Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package: January 20, 2004 (833856)

SUMMARY

This article describes the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 issues that are fixed in the Outlook 2003 hotfix package that is dated January 20, 2004.

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Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package

The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package:

831586 Problems Occur When You Open a Custom Form by Using the Favorites Folder

The following issues are also fixed in this hotfix package, but they were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

If you create an address book entry for an e-mail contact that does not automatically resolve, a badly formatted search key may be created.
When you programmatically enumerate your Inbox using the MAPI MapiReadMail function, the szMsgId parameter may be returned. However, the szMsgId parameter cannot be used by the MAPI MapiReadMail function.
If your network or your Internet connection is disconnected while Microsoft Outlook is sending e-mail messages, those e-mail messages are not actually sent even though they appear to be sent and have been moved to the Sent Items folder.

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MORE INFORMATION

Service pack information

This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 1.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2003. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

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Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

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Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required to install this hotfix.

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Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

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Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

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Registry information

You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to activate any hotfixes that are contained in this package.

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Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) 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 tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Size       File name
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   21-Jan-2004  06:29  1,620,992  Olkintl-fullfile-eng.msp (full-file/administrative)
   21-Jan-2004  06:27    359,936  Olkintl-binary-eng.msp (optimized)

After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table:

   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   26-Nov-2003  23:49  11.0.5974.0    211,984  Emsabp32.dll
   16-Jan-2004  05:40  11.0.6113.0    131,272  Emsui32.dll
   13-Dec-2003  07:22  11.0.6009.0  1,354,440  Msmapi32.dll
   24-Dec-2003  20:03  11.0.6016.0    710,344  Mspst32.dll
   18-Nov-2003  02:13  11.0.5960.0    651,784  Outex.dll

Note For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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