Description of the Outlook 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 22, 2004 (885869)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Outlook 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Outlook 2002. This article describes the following information about the hotfix package:

  • Information about the issues that the hotfix package fixes
  • Information about the prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package
  • Information about whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
  • Information about the files that the hotfix package contains

Article contents

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Outlook 2002 issues that are fixed in the Outlook 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated September 22, 2004.

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Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issues. These issues were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • When you send an encrypted e-mail message that contains carriage returns, the carriage returns are replaced with spaces.
  • When you use the ConversationIndex property in a Visual Basic for Applications macro in Outlook 2002, a string of incorrect or invalid characters is returned.
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MORE INFORMATION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, 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 optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed.

    For additional information about Office XP SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    832671 Description of Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3

  • The optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer version 2.0 or a later version of Windows Installer.

    For additional information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    330537 Office XP updates and patches released after September 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0

  • The full-file version of this hotfix is also the administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). However, we have tested this fix on Office XP SP3 more extensively than we have on Office XP SP2. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP2, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend it.
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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 use 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 tool in Control Panel. 
   Date         Time   Size       File name
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   22-Sep-2004  00:24  7,839,232  Outlookff.msp (Full-File/Administrative)
   21-Sep-2004  20:27  3,624,960  Outlookop.msp (Optimized)
After you install the hotfix, 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
   --------------------------------------------------------
   17-Sep-2004  21:28  10.0.6732.0     47,816  Outlook.exe
   08-Apr-2004  01:24  10.0.6711.0     80,584  Dlgsetp.dll      
   08-Apr-2004  01:24  10.0.6711.0     39,624  Dumpster.dll     
   26-Apr-2004  18:27  10.0.6712.0    109,256  Envelope.dll     
   30-May-2003  17:08  10.0.5328.0    253,952  Exchcsp.dll
   27-Aug-2004  03:52  10.0.6729.0    346,824  Exsec32.dll
   09-Aug-2002  02:22  10.0.4406.0    137,800  Impmail.dll      
   17-Sep-2004  21:27  10.0.6732.0    207,552  Msoutl.olb
   05-May-2004  02:47  10.0.6713.0    187,072  Oladd.fae
   05-May-2004  02:47  10.0.6713.0    170,688  Olappt.fae
   05-May-2004  02:47  10.0.6713.0    137,920  Oljrnl.fae
   08-Apr-2004  01:24  10.0.6711.0    133,824  Olmail.fae
   05-May-2004  02:47  10.0.6713.0    166,592  Oltask.fae
   08-Apr-2004  01:24  10.0.6711.0    543,424  Outlcm.dll       
   03-Dec-2003  23:54  10.0.6501.0     92,688  Outlctl.dll      
   17-Sep-2004  21:28  10.0.6732.0  6,335,176  Outllib.dll      
   08-Apr-2004  01:24  10.0.6711.0     92,872  Outlmime.dll
   08-Apr-2004  01:24  10.0.6711.0    129,728  Outlph.dll       
   08-Apr-2004  01:24  10.0.6711.0     47,816  Outlvbs.dll
   25-Nov-2002  17:50  10.0.4721.0     47,688  Recall.dll
Note For additional information about installing this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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REFERENCES

For additional 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:MinorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
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