Description of the Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package: September 20, 2004 (840317)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:

  • Issues that the hotfix package fixes
  • Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
  • Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package
  • Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
  • Whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
  • The files that the hotfix package contains

Article contents

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services issues that are fixed in the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated September 20, 2004.

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Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article.
  • "Cannot connect to server at this time. Your list cannot be published." error message when you import a Microsoft Office Excel 2003 spreadsheet to use as a basis for a new list

    Your Windows SharePoint Services Web site is configured to use Basic authentication. You click Create on the top navigation bar of a Web page in the Windows SharePoint Services Web site, and then you click Import Spreadsheet to create a new list that is based on a Microsoft Office Excel 2003 spreadsheet. You specify the name of the list and the location of the spreadsheet on the New List page. When you click Import, you are not prompted to type your user name and password as expected. Instead, you receive the following error message:
    Cannot connect to the server at this time. Your list cannot be published.
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer stops responding (hangs) when you try to upload multiple documents to a document library

    You connect to a document library, and then you click Upload document. When you click Upload Multiple Files to upload multiple files to the document library, Internet Explorer unexpectedly stops responding (hangs). You experience this symptom when the following conditions are true:
    • You are running one of the following versions of Windows SharePoint Services:
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    • You connect to the document library from a client computer that is running one of the following versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system:
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MORE INFORMATION

Service pack information

Windows SharePoint Services

This problem was first corrected in Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows SharePoint Services. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

906795 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows SharePoint Services

Service pack information

Office 2003

This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more 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

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 Windows SharePoint Services 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

The following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:
  • The optimized and full-file versions of this hotfix are post-Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfixes. To install the hotfix, you must have Windows SharePoint Services SP1 installed. For more information about Windows SharePoint Services SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    841876 Description of Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1


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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 enable any hotfixes that this package contains.

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Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required 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 file attributes) 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 item in Control Panel.

The following is the download information.
Date         Time   Version        Size       File name
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30-Aug-2004  21:28  5.0.2919.6304  1,111,072  Office2003-kb840317-glb.exe

The following is the Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information.
Date         Time    Size       File name
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20-Aug-2004  19:26   4,060,672  Owscltop.msp
20-Aug-2004  21:56   8,005,632  Owscltff.msp

After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or later file attributes, that are listed in the following table. 
Date         Time   Version      Size     File name
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18-Aug-2004  06:21  11.0.6400.0  641,728  Owsclt.dll
18-Aug-2004  06:30  11.0.6400.0  178,888  Stsupld.dll

Additional notes:
  • For additional information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.
  • For additional information about the differences between the two .msp files, see the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic. To see this topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

    http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/patch_o2k3.htm

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.

REFERENCES

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when correcting software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates


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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/7/2006
Keywords:kbWSSSP2fix kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbOffice2003SP2fix kberrmsg kbWSSpreSP2fix kbHotfixRollup kbfix KB840317 kbAudITPRO kbAudEndUser
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