OFF95: Readme.txt for Office 95 Year 2000 UpdateID: Q222184
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This article contains the complete text of the Readme.txt file included with the Microsoft Office 95 Year 2000 Update. For more information about how to obtain the Microsoft Office 95 Year 2000 Update, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q217027 OFF95: How to Download and Install the Year 2000 Update
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Microsoft Office 95 Year 2000 Update
June 1999
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(c) Microsoft Corporation, 1999
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Table of Contents
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Description
Before You Install
Install the Update
Admin Installations
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Description
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The Microsoft(R) Office 95 Year 2000 Update makes some changes to
Office 95 in preparation for the changeover to the year 2000.
Listed below are the changes to the Office 95 programs contained
within this update.
Microsoft Word 95
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The update changes the way that Word 95 works with dates. One date
method that is changed is the way Word assumes which century you
mean when you enter a two-digit year in a date. Once you install
the update, years entered as 00-29 are assumed to be in the range
2000 through 2029. Years entered as 30-99 are assumed to be in the
range 1930 through 1999.
Additional changes to Word 95 include the retention and display
of custom property information when a new document is created
using a user-created template. Also, documents saved with the
"Read-only recommended" feature in Word 95 can be opened when the
TEMP environment variable points to a hard disk drive that
contains more than 2 gigabytes (GB) of free space.
Microsoft Excel 95
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Microsoft Query 2.0 (Msqry32.exe) now uses a different rule for
two-digit years. Years entered as 00-29 are assumed to be in the
range 2000 through 2029. Years entered as 30-99 are assumed to be
in the range 1930 through 1999.
Microsoft Query 2.0 no longer crashes when it encounters the
SQL_GUID data type. In addition, the stack size for Query 2.0 has
been increased.
Microsoft Access 95
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If you use the Access Developer's Toolkit for Windows(R) 95 to
redistribute updated Access run-time files, you will need to
install the update and recreate the setup using the Setup Wizard.
Any updates that are applied to Access or its components will be
automatically rolled into the setup when it is created.
In order for Access 95 to properly interpret dates with 2-digit
years in the 1930-2029 window, you must have Oleaut32.dll
version 2.20.00.4054 or later.
In addition, the Microsoft Jet file, Msjt3032.dll, was updated
to address an issue that could cause Access 95 to crash when
using a wizard.
Microsoft PowerPoint 95
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In Microsoft PowerPoint(R) 95, the year 2000 issues involve saving
presentations to earlier formats. Dates greater than or equal to
2038, which are set to update automatically, will now be saved
correctly to PowerPoint 4.0 format. In addition, presentations
that contain dates formatted to display two-digit years and are
saved as PowerPoint 4.0 presentations now display the dates
correctly.
Microsoft Schedule+ 95
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This update changes the way that Schedule+ handles two-digit year
entries when the Short Date Style in the Windows Regional Settings
Control Panel is set to use a 4-digit year. Originally, this
regional setting caused Schedule+ to treat all two-digit year
entries as 1900 dates. Once you install the update, years entered
as 00-79 will be treated as 2000 through 2079 and years entered as
80-99 will be treated as 1980 through 1999.
Microsoft Office 95
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By default, years are displayed with four digits in Find Fast.
ODBC
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If you are using ODBC version 2.5 or earlier, you need to upgrade
your drivers. Check the version of Odbc32.dll; if it is version
3.0 or higher, you have an updated version. If the version number
is earlier than 3.0 and you are using Microsoft Windows NT (R)
3.51, refer to http://www.microsoft.com/data for further
assistance.
<MSONLY>
as of 7/8/999 this link is:<BR/>
www.microsoft.com/msdownload/uda/mdac21/mdac_typ21.asp
</MSONLY>
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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 above, and
that you are not using newer versions of the software. If you are
not sure, run the application (Word 95, for example), select the
Help menu, and then click About Microsoft <application name>.
Also, you must shut down all running programs, including Microsoft
Office 95, Microsoft Project, and the Microsoft Office Shortcut
Bar before you begin the installation.
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Install the Update
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1. Double-click the O95y2k.exe program file on your hard disk to
start the setup program.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the
installation.
3. Once you have installed the update, you can use Office 95
just as you have used it in the past. You do not need to
restart your computer.
Removing the Update
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This update cannot be uninstalled. If you want to use Office 95
without the update, you must remove Office 95 and then reinstall
it from your original Office 95 Setup disks.
List of Updated Files
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The update modifies or replaces the following files on your
computer.
File Application Location of file on Location of file
your computer in network share
point
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Mso95.dll Office 95 Windows 9x: \msoffice\office
\Windows\System \os\system
Windows NT 3.51 or
4.0:
\WinNT\System32
Msqry32.exe MS Query Windows 9x: \msapps\msquery
2.0 \Program &
Files\Common \msoffice\office
Files\Microsoft \msapps\msquery
Shared\Msquery
Windows NT 3.51 or
4.0:
\WinNT\Msapps\Msque
ry
Pp7trans.dll PowerPoint \Msoffice\Powerpnt \msoffice\office
95 \powerpnt
Msspc32.dll Schedule+ \Msoffice\Schedule \msoffice\office
95 \schedule
Msscd32.dll Schedule+ \Msoffice\Schedule \msoffice\office
95 \schedule
Winword.exe Word 95 \Msoffice\Winword \msoffice\office
\winword
Wwintl32.dll Word 95 Windows 9x: \msoffice\office
\Msoffice\Winword & \winword &
\Windows\System \msoffice\office
\office
Windows NT 3.51 or
4.0:
\WinNT\System32 &
\Msoffice\Winword
Mstx3032.dll Access 95 Windows 9x: \msoffice\office
(MS Jet \Windows\System \os\system
file)
Windows NT 3.51 or
4.0:
\WinNT\System32
Msjt3032.dll Access 95 Windows 9x: \msoffice\office
(MS Jet \Windows\System \os\system
file)
Windows NT 3.51 or
4.0:
\WinNT\System32
Mswng300.dll Access 95 Windows 9x: \msoffice\office
(MS Jet \Windows\System \os\system
file)
Windows NT 3.51 or
4.0:
\WinNT\System32
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Admin Installations
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If you are a system administrator and need to update an Office 95
network share point, do the following:
1. Map a drive letter to the server or network share that
contains your administrative installation of Office 95.
2. Have all Office 95 network share users exit all Office 95
applications running on their computers. The update may fail
if Office files are in use on the server.
3. To start the update, use the following command line:
o95y2k.exe /c:"offpatch.exe /a"
4. Click OK, and click Yes.
5. Click Yes to accept the license agreement.
6. In the Office 95 Year 2000 Administrator Update dialog, enter
the network server path to the setup.exe for Microsoft Office
95.
Enter the path to the shared applications folder for
Microsoft Office 95.
7. The Office 95 Year 2000 Update will copy all of the new files
to your network server. Due to the size and number of files,
it may take several minutes for this process to complete.
8. When installation is complete, click OK to exit.
Note to system administrators: If any users on your network are
running Windows NT 3.51 and if they perform a new installation of
Microsoft Office 95, Standard Edition from an updated
administrative installation, they must install the Microsoft
Office 95 Year 2000 update on their computer after the
installation of Office 95 is complete.
Workstation Installation
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Once you have updated your administrative installation, there are
two methods you can use to update your workstations with the
Office 95 Year 2000 Update.
* On each workstation, run the O95y2k.exe program. This will
allow you to update the Microsoft Office 95 files on the
workstation to the Year 2000 update.
* On each workstation, double-click the Add/Remove Programs
icon in the Control Panel. Select "Microsoft Office" or
"Microsoft Office Professional" and click Add/Remove.
Then, click Reinstall to reinstall Microsoft Office 95
with the new Year 2000 update.
NOTE: You must patch your administrative installation
BEFORE you use this method to patch workstations that
are set to Run From Network Server.
The following is a list of available command line switches for the
Microsoft Office 95 Year 2000 Update program.
Switch Mode Description Usage
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/Q Quiet Hides all messages O95y2k.exe /q
mode and dialogs during
installation
/A Admin Used by an O95y2k.exe /c:"offpatch.exe/a"
mode Administrator to
update a network
share point
/X Extract Extracts the setup O95y2k.exe /c:"offpatch.exe/x"
mode files for inspection
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For More Information
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If you need additional information about year 2000 issues, please
refer to the Microsoft Year 2000 Resource Center at
http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/. Additional query words: OFF95
Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:7.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo Last Reviewed: July 20, 1999