Microsoft has released the Microsoft Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Excel 2000. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:
- Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
- Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
- Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package
- Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
- Whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
- The files that are contained in the hotfix package
This article describes the Microsoft Excel 2000 issues that
are fixed in the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix package that is
dated May 24, 2004.
Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
The following issues are also fixed in this hotfix package but
were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
- When you right-click a Pivot Table cell that contains a
formula and you start the Pivot Table Wizard in Excel 2000, if you click
Back Excel 2000 quits unexpectedly.
- When you select a large range of cells on a worksheet in
Excel 2000 so that the worksheet window scrolls below row 1000, after you
release the mouse button the worksheet window continues to scroll down to row
2600.
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.
Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.
Prerequisites
- The optimized and the full-file versions of this hotfix are
a post-Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install the
hotfix, you must have Office 2000 SP3 installed.
For more information about Office 2000
SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
326585Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=326585/
)
Description of the Office 2000 Service Pack 3
- This hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or
later.
For more information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
811002Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=811002/
)
Office 2000 updates and patches released after September 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0
Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this
hotfix.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is replaced by a later hotfix. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
867816Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=867816/
)
Description of the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 18, 2004
Registry information
You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to use any
hotfixes that are contained in this package.
Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to
correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the
files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest
build.
The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Size File name
--------------------------------------------------------
24-May-2004 17:05 4,423,204 Excelff.msp (Full-File/Administrative)
24-May-2004 16:38 1,792,036 Excelop.msp (Optimized)
After you install the hotfix, the global version of this fix has
the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table:
Date Time Version Size File name
--------------------------------------------------------
21-May-2004 18:07 9.0.0.8915 7,163,949 Excel.exe
For more information about installing this hotfix package, see
the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.
For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when
correcting software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=824684/
)
Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates