Office 2003 Suite Service Pack 1 Released

**Big Booger** · July 27th, 2004, 11:35 AM

Microsoft quietly has released the latest service pack 1 for Office 2003 suite. Going to the office update site.

Try the Update

Build numbers after SP1 installation

Outlook 2003 (11.6359.6360) SP1
Word 2003 (11.6359.6360) SP1
Excel 2003 (11.6355.6360) SP1
Access 2003 (11.6355.6360) SP1
InfoPath 2003 (11.6357.6360) SP1
PowerPoint 2003 (11.6361.6360) SP1
Publisher 2003 (11.6255.6360) SP1

Unfortunately at the time of this posting the automatic update is not working. I will keep trying later on.

A standalone version has yet to be released.

**joshsiao** · July 27th, 2004, 12:13 PM

Well, its about time that they did so. But I'll wait for the standalone install version because I don't like the Office Automatic Update.

**petard** · July 27th, 2004, 12:38 PM

It's painfully slow and you'll need the CD. And it finishes with a request to reboot your system.

**Big Booger** · July 27th, 2004, 13:29 PM

I get a runtime error on that page for some reason...

**Reverend** · July 27th, 2004, 19:31 PM

Try the direct download

Office 2003 Service Pack 1 contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. Service Pack 1 (SP1) also includes many performance and feature enhancements to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003.

Some of the fixes included with SP1 have been previously released as separate updates. This service pack combines them into one update.

Download: Client install (17.9 MB) | Admin install (72.1 MB)

Also available via Office Update

View further information about this update: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 842532

**Big Booger** · July 28th, 2004, 02:58 AM

Excellent find reverendo.

**z3n** · July 28th, 2004, 04:50 AM

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Yay for Reverend ... again...

-Woot -

I agree Joshsiao - auto updates SUCK !! ...bleh

**joshsiao** · July 30th, 2004, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by petard

It's painfully slow and you'll need the CD. And it finishes with a request to reboot your system.

I just installed SP1 for 2003, yes, its very slow and I have to download the patches seperatly for OneNote, Visio and Project. But its worth the while as InfoPath and OneNote obviously becomes more useful with the added features of more tools and functions. Though Word, Excel, Powerpoint remains generally unchanged. Publisher also has some cool changes.