Office 2003 SP3 Released

[Geoff]

Came out yesterday.

Info:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923618

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...2-5E3C1132F206

[tosca925]

Anyone tested this via WSUS yet?

[Andi]

Deployed by WSUS yesterday, all ok so far.

[Geoff]

Known issues after you install the service pack

After you install a Microsoft Office service pack, you are prompted
unexpectedly to restart the computer. For more information about this
issue, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
905726 </kb/905726/> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905726/) You are
unexpectedly prompted to restart the computer after you install an
Office service pack or an Office update

After you install Office 2003 SP3, an add-in, ActiveX control, or COM
add-in may not work as expected in an Office 2003 program. For more
information about this issue, click the following article number to view
the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
938814 </kb/938814/> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938814/) The
functionality of an add-in, an ActiveX control, or a COM add-in is
reduced, or the functionality is blocked after you install Office 2003
Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you may receive an error message when
you try to create a new MAPI form in Outlook 2003. For more information
about this issue, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
938816 </kb/938816/> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938816/) Error
message when you try to create a new MAPI form in Outlook 2003: "contact
the administrator"

After you install Office 2003 SP3, attachments that contain the .gadget
extension cannot be opened in Outlook 2003. For more information about
this issue, click the following article number to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
938811 </kb/938811/> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938811/)
Attachments that contain the .gadget extension cannot be opened in
Outlook 2003 after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, the Fast Saves feature does not work
as expected in Word 2003. For more information about this issue, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
938808 </kb/938808/> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938808/) The Fast
Saves feature in Word 2003 no longer functions after you install Office
2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, the Microsoft Office Document Imaging
program may not work as expected. For more information about this issue,
click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
938813 </kb/938813/> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938813/) You may
experience issues when you run the Microsoft Office Document Imaging
program after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you may receive an error message when
you try to open or to save a file. For more information about this
issue, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
941636 </kb/941636/> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941636/) You
receive an error message when you try to open a file or to save a file
after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you cannot open some Microsoft Excel
workbooks that contain Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
macros. For more information about this issue, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
938806 </kb/938806/> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938806/) You
cannot open Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook files that contain Visual
Basic for Applications macros in Excel 2003 after you install Office
2003 Service Pack 3

After you install Office 2003 SP3, the version number of Office is no
longer saved in the properties of the document as expected. For more
information about this issue, click the following article number to view
the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
938807 </kb/938807/> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938807/) Office
files that are saved in certain formats no longer contain the version
number of Office after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

[Michael]

I created my own slipstreamed admin install and it worked just fine. Just another Office service pack and 2003's last service pack.

[zag]

Rolled it out the other day, all seems fine so far. I think this is the last service pack for Office 2003 forever.