Description of the security update for Office XP, the security update for Project 2002, and the security update for Visio 2002: July 11, 2006 (917150)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office XP Professional
  • Microsoft Office XP Small Business
  • Microsoft Office XP Standard
  • Microsoft Office XP Students and Teachers
  • Microsoft Office XP Developer
  • Microsoft Access 2002
  • Microsoft Excel 2002
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2002
  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
  • Microsoft Project Professional 2002
  • Microsoft Project Standard 2002
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
  • Microsoft Publisher 2002
  • Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional
  • Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard
  • Microsoft Word 2002
Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-038. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security updates for the programs that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites, depending on whether you are a home user or an IT professional:

Issues that the security update fixes

In addition to the issues that are described in the security bulletin, the security update for Office XP (security update 917150) addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

888424 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: October 31, 2004

892094 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 10, 2005

892554 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 24, 2005

897069 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: April 4, 2005

899414 Description of the Office XP Post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 20, 2005

903875 Description of the Office XP Post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 11, 2005

905862 Description of Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 6, 2005

908125 Description of Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: October 5, 2005

911729 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 16, 2005

912608 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 20, 2005

913374 Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 13, 2006

913430 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: April 5, 2006

917584 Description of the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 31, 2006

Known issues during installation of the update

This section describes the known issues that occur during the installation of the security update for Office XP (security update 917150).
For more information about these issues, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

922384 The Ietag.dll file is not updated as expected when you install an update for Office XP

Known issues after installation of the update

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

This update introduces a limit of 512 KB on the size of the document property stream. When this limit is exceeded, custom document properties are removed from the file. You can use a registry key to override this limit:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common] "MaxPropsStreamSize" = dword:08000000

This will set the limit to 128MB. This limit is the maximum value that is allowed by the key. Any value larger than 128MB will be treated as 128MB. Also, any value smaller than 512 KB will be treated as 512 KB.

Removal information

To remove this update, use the Add or Remove Programs feature in Control Panel.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/24/2006
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