Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 26, 2005 (894539)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. 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 Office Outlook 2003 issues that are fixed in the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated February 26, 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:
  • Consider the following scenario. In Outlook 2003, you point to New on the File menu, click Choose Form, and then view a folder by using Category Tree view. You change the view to Category Tree view by clicking the rightmost icon in the upper-right corner of the Choose Form dialog box. When you do this, some forms may be listed under the wrong categories and subcategories.

    This issue occurs when the initial view for the Choose Form dialog box is Category Tree view.

    To work around this issue, you can change the view for the Choose Form dialog box to List view, open a different folder, and then reopen the original folder that you had viewed. Then, change the view back to Category Tree view. Now the forms will be listed under the appropriate categories and subcategories.
  • Consider the following scenario. Your network administrator applies a Group Policy object that enables the Encoding for outgoing messages policy. After the Group Policy object is applied, a message encoding type that you previously selected may be missing from the list of encoding types in the Preferred encoding for outgoing messages list in Outlook 2003.

    Note This issue may occur if you repeatedly change the encoding type for your outgoing e-mail messages.
  • Consider the following scenario. In Outlook 2003, you want to send a message to a distribution list. You select a distribution list to add to the To box by clicking To and then selecting the name of the distribution list from the global address list. When you do this, the display name of the distribution list does not appear in the To box. However, when you click Send, the message is still sent to the members of the distribution list.

    If the distribution list name is configured to use a double-byte character set (DBCS) font, members of the distribution list do not see the display name of the distribution list in the From box when they receive the message. Instead, the display name of the distribution list appears to recipients as a random collection of characters. This issue occurs because the distribution list name is not correctly decoded into the appropriate DBCS characters when a recipient views the message by using Outlook 2003.

    This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
    • There is a POP3 server and an Exchange Server computer that is configured for the same user profile.
    • The POP3 server is set as the primary e-mail server for the user profile.


    Note This issue occurs only when you select the name of a distribution list from the global address list to add to the To box. This issue does not occur if you type the display name of the distribution list or the alias of the distribution list in the To box.
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MORE INFORMATION

Service pack information

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 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 phone 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 version of this hotfix is a post-Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2003 SP1 installed. For additional information about Office 2003 Service Pack 1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    842532 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1

  • 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 2003 with Office 2003 SP1 installed or on a computer that is running Office 2003 without Office 2003 SP1 installed. However, we have tested this hotfix more extensively on a computer that is running Office 2003 with Office 2003 SP1 installed than we have on a computer that is running Office 2003 without Office 2003 SP1 installed. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office 2003 without Office 2003 SP1 installed, some file conflicts might occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.

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Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you install 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 to 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 tool in Control Panel.Download information
   Date         Time   Version         Size       File name
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   26-Feb-2005  07:33  5.0.2919.6304   5,593,632  Office2003-kb894539-glb.exe
Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
   Date         Time   Size       File name
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   26-Feb-2005  05:04  9,196,032  Outlookff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   26-Feb-2005  00:02  3,910,656  Outlookop.msp (optimized)

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
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   18-Feb-2005  00:59  11.0.6423.0        88,264  Addrpars.dll     
   11-Sep-2004  02:17  11.0.6404.0        77,000  Dlgsetp.dll      
   27-Aug-2004  00:48  11.0.6402.0       132,296  Envelope.dll     
   29-Jan-2005  00:08  11.0.6420.0       346,312  Exsec32.dll
   27-Aug-2004  00:48  11.0.6402.0       122,056  Impmail.dll      
   18-Feb-2005  02:16  11.0.6423.0       158,912  Oladd.fae
   18-Feb-2005  02:16  11.0.6423.0       152,264  Olappt.fae
   27-Aug-2004  00:57  11.0.6402.0       117,952  Oljrnl.fae
   27-Aug-2004  00:57  11.0.6402.0       113,344  Olmail.fae
   27-Aug-2004  00:57  11.0.6402.0       104,640  Olnote.fae
   18-Feb-2005  02:16  11.0.6423.0       147,144  Oltask.fae
   24-Feb-2005  21:34  11.0.6424.0     7,579,848  Outllib.dll      
   24-Feb-2005  21:32  11.0.6424.0        89,288  Outlmime.dll     
   28-Apr-2004  06:10  11.0.6353.0       196,296  Outlook.exe      
   24-Feb-2005  21:32  11.0.6424.0       141,000  Outlph.dll       
   27-Aug-2004  00:47  11.0.6402.0        44,744  Outlvbs.dll
   11-Mar-2004  22:01  11.0.6254.0        74,936  Rm.dll           
   22-Jan-2005  03:20  11.0.6419.0       111,808  Sc2.sam
   22-Jan-2005  03:20  11.0.6419.0       143,048  Schplus.sam
   11-Oct-2004  19:29  11.0.6408.0       100,552  Transmgr.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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REFERENCES

For additional information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when it corrects 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:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbOffice2003SP2fix kbfix kbHotfixRollup kbOffice2003preSP2fix KB894539 kbAudITPRO
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