Description of the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 18, 2004

• Issues that are fixed by the hotfix package
• 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 that are included in the hotfix package
• The files that are contained in the hotfix package

This article describes the Microsoft Excel 2000 issues that are fixed in the Excel 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated June 18, 2004.

Issues that are fixed by the hotfix package

The following issues are fixed in this hotfix package, but they were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

• When you programmatically create a query in MSQuery that contains a parameter query, Excel 2000 may quit unexpectedly, and you receive the following error message:
  Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
  If you view the details of the error message, you receive an error signature that is similar to the following:

  Application Name  Application Version  Module Name  Module Version  Offset
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Excel.exe         9.0.0.8229           Excel.exe    9.0.0.8229      001fba15
  

• If you programmatically start Excel 2000, and then run a macro while the workstation is locked, you may receive the following error message when you unlock the workstation:
  Not enough System resources to display completely.
  After the error message disappears, additional macros and processes will not run.
  
  

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.

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, submit a request to 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 optimized and full-file versions of this hotfix are a post-Office 2000 SP3 hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 installed. For more information about Office 2000 SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  326585� Description of the Office 2000 Service Pack 3
• This hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or later. For more information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  811002� Office 2000 updates and patches released after September 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0

Restart information

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

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is replaced by a later hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Registry information

You do not have to create or to modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that are contained in this package.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that you must have 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 tool in Control Panel. After you install the hotfix, the global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table:Note For more information about how to install this hotfix package, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.

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: