Microsoft Office 2007 SP1 Released

[nekrosoft13]

SP1 focuses on the issues that matter most to our customers based on direct customer feedback and error reporting tools. You can expect:

Stability. Using data from the Dr. Watson bug-reporting system, we've fixed the top software issues for each application in the 2007 Office system. The 2007 Office system SP1 also improves the stability of server components in the 2007 Office system and delivers compatibility with Windows Server® 2008, so you can confidently plan for future upgrades.
Performance. The 2007 Office system SP1 improves performance in applications and servers. Performance improvements can be found in Microsoft Office Excel® 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook® 2007, Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2007, and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007.
Security. By incorporating incremental advances in security and results from application testing, the 2007 Office system SP1 offers home and office users better protection against malicious software and potential threats to privacy.

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[crainger]

Good news. I shall install it on my Lappy promptly. Only use Office on the lappy. Desktop is Open Office all the way.

[einstein_314]

Sweet! Downloading the client now!!! :D

EDIT: Awesome. Startup time seems to be faster. Everything seems more responsive. w00T!!!! MAXIMUM WPM!!!

[nekrosoft13]

updated as well, anyone noticed anything new yet?

[crainger]

Only the Sonic Bloom plasmid so far.

[Talon]

There is definitely a noticeable speed up with this service pack on my computers.

[Dragunov]

Slipstreaming SP1 in Office 2007

Some of you may be wondering how to do a clean install of Office 2007 using an Office 2007 RTM image along with SP1 at the same time. As you may know, Office 2007 makes use of the Updates folder in the installation media to install any new updates that it finds in the folder however the updates need to be in the .msp file format for them to be recognized. Since the Office 2007 SP1 update file is delivered in the .exe format, an extra step is required before being able to proceed:

First, you should copy the contents of the Office 2007 RTM image to a temporary folder. For our example we're using C:\O2007Temp\. We have also copied the Office 2007 SP1 Update file (office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe) to the D:\ drive.

Then, using the Run command in Windows XP/Vista (WinKey+R), run the following command:
D:\office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C:\O2007Temp\Updates\
replacing D:\ with wherever you stored the Office 2007 SP1 update file and C:\O2007Temp\ with wherever you stored the Office 2007 RTM files. After agreeing to the Microsoft Software License Terms, SP1 will be extracted to C:\O2007Temp\Updates\.

That's it! Just start the setup for Office 2007 and the updates for SP1 will then be picked up and installed during the setup. The same method applies to any other Office 2007 SP1 update.

I hope one day we'll see the same simple method of applying updates to an installation image of Windows...