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January 29, 2006 at 05:25 PM
wmwphl

Requirement to install certain updates for future deployments of MSOffice

by wmwphl . Updated 20 years, 9 months ago

Is this mail true or this just one of the hox out there. Just recieve this mail from our purchasing department & she told me that this was sent to her

Background:
It was recently decided in a court of law that certain portions of code found in Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, Microsoft Office Access 2003, Microsoft Office XP Professional and Microsoft Access 2002 infringe a third-party patent. As a result, Microsoft must make available a revised version of these products with the allegedly infringing code replaced.

Action required:
As a result of the above ruling, you are required to:
Install Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (Office 2003 SP2) for all your future deployments of Office Professional Edition 2003 and Office Access 2003,
Install the Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 Patch (Office XP SP3 Patch) for all your future deployments of Office XP Professional and Access 2002
Action requested:
To keep your current systems in alignment with your future deployments of these products, Microsoft is requesting that you also update all your current Office Professional Edition 2003 and Office Access 2003 installations with Office 2003 SP2, and Office XP Professional and Access 2002 installations with the Office XP SP3 Patch.

How do I do this?:
You can obtain both Office 2003 SP2 and the Office XP SP3 Patch by going to the website listed below and downloading it directly, or by contacting your reseller.

Please visit our site at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/default.aspx.

Sincerely,
Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd / Reg. no. 199802706M

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