In the course of producing the solution to the Excel 97 "ODBC Driver"
Vulnerability, Microsoft testing became aware of additional
vulnerability in the text IISAM drivers. Microsoft has produced
a solution to this vulnerability and incorporated it into the Microsoft
Office Jet/ODBC/IISAM Update.
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Before You Install
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Before you install this update, you should make sure that you are
currently using the versions of the applications listed below, and
that you are not using newer versions of the software. If you are
not sure, run the application (Word 97, for example), select the
Help menu, and then click About Microsoft <application name>.
Applications
Microsoft Access 97
Microsoft Excel 97
Microsoft FrontPage 97
Microsoft Outlook 97
Microsoft Powerpoint 97
Microsoft Word 97
Microsoft Access 2000
Microsoft Excel 2000
Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Microsoft Outlook 2000
Microsoft Powerpoint 2000
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Publisher 2000
Also, you must shut down all running programs, including Microsoft
Office 97, Microsoft Project, and the Microsoft Office Shortcut
Bar before you begin the installation.
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Install the Update
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To install the update on a local computer, double click on the
application icon or type the following at a command prompt in the
location where the update is stored:
jetcopkg
To run the update without any dialog display, use the quiet mode
option. Type the following at a command prompt in the location where
the update is stored:
jetcopkg /q
For non-admin installations, this utility does the following:
1. enables the "Open Confirmation after Download" flag for the following Office File-types:
"MS_ClipArt_Gallery.2",
"Excel.Chart.5",
"Excel.Chart.8",
"Excel.Sheet.5",
"Excel.Sheet.8",
"iqyfile",
"rqyfile",
"Outlook.Template",
"msgfile",
"vcsfile",
"vcffile",
"icsfile",
"PowerPoint.Slide.8",
"PowerPoint.Show.8",
"PowerPoint.SlideShow.8",
"PowerPoint.Template.8",
"Word.Template.8",
"Word.Wizard.8",
"Word.Backup.8",
"Word.Document.8",
"Word.RTF.8",
"Access.Application.8",
"Access.BlankDatabaseTemplate.8",
"Access.DatabaseWizardTemplate.8",
"Access.Extension.8",
"Access.MDEFile.8",
"accesshtmlfile",
"accessthmltemplate",
"dqyfile",
"Excel.Addin",
"Excel.Backup",
"Excel.CSV",
"Excel.DIF",
"Excel.Macrosheet",
"Excel.SLK",
"Excel.Template",
"Excel.Workspace",
"Excel.XLL",
"Excelhtmlfile",
"Excelhtmltemplate",
"icsfile",
"Office.Binder.8",
"Office.Binder.Template",
"Office.Binder.Wizard",
"oqyfile",
"PowerPoint.Addin.8",
"PowerPoint.Wizard.8",
"powerpointhtmlfile",
"powerpointhtmltemplate",
"wordhtmlfile",
"wordhtmltemplate"
2. This update sets registry entries for Jet Expression Service and Text IISAM.
HEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\SandboxMode and
HEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\3.5\Engines\SandboxMode are set to 2.
HEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines\Text\DisabledExtensions and
HEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\3.5\Engines\Text\DisabledExtensions are set to "!txt,csv,tab,asc,htm,html".
3. updates all related Jet files in your machine.
For further information on Sandbox mode, please consult the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q239/4/82.ASP
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Admin Installations
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For admin installation, the command line for this utility updates Office 97 SR2 only.
Patching Office 97 Admin Installations
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To run the update in admin mode and update a network install, type the
following at a command prompt in the folder where the update is stored: