Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) High Priority Update

Now available from MSU/WU, and from the MS Download Center:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E25B7049-3E13-433B-B9D2-5E3C1132F206&displaylang=en

 

Knowledge Base article KB923618
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=923618

This article contains information about how to obtain the service pack and about how to obtain a list of issues that are fixed by the service pack. Additionally, this article contains information about the issues that you may experience when you install the service pack and about how to determine whether the service pack is installed.

 

"Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability improvements. Some of the fixes included with SP3 have been previously released as separate updates. This service pack combines them into one update."

 

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Vista; Windows XP SP2

 

This update applies to the following programs:
Microsoft® Office Basic Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Small Business Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Standard Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
Microsoft® Office Access 2003
Microsoft® Office Access 2003 Runtime
Microsoft® Office Excel® 2003
Microsoft® Office FrontPage® 2003
Microsoft® Office InfoPath® 2003
Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003
Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003
Microsoft® Office Publisher 2003
Microsoft® Office Word 2003
Microsoft® Office 2003 Web Components
Microsoft® Office XP Web Components

 

Removal information
There is no option to remove this download by using the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel. To remove Office 2003 SP3 from the computer, you must remove Office 2003. Then, reinstall Office 2003 from the original Office 2003 CD.