Office 2003 SP2 or SP3?

Dear All,

Windows XP Pro SP2 English
Office 2003 Pro English

Now that SP3 Is Out for Office 2003, do I have to install first the
SP2 (That comes with the original product) and later SP3? or can I
installl only SP3 and destroy my SP2 CD? LOL

Please let me know

TIA

Regards,
Antonio Macias

garfield-n-odie
Mon Sep 24 15:39:33 CDT 2007

SP3 is cumulative, which means that it includes fixes released in SP1
and SP2. But don't throw out your SP2 CD yet, just in case SP3 causes
problems in your situation and you want to go back to the previous SP level.

rebelscum0000 wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Windows XP Pro SP2 English
> Office 2003 Pro English
>
> Now that SP3 Is Out for Office 2003, do I have to install first the
> SP2 (That comes with the original product) and later SP3? or can I
> installl only SP3 and destroy my SP2 CD? LOL
>
> Please let me know
>
> TIA
>
> Regards,
> Antonio Macias
>

DPN
Mon Sep 24 18:10:02 CDT 2007

While I am not sure SP3 is the culprit, I had a problem with Outlook
immediately after installing the update. I was able to isolate it as a
corrupted .pst file, which had been fine before the update. Once I replaced
the file with an archived copy, Outlook began to work again.

So...keep an eye on SP3!

WXP Home SP2
Office 2003 Pro

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> SP3 is cumulative, which means that it includes fixes released in SP1
> and SP2. But don't throw out your SP2 CD yet, just in case SP3 causes
> problems in your situation and you want to go back to the previous SP level.
>
> rebelscum0000 wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Windows XP Pro SP2 English
> > Office 2003 Pro English
> >
> > Now that SP3 Is Out for Office 2003, do I have to install first the
> > SP2 (That comes with the original product) and later SP3? or can I
> > installl only SP3 and destroy my SP2 CD? LOL
> >
> > Please let me know
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Regards,
> > Antonio Macias
> >
>
>

ChristianAndersson
Wed Sep 26 04:06:02 CDT 2007

Hi.

Do not install SP3 for Office 2003.
It has too many kinks and flaws as of yet.

Read the posts around here.

Regards, Christian

"DPN" wrote:

> While I am not sure SP3 is the culprit, I had a problem with Outlook
> immediately after installing the update. I was able to isolate it as a
> corrupted .pst file, which had been fine before the update. Once I replaced
> the file with an archived copy, Outlook began to work again.
>
> So...keep an eye on SP3!
>
> WXP Home SP2
> Office 2003 Pro
>
> "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > SP3 is cumulative, which means that it includes fixes released in SP1
> > and SP2. But don't throw out your SP2 CD yet, just in case SP3 causes
> > problems in your situation and you want to go back to the previous SP level.
> >
> > rebelscum0000 wrote:
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > Windows XP Pro SP2 English
> > > Office 2003 Pro English
> > >
> > > Now that SP3 Is Out for Office 2003, do I have to install first the
> > > SP2 (That comes with the original product) and later SP3? or can I
> > > installl only SP3 and destroy my SP2 CD? LOL
> > >
> > > Please let me know
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Antonio Macias
> > >
> >
> >

rebelscum0000
Thu Sep 27 23:45:51 CDT 2007

Dear All

Thank you very much

Regards,
Antonio Macias

Dian
Fri Sep 28 13:18:06 CDT 2007

Just curious...did you have any SQL Server software on your system
when you experienced this problem?

Dian D. Chapman
Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP
MOS Certified Instructor, Editor/TechTrax Ezine
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:10:02 -0700, DPN
<DPN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>While I am not sure SP3 is the culprit, I had a problem with Outlook
>immediately after installing the update. I was able to isolate it as a
>corrupted .pst file, which had been fine before the update. Once I replaced
>the file with an archived copy, Outlook began to work again.
>
>So...keep an eye on SP3!
>
>WXP Home SP2
>Office 2003 Pro
>
>"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> SP3 is cumulative, which means that it includes fixes released in SP1
>> and SP2. But don't throw out your SP2 CD yet, just in case SP3 causes
>> problems in your situation and you want to go back to the previous SP level.
>>
>> rebelscum0000 wrote:
>>
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> > Windows XP Pro SP2 English
>> > Office 2003 Pro English
>> >
>> > Now that SP3 Is Out for Office 2003, do I have to install first the
>> > SP2 (That comes with the original product) and later SP3? or can I
>> > installl only SP3 and destroy my SP2 CD? LOL
>> >
>> > Please let me know
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Antonio Macias
>> >
>>
>>

DPN
Tue Nov 06 16:39:00 PST 2007

Funny you should ask. I did not install anything (that I knew of), but when
I run MS Update, "SQL Feature Pack" shows up as an as an item under "Select
By Product".

I do not use SQL, though.

DPN

"Dian D. Chapman, MVP" wrote:

> Just curious...did you have any SQL Server software on your system
> when you experienced this problem?
>
> Dian D. Chapman
> Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP
> MOS Certified Instructor, Editor/TechTrax Ezine
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Dian.Chapman
>
> Free PC Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
> Free Word Tricks eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
> Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
> Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:10:02 -0700, DPN
> <DPN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >While I am not sure SP3 is the culprit, I had a problem with Outlook
> >immediately after installing the update. I was able to isolate it as a
> >corrupted .pst file, which had been fine before the update. Once I replaced
> >the file with an archived copy, Outlook began to work again.
> >
> >So...keep an eye on SP3!
> >
> >WXP Home SP2
> >Office 2003 Pro
> >
> >"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> SP3 is cumulative, which means that it includes fixes released in SP1
> >> and SP2. But don't throw out your SP2 CD yet, just in case SP3 causes
> >> problems in your situation and you want to go back to the previous SP level.
> >>
> >> rebelscum0000 wrote:
> >>
> >> > Dear All,
> >> >
> >> > Windows XP Pro SP2 English
> >> > Office 2003 Pro English
> >> >
> >> > Now that SP3 Is Out for Office 2003, do I have to install first the
> >> > SP2 (That comes with the original product) and later SP3? or can I
> >> > installl only SP3 and destroy my SP2 CD? LOL
> >> >
> >> > Please let me know
> >> >
> >> > TIA
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Antonio Macias
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>