Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 15, 2005 (892395)

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Excel 2002 issues that are fixed in the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated January 15, 2005.

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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:

When you try to open a workbook that contains a nested table, and the workbook was saved as a Web page (.htm or .html), you experience the following symptoms:
- Excel 2002 unexpectedly quits
- You receive the following error message:
  Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
  
  To see what data this error report contains, click here.
  When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to the following error signature:
```
   Application name   Application version   Module name   Module version   Offset
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Excel.exe          10.0.4302.0           Excel.exe     10.0.4302.0      003180dc
```
When you click a hyperlink in a workbook to open a workbook that is located on a secure Web site, you experience the following symptoms:
- The linked workbook does not open.
- You receive the following error message:
  Unable to open URL_path. A security error has occurred.

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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. 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 hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP3 more extensively than we have on a computer that is running Office XP SP2. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP2, some file conflicts may 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
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   15-Jan-2005   07:39   16,584,704   Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   15-Jan-2005   06:05    5,014,016   Excelop.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
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   14-Jan-2005   00:50   10.0.6747.0   9,194,176   Excel.exe

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

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