Microsoft has released security bulletin MS08-070. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200812.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200812.mspx)
  Skip the details Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:
  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/ (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)
• IT professionals:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-070.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-070.mspx)

How to obtain help and support for this security update

For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in the United States and Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft subsidiary. For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary for support issues with security updates, visit the Microsoft International Support Web site: North American customers can also obtain instant access to unlimited no-charge e-mail support or to unlimited individual chat support by visiting the following Microsoft Web site: For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through your usual support contacts.

Update removal information

For information about how to remove this update, refer to the individual Knowledge Base Articles that are listed in the "Additional information about this security update" section. The individual articles contain information about whether the updates may be uninstalled by using the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel.

Known issues with this security update

You install this security update on a computer that has a third-party software solution installed. The software solution is based on Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The software solution creates an instance of the control directly through Microsoft Office. In this scenario, you may experience either of the following problems:

• You may receive an error message that resembles the following when you try to run a macro:
  Object library invalid or contains references to object definitions that could not be found.
  When this problem occurs, the macro does not run.
• You may receive an error message that resembles the following when you try to add one of the updated controls to an Office Visual Basic for Applications form:
  Element not found.
  When this problem occurs, the control is not added to the form.

Solutions that do not use the control in VBA are not affected by this problem. Compiled Visual Basic 6.0 solutions are not affected. Web-based solutions are not affected. .NET solutions are not affected. Only VBA-based solutions that create an instance of the control directly through Office are affected.

To resolve this issue, install the cumulative update rollup for the Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files update. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: If you are using Office Visual Basic for Applications, you may also need to delete the cached versions of the control type libraries. To do this, search your hard drive for ".exd," and delete all the .exd files. The .exd files will be re-created automatically using the new controls the next time that you use VBA.

Additional information about this security update

For more information about this security update and for information about any known issues with specific releases of this software, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

• 958369  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=958369/ ) MS08-070: Description of the security update for Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 Service Pack 1: December 9, 2008
• 958370  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=958370/ ) MS08-070: Description of the security update for Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1: December 9, 2008
• 958371  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=958371/ ) MS08-070: Description of the security update for Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2: December 9, 2008
• 958392  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=958392/ ) MS08-070: Description of the security update for the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1 development platform: December 9, 2008
• 958393  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=958393/ ) MS08-070: Description of the security update for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1 development platform: December 9, 2008
• 926857  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=926857/ ) MS08-070: Description of the security update for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files: December 9, 2008
• 957797  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=957797/ ) MS08-070: Description of the security update for Office XP: December 9, 2008
• 949045  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=949045/ ) MS08-070: Description of the security update for Project 2003: December 9, 2008
• 949046  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=949046/ ) MS08-070: Description of the security update for Project 2007: December 9, 2008

The English (United States) version of this security update 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.

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 Service Pack 1

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1 development platform

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1 development platform

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Runtime Extended Files

Microsoft Office XP

Microsoft Office Project 2003

Microsoft Office Project 2007