The Outlook 2002 Update: August 16 2001 helps provide you with the latest security and performance features available for your version of Microsoft® Outlook®. This update is part of Microsoft's continuing effort to provide the latest product updates to customers.

The Outlook 2002 Update: August 16 2001 helps provide additional security features for the Outlook View Control, which is an ActiveX® control that allows you to view Outlook e-mail folders on Web pages in Outlook 2002. Outlook 2002 helps protect you from attackers who attempt to exploit the vulnerability in the Microsoft Outlook mail client. You can use the Microsoft Outlook View Control on Web sites that are outside the Outlook mail client. This update helps prevent the control from being invoked by scripting or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) code on a Web page potentially controlled by someone with malicious intent. For more information on this issue, see the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-038 Outlook View Control Exposes Unsafe Functionality.

This update also adds an additional safety feature regarding certain file types that could contain dangerous code by helping to block any attachment that has a CLSID (unique identifier) in the file name extension. This prevents you from unintentionally launching a blocked application while using Outlook 2002.

Toolbox    The administrative version of the Outlook 2002 update consists of three Windows Installer patch files (MSP format) packaged in a self-extracting executable (OLK1003a.exe). You can find this downloadable file on the Office XP Resource Kit Downloads page.

Applying the Outlook 2002 update to an administrative installation point

You apply the Outlook 2002 update to your administrative share by using a command line with specific parameters. When you run the update, you'll need to apply three separate MSP files to refresh the changed components. The following table lists the MSP files.

 Note   For best results, the update should be applied from the console of the computer containing the administrative installation point. Make sure that the files on the share point are not in use when the update is being applied. If there are multiple administrative installation points, you can replace the remaining administrative installation points with the updated administrative installation point after backing up any custom transform, Setup.ini, or other files on the share points.

To apply the Outlook 2002 update to an administrative installation point

1. Download OLK1003a.exe and double-click the file name to extract the MSP files. Refer to the table above for the file names and descriptions.
2. Connect to the server share for the administrative installation point.

   You must have write access to the administrative installation point on the server and the appropriate privileges to carry out the task.

3. On the Start menu, click Run and then type the command line for Windows Installer with the appropriate options for the Outlook 2002 update. Use the following syntax:

   [start] msiexec /p [path\name of update MSP file] /a [path\name of MSI file] SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb /L* [path\name of log file]

You will need to run the command line separately for each MSP file you apply to the administrative installation point — you cannot reference multiple MSP files on the same command line. The following table describes the command-line options.

Updating client computers from an administrative installation point

After you update your administrative installation point, you must perform a recache and repair on existing client computers that use the administrative image. Any new client installations from the administrative installation point will automatically include the Outlook 2002 updates.

To update an existing client installation from an administrative installation point, run the following command line on the client computer:

start msiexec /i [path to updated .msi file on the administrative image] REINSTALL=[list of features] REINSTALLMODE=vomus /q

You can run this command line by creating a log-on script, distributing it as a batch file, deploying it via Systems Management Server, or using other means according to your practice. The options for this command line are as follows.

For the Outlook 2002 update, the value for [list of features] is as follows:

OUTLOOKNonBootFiles,OUTLOOKFiles,OutlookImportExportFiles

Optionally, you can substitute the parameter REINSTALL=ALL to reinstall all Office XP components on the client computer.

 Note   If you originally installed Office XP on a client computer from an administrative installation point, you must follow the recache and repair procedure described above to update that client. If you update the client directly by using the end-user patch from the Office Update Web site, the client and administrative images will become out-of-sync, which may cause future updates to fail.

Applying the Outlook 2002 update under Windows 2000

If your administrative installation point and all of your client computers are running Windows 2000, you can use IntelliMirror® technology to manage the installation of the add-in.

 Note   Be sure to test all software updates in a controlled setting before modifying your administrative installation point or deploying the new version throughout your organization.

To deploy a QFE fix or update under Windows 2000

1. Apply the updates (MSP files) to the original Office administrative installation point.

   You will need to run the command line separately for each MSP file you apply to the administrative installation point - you cannot reference multiple MSP files on the same command line.

2. Open the Software Installation snap-in within the Group Policy Object (GPO) that you are using to manage the existing Office installation.
3. In the details pane, right-click the Office package, point to All Tasks, and click Redeploy application.

   The next time the Group Policy is applied to the designated users or computers, the updated files are copied to their computers.

 Note   You can redeploy a package only if it is being managed by Group Policy — that is, only if you originally installed it by using IntelliMirror software installation and maintenance or if you brought it into a managed state under Windows 2000.

Related links

For detailed information on the changes in the Outlook 2002 upgrade, see Overview of the Outlook 2002 update: Aug 16, 2001 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

For general information on applying an administrative update to Office XP, see Deploying Product Updates from an Administrative Installation Point in the Office XP Resource Kit.