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Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Brief Description
Service Pack 1 provides the latest updates to the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.

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Quick Details
File Name:compatibilitypacksp1-kb940289-fullfile-en-us.exe
Version:1.0
Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:KB940289
Date Published:12/8/2007
Language:English
Download Size:26.1 MB
Estimated Download Time: 1 hr 4 min 56K
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Overview

The Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested stability and performance improvements, while incorporating further enhancements to user security. This service pack also includes all of the updates released for the Office Compatibility Pack prior to December of 2007. You can get a more complete description of SP1, including a list of issues that were fixed, in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 940289: Description of the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 1.

Service Pack 1 will install even if a publicly available update has already been installed on your computer.

SP1 also includes stability improvements developed as a result of user input from the Microsoft Online Crash Analysis and from Microsoft Product Support feedback.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2

This update applies to the following programs:
  • Microsoft® Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint® 2007 File Formats

Additional requirements:
  • To successfully install SP1, you must have Microsoft Installer 3.1 (MSI 3.1) or higher. For more information, including instructions for downloading MSI 3.1, please see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 942101.
  • To successfully install SP1, you will need more free hard disk space than the size of the patch itself. For more specific information about the space requirements, please see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 943589.


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Instructions

There are several scenarios that may require you to reboot your computer after SP1 is installed. For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 942995.

To install this update, do one of the following:
  • Use Microsoft Update (recommended). Microsoft Update consolidates updates provided by Windows Update and Office Update into one location and enables you to choose automatic delivery and installation of high-priority updates.
  • Use Office Update on the Office Online Web site. After running the automatic detection, Office Update prompts you to install updates and service packs that bring your Office products up to the best quality available. Office Update is not supported on Windows Vista.
  • Install the Office Compatibility Pack SP1 manually. To do this, follow these steps:
    • Download the file by clicking the Download button at the top of this page. Save the file to your hard disk drive.
    • It is recommended that you quit any programs you are running.
    • In Windows Explorer, double-click the.exe file that you saved to your hard disk drive, and follow the instructions on the screen.

To remove this download
There is no uninstall feature for this download. For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 873125.


For further information about this update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 940289: Description of the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 1.

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