Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Access 2002 Runtime provides the latest updates to the Microsoft® Access 2002 Runtime. This update contains significant security enhancements, as well as stability and performance improvements.

Toolbox   The full-file version of Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Access 2002 Runtime consists of one Windows Installer patch file (ARTSP3ff.msp) packaged in a self-extracting executable (Art2002Sp3-kb834693-fullfile-enu.exe). You can find this downloadable file on the Office XP Resource Kit Downloads page.

Localized versions of this update are listed later in this article in the section titled "Localized versions of the Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update."

 Note    The full-file version of the Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update will install successfully on any version of Office XP.

Updating your Office XP Runtime installations

Administrative (full-file) updates provide full-file replacement of all files changed by a service pack or product update. They can be applied to client computers directly. Because administrative updates install complete files, rather than patched files, the administrative update can correctly replace any files that have been modified with previous updates without requiring the source. So users can apply them even when they do not have access to an administrative installation point or the CD.

In some cases, users applying a full-file patch might be prompted for the source. For example, if a user has a corrupt Office file and a new version of that file is not included in the update, then Office will prompt the user for the source. In Office 2000, unversioned files and multilingual files can also result in a source requirement.

Applying full-file patches to clients

The recommended method for distributing the administrative version of the Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update is to apply it directly to client computers. This approach allows you to maintain an unmodified baseline administrative image and manage the patching process on the client side. In this scenario, client computers do not become unsynchronized with a patched administrative image, and tasks such as install on demand and detect and repair continue to work correctly regardless of which patches users have applied.

 Note   In Microsoft Office XP, only full-file updates released after Office XP Service Pack 2 (including Office XP SP2 itself) can be applied directly to client computers. Previous full-file updates were designed to update administrative images and fail when applied to client installations.

For more information about applying administrative patches directly to client computers, see Strategies for Updating Office 2000 Installations.

Applying binary patches to clients

An alternative to using the administrative update is to apply the binary (client) version of the Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update directly to users' computers within your organization. This approach may be useful if you have experienced synchronization problems between your administrative installation points and your client computers. Details on this strategy are covered in the topic Distributing Office 2000 Client Updates to Users. The client version of the Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Access 2002 Runtime update is available from the Microsoft Download Center.

 Note    To install client update files, you must be running Windows Installer version 2.0 or later on your computers. Windows Installer 2.0 is included by default in Microsoft Windows® XP and Windows 2000 Service Pack 3. For organizations running previous versions of Windows, it is available as a separate download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Windows Installer 2.0 for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME

Windows Installer 2.0 for Windows NT 4.0 (SP-6) and Windows 2000

Localized versions of the Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update

Localized versions of the Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update are available in the following languages and can be downloaded from theOffice 2003 Resource Kit Localized Downloads page:

Files changed by the Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update

The following table lists the files changed by the full-file Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update. If you need to confirm whether a share has been updated, you can check the related file version number.

List of features updated by the Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update

If you update your administrative installation point and recache and reinstall Office XP Runtime on client computers, you run a command line that includes the REINSTALL=[list of features] property. This property specifies whether you want to reinstall specific features or reinstall all applications on the administrative image.

For the Office XP SP3 for Access 2002 Runtime update, the value for [list of features] is as follows:

ACCESSFiles,ProductNonBootFiles,ProductFiles,GRAPHFiles,

ACCESSNonBootFiles,CalendarControl,OfficeWebComponents,

ACCESSSnapshotFiles,VBAFiles

Optionally, you can substitute the parameter REINSTALL=ALL to reinstall all Office components on the client computer. For detailed procedures on how to patch an administrative image and update client computers, see Deploying Product Updates from an Administrative Installation Point.

Related link

For an overview of Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Access 2002 Runtime, see Description of Office XP Service Pack 3 for Access 2002 Runtime in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.