Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Jan 30 14:53:14 CST 2006
Jim: Wouldn't it be as simple as going to MS update site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=57E27A97-2DB6-4654- 9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867&displaylang=en The problem relates around MS losing the court battle around Access being able to access and post data to Excel. If you have code that interfaces with Excel from Access the standard method it may be disable after installing SP2 or it may just replace the existing code with something else. I have not heard one way or the other though comments from MS suggest that the current methods will simply be disabled. http://news.com.com/Patent+spat+forces+businesses+to+upgrade+Office/2100-101 4_3-6032870.html There may be work-arounds but they will not be officially released until Office12. I for one will have a number of systems that will be affected but am not sure how or/and when. If anyone out there has ran across those issues, I would love to hear about them. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim DeMarco Sent: January 30, 2006 11:26 AM To: AccessD (E-mail) Subject: [AccessD] Requirement to install certain updates... ... for future deployments of select Microsoft Office products List, We just got this from M$ Licensing. Has anyone seen this yet? ================================================= 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. =================================================== Jim DeMarco **************************************************************************** ******* "This electronic message is intended to be for the use only of the named recipient, and may contain information from Hudson Health Plan (HHP) that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not the named recipient, please notify us immediately, either by contacting the sender at the electronic mail address noted above or calling HHP at (914) 631-1611. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward this email to anyone, and delete and destroy all copies of this message. Thank You". **************************************************************************** ******* -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com