Description of the Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package: September 20, 2004

• Issues that the hotfix package fixes
• 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 the hotfix package contains

This article describes the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services issues that are fixed in the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated September 20, 2004.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article.

• "Cannot connect to server at this time. Your list cannot be published." error message when you import a Microsoft Office Excel 2003 spreadsheet to use as a basis for a new list
  
  Your Windows SharePoint Services Web site is configured to use Basic authentication. You click Create on the top navigation bar of a Web page in the Windows SharePoint Services Web site, and then you click Import Spreadsheet to create a new list that is based on a Microsoft Office Excel 2003 spreadsheet. You specify the name of the list and the location of the spreadsheet on the New List page. When you click Import, you are not prompted to type your user name and password as expected. Instead, you receive the following error message:
  Cannot connect to the server at this time. Your list cannot be published.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer stops responding (hangs) when you try to upload multiple documents to a document library
  
  You connect to a document library, and then you click Upload document. When you click Upload Multiple Files to upload multiple files to the document library, Internet Explorer unexpectedly stops responding (hangs). You experience this symptom when the following conditions are true:
  • You are running one of the following versions of Windows SharePoint Services:
    • Simplified Chinese
    • Traditional Chinese
    • Korean
  • You connect to the document library from a client computer that is running one of the following versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system:
    • Simplified Chinese
    • Traditional Chinese
    • Korean

Service pack information

Windows SharePoint Services

This problem was first corrected in Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows SharePoint Services. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Service pack information

Office 2003

This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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, contact 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 following list contains prerequisites for the hotfix package:

• The optimized and full-file versions of this hotfix are post-Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfixes. To install the hotfix, you must have Windows SharePoint Services SP1 installed. For more information about Windows SharePoint Services SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  841876� Description of Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1

Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to enable any hotfixes that this package contains.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required 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 item in Control Panel.

The following is the download information.
The following is the Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information.
After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or later file attributes, that are listed in the following table.
Additional notes:

• For additional information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.
• For additional information about the differences between the two .msp files, see the "Strategies for Updating Office 2003 Installations" topic. To see this topic, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
  http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/patch_o2k3.htm

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.

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: