information

The English (United States) 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.