Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1) contain significant security improvements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some fixes that are included with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 and with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1 were previously released in separate updates.

Downloadable list of issues that the service pack fixes

A Microsoft Office Excel workbook is available that contains a list of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 issues and the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack issues that are fixed by Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 and by Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1.

Note The workbook is in English. The workbook will not be translated into any other languages.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the WindowsSharePointService30_Changes_all.xls package now. (http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/6/8/B68D9814-88A2-4B27-9866-3893367F277C/WindowsSharePointService30_Changes_all.xls)

Release Date: December 11, 2007

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Issues that the service pack fixes

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1 fix the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Known issues

Known issues that occur during the installation of the service pack

The following hotfixes that were included in an October 2007 security update will be lost when you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1:

• You rename a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection. If you add a new user to the site collection, the welcome e-mail message that the new user receives contains the old site name.
  
• You use the Application Definition Designer tool to import a database model that is included in the Business Data Catalog Definition Editor tool (BDC tool) of the software development kit (SDK) for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. After the database model is imported, the database connection string is blank.
  
• When you run SPWriter.exe, the program closes unexpectedly with an error message in the Oleaut32.dll module. This issue was resolved by a hotfix that moved the GetTimeZoneMoveParameters() function to the end of the Owssvr.dll module.
  
• You migrate user accounts to a new site collection by using the Stsadmin.exe command-line tool. When the new site collection is crawled, you receive event errors 6482 and 6875 in the Application log. This issue may occur when the user's SID in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is invalid.
  
• You use a custom template in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection. If you create a new Web page, all the standard Web parts may not be available when you click Add a Web Part.
  
• When you apply this security update, some third-party services may be incorrectly stopped. If this issue occurs after you apply this security update, you must restart the computer.
  
• You connect to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection. If the page contains a Calendar Web part that is set to Calendar view, the page may not load completely. This issue may occur if you do not have permission to read the Calendar list.
  

Known issues that may occur after the service pack is installed

Installation details

How to obtain and to install the service packs

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1 are located at the Microsoft Download Center. To download the service packs and to obtain installation instructions and deployment strategies, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1, 32-bit edition and 64-bit edition

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1, 32-bit edition

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1, 64-bit edition

If you are installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 for this first time instead of upgrading an existing installation to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1, you can download the following files. These files contain the original Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 files and the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 files.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1, 64-bit edition

How to determine whether the service pack is installed

The service packs contain files that have the versions that are listed in the following tables.

Note You do not have to install the service pack if you have a later version of the files in the tables.

To determine whether the files in the tables are already installed, follow these steps:

1. Start Search Companion. To do this, click Start, and then click Search.
   
   Note If Windows Desktop Search starts, click Click here to use Search Companion.
2. In the Search Results window, click All files and folders in the Search Companion pane.
3. In the All or part of the file name box, type the name of the file, and then click Search.
4. In the list of files, right-click the file that was located, and then click Properties.
5. On the General and Version tabs, examine the file properties of the file that is installed on the computer.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1, 32-bit edition and 64-bit edition

Stswwsp1.msp Additionally, the following files are installed when you install the Stswwsp1.msp file. Wsswwsp1.mspNote Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 32-bit edition and 64-bit edition also include the following .msp file that is included in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1 32-bit edition and 64-bit edition packages:

• Wssmuisp1-en-us.msp

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1, 32-bit edition and 64-bit edition

Wsslpksp1-en-us.mspWssmuisp1-en-us.msp

Information for administrators about .msp files

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1 consist of full-file Microsoft Windows Installer files (.msp files). The .msp files are packaged in a self-extracting executable file. The following .msp files are distributed in these service packs.