Description of the Office 2003 hotfix package: April 5, 2006 (915433)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Students and Teachers Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Access 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

SUMMARY

This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:

  • The issues that the hotfix package fixes.
  • The 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.
  • The files that the hotfix package contains.

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Office 2003 issue that is fixed in the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated April 24, 2006.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • When you install Office 2003, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:
    Fatal Error. Install aborts with CRC failure
    Failed to download file: OSE.EXE.
    Error 0x80070017
    Failed to download file.
    Error 0x80070017
    failed to wait for file
    LocalCache has failed.  EnforceCache has been set.  Exiting.
    Note The updated Office Source Engine (Ose.exe) file on the administrative installation point does not have to be updated after you install this hotfix to resolve this issue.


New Office 2003 functionality that is added in this hotfix

When you install the hotfix that is described in this article, a new functionality is added to Office 2003. This new functionality allows the Office Source Engine to recognize system environment variables in the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Delivery\SourceEngine\Downloads\{OfficeProductGUID}\Sources\{OfficeProductGUID}

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

919293 How to enable the Office Source Engine to recognize system environment variables in the Office Delivery sources path when you use Office 2003

MORE INFORMATION

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.

Prerequisites

This hotfix is a Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office 2003 Service Pack 2 installed.

For more information about Office 2003 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887616 Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2

Restart information

You may have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

You do not have to create any registry keys or modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that this package contains.

File information

The global version of this hotfix uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date 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.

Download information

File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTimePlatform
Office2003-kb915433-glb.exe11.0.8020.0853,24005-Apr-200617:03x86
Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information

File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTimePlatform
Offsrcengff.mspNot Applicable11,232,25605-Apr-200616:29Not Applicable
After the hotfix package is installed, the global version of this hotfix package has the file attributes, or later file attributes, that are listed in the following table.

Additional notes

File nameFile versionFile sizeDateTimePlatform
Ose.exe11.0.8020.090,30404-Apr-200601:21x86
For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package. 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 product updates, tools, and add-ons

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/16/2006
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