ERPMan's MS Office & MS Works Updates Page - Part 2 (Updated Friday June 27, 2008)

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   I've made this page simply for informational purposes and to make downloading updates faster & easier.
   Download and install these Office updates of their respective versions from top to bottom.
   [a little star * indicates a new system update; the <> symbol means to install a patch with caution because it may have a
    possible side effect; I am not responsible if the updates you download here do more harm than good]

The updates for all versions of Office are listed starting from the recent version of Office at the top to the earliest version of
Office at the bottom.  Note that these patches are for legally licensed versions of Office and not for pirated versions, so for
those using Office XP or higher go through the product activation process first before downloading & installing any updates.
Read MS support article 293151 about the Product Activation & Reduced Functionality features in MS Office XP & later.
The Office Open Document Confirmation Tool Update for Office 97 & 2000 prevents users from inadvertently opening or viewing
MS Office documents [created from Access, Word, Excel or Powerpoint] in Internet Explorer and this fix is included in
Office XP & later.  An alternative to using MS Office is MS Works.
Note: Microsoft ended ALL support for Office 97 on January 16, 2004 so no more new patches will be made & released.

Updates for Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and higher are featured on the Office/Works page - part 1.

ALERT! WARNING:  If you use any Microsoft Office programs AND you have applied the original release of the Windows 2000
SP4 Update Rollup 1 pack from MS article 891861, download & install the revised Update Rollup 1 pack.  The MS Office related
problems with the Win2000 SP4 UR1 are mentioned in MS article 904368.


Recent changes made to this page: (up to a month of changes)
6/27/2008 - Updated Office 97 Updates "Notes" section mentioning that the "no license" error message in Access 97
                 may be resolved in WinNT4/Win2000 by giving users Read Permissions in the Access 97 license key registry.
5/16/2008 - Replaced links to previous Publisher 2000/2002 & Word 2000/2002 security updates with new ones.

Office XP/2002 Updates [all editions]: (extended support for Office XP apps will end on July 12, 2011)
 

Notes: Office XP requires Windows 98 or NT4 with Service Pack 6a or higher to use under at least a Pentium 233 Mhz system
with 32 Mb of RAM.  It will neither install nor run under previous versions of Windows [like Win95 or NT4 with earlier Service
Packs].  As with Office 2000, any update you install under Office XP may require access to the Office XP CD or your Office XP
installation files if they are stored on a local hard drive or network server [if connected to a network].  Before installing most of
the patches above, install Office XP Service Pack 3 which includes SP1, SP2 & post SP2 updates.  Note that any Service Pack
for Office XP will only install [properly] under activated versions and not under pirated or bootleg versions.  SP3 can either be
applied as a 'client' update which requires access to the Office XP compact disc or applied as a 'full' update which does not
require access to the Office XP CD.  You will need to use at least Windows Installer 2.0 [MSI 2.0] for any version of Windows
(except for Windows 95 because Office XP is not compatible with Windows 95) before installing these Office XP updates.  The
Frontpage 2002 Server Extensions addon will NOT install under Windows 98 & ME systems as it is not compatible.  It will also
not install under NT-based systems unless Internet Information Server is installed first (except under WinXP Home Edition, which
does not officially support running/installing IIS; you will need Windows XP Professional Edition to run IIS).  Office XP is the last
version to support Windows 98, ME & NT4 SP6a.
<> Caution:  The WordPerfect 5.x MS04-027 and MS03-036 security updates prevent saving newly created documents as
WordPerfect 5.x documents in Word 2002.  However, you can still open, edit & save existing Wordperfect 5.x documents in
Word.  To save newly created documents in Wordperfect 5.x format, use an older version of the WPFT532.CNV file from Office 2k
or earlier.


Office 2000 Updates [all editions]: (extended support for Office 2000 apps will end on July 14, 2009)
 

Notes:  When installing any of the Office 2000 updates, they may ask you for the Office 2000 installation CDs unless you
have stored the installation files on the local hard drive or network server [if connected to a network] and you have run the Office
2000 setup files from the local hard drive or network server.  Before installing most of the Office 2k updates here, download and
install the Service Release 1a and the Service Pack 3 updates first and be sure to install the latest version of the Windows
Installer (latest is MSI 2.0) for any version of Windows except for WinXP & Win2003; Win2000 SP3 or greater include MSI 2.0.
You can either download the Office 2k SR1a installer to download & install the SR1a components or download the full SR1a
download which doesn't require going on the web to get the rest of the SR1a update packages because they're all included
in one big download though I highly recommend using a third party download manager to get the full SR1a download.  The
Office 2k SR1a downloads will offer users to download Internet Explorer 5.01 if it is not installed or using less than IE 5.01.
So to minimize the Office 2k SR1a installation, install IE 5.01 or greater first and then run the Office 2k SR1a update.  When
using Windows 95 with DCOM 95 version 1.3 installed (the ole32.dll file inside dcom95 is version 4.71.3328) and near the end
of installation of Office 2000 you may see an error message mentioned in MS Support Article 241056.  Simply disregard the error
message and continue on with Office 2000 setup; the problem mostly happens under the original version of Office 2000 & was
fixed in the full SR-1 product version of Office 2k.  The SR-1 Product version of Office 2000 is no longer sold in computer stores
after Office XP was released.  Any Office 2000 update released after Service Pack 3 will require the SP3 update installed first.
The WordPerfect 5.x Converter Security Update is also included in the Office Converter Pack of the Office 2003 Resource Kit.
The Frontpage 2000 Server Extensions KB813379 Security update will only install under Win95, 98 & NT4; it will NOT install
under WinME and Win2k/XP based systems.  To install the KB813379 update under WinME, extract the files inside to a
temporary folder, right-click on the FES14.inf file and choose Install & reboot the computer so that the updated files will take
effect.  Office 2000 is the last version to support Windows 95.
<> Caution:  The WordPerfect 5.x MS04-027 and MS03-036 security updates prevent saving newly created documents as
WordPerfect 5.x documents in Word 2000.  However, you can still open, edit & save existing Wordperfect 5.x documents in Word.
To save newly created documents in Wordperfect 5.x format, use an older version of the WPFT532.CNV file from Office 2000 or
earlier.


Office 97 Updates [all editions]: {existing updates only - ALL support ended January 16, 2004}
 

Notes: Before installing most of the updates for Office 97, install the two Service Release patches starting with SR1 & then SR2.
If you are using Office 97 under Windows 95 or NT 4.0, install the Euro Updates for Win95/NT4 before installing the Office 97
Euro Enabled True Type Fonts and the Publisher 9x Euro Enabled Fonts.  Those using Windows 98, 2000 or higher can just
apply those 2 patches.  To enable the vertical "live scrolling" feature from Word 2000 & higher in Word 97 [aka. drag the vertical
scroll bar up or down scrolls the current view of the active page either up or down] download the Microsoft Word '97 Live Scrolling
1.0 utility (live_scrolling.exe) from this Tucows.com site.  Run the live_scrolling.exe file to make Word 97 use "live scrolling."
Make sure you are using "Print Layout View" in Word 97 to make use of the vertical "live scrolling" feature.  If you install or even
re-install Access 97 (or Office 97 Professional edition) and attempt to launch Access 97 & get an error message that it can not
start because there's no license for it read this MS KB article 141373. If you have that problem and you are using either the 1st
or 2nd edition of Windows 98, download & run the Access 97 tool to fix the "There is no license" error message.  To resolve the
"no license" problem under WinNT4/Win2k make sure NT4 users have "Read Permissions" to the Access 97 license key
in the Windows registry as noted in MS article 141373.  MS Outlook 98 was no longer available for download from the Microsoft
Office web site after MS Office 2000 & Outlook 2000 were released.  You can still obtain Outlook 98 from the Microsoft
Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 CDs in the \Client\ folder.
<> Caution: Installing the Outlook 98 E-mail Security Update changes the way it handles certain types of email attachments.
Please see MS article 262617 for additional info about this patch and any problems it may cause.


MS Works Downloads: (version 7.0 and earlier only) Notes: Make sure to download the correct MS Works patches for the proper version of MS Works used.  MS Works 7.0 requires
Win98, 2000 or higher to use.  MS Works 6.0 is the last version supported under Win95 & NT4.  Some editions of the Microsoft
Works suites may include Word.  The MS Works 2000 Clip Gallery 5.0 Security Update is included in Office 2000 SR1 and
Works 6.0 & higher.

Updates for Microsoft Works 8.0 and higher are found on part 1 of My MS Office & MS Works page.


Other Downloads & Add-ons for MS Office & MS Works: (features MDAC & Jet downloads)
 

Notes: The latest MDAC & Jet downloads for Windows 2000 & XP are included in the latest Win2k & WinXP Service Packs.
When installing any MDAC & Jet downloads under Win9x or NT4, install all Y2K updates for Win9x/NT4.  Internet Explorer 5.x
installs an old version of MDAC (like MDAC 2.1) and is not included in IE 6 & greater.  The MS .NET Framework add-on requires
MDAC 2.6 or higher to use so do not install earlier versions of MDAC less than v2.6 if you plan to use the .NET Framework.
Use the Office 97 Registry Eraser tool AFTER removing Office 97 under Windows 95, 98 or NT4.  To completely remove/un-install
Office 97 under Windows 2000, ME, XP or higher read MS article 254250 for details.  A nice collection of 3rd party utilties for
Office 97 are mentioned on Woody's VBA Power Tools page.  Those utilities should make Office 97 close to resembling the
higher versions of Office like Office 2000.  The tools from the VBA Power Tools page are not designed for other versions of Office.
The FontList utilities for Excel, Powerpoint & Word 97 do NOT replace the built-in font list feature in those programs; these are
just simply addons that extend the font listing capabilities in those 3 programs.  The Office Converter Pack can be installed with
or without MS Office installed on a computer as they include updated graphics & text converter files.  The KB892211 Web Folders
update is needed only if Office 2000/XP or the Web Folders addon from IE 5.01 or IE 5.5 was installed; KB892211 includes the
MS01-001 and MS01-022 security fixes.
<> Caution: The Office 2003 Converter Pack includes an updated WPFT532.CNV file that prevents saving newly created
documents as WordPerfect 5.x documents in Microsoft Word.  You can still open, edit & save existing WordPerfect 5.x
documents with the updated Wordperfect converter.


MS Office File Viewers: [for users who do not use MS Office programs]
 

Notes: Do NOT use any of the following MS Office File Viewers above if you already have an MS Office product or application.
These downloads are for users who do not have MS Office installed or are using less than MS Office 97 (like Office 95 or 4.2).
These viewers can be used under any 32-bit version of Windows.

Other sites to find updates and/or info for MS Office & MS Works:
 

Notes: The MS Office Downloads page is for those using at least Office 97 to the most current version of Office.  No more new
patches for Office 97 will be posted as support for it ended in mid-January 2004 but existing updates will still be available.  Many
of the file formats in recent editions of Office have not changed since Office 97, so you can open a Word, Excel and/or a Powerpoint
document created in Office 2003 & XP in Office 97 & 2000 [Access & Publisher documents created in 2000 & higher versions of
Access & Publisher programs can not be opened in previous versions of those programs].  The latest Word, Excel, Powerpoint
and Outlook security updates mentioned on this page supersede all previous security patches since updates are cumulative.
The Office Product Updates page only functions with Office 2000 & higher and not with Office 97 & earlier; those using Office 97
should download patches from the Microsoft Office 97 Downloads page instead.

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