Microsoft Outlook 2002

Microsoft Outlook 2002

Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft Outlook 2002 Service Pack 2. This update fixes a crash or lack of response that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article

Outlook Stops Responding When You Download a Message After You Apply Office XP Service Pack 2 that was introduced in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) that affects Microsoft Outlook Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) when you download messages.

This update also fixes a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to send a malformed message, which would make the user’s Microsoft Outlook session unresponsive. Additionally, this update includes security fixes and corrects other issues in Microsoft Outlook 2002 SP-2.

This article describes how to download and install the Outlook 2002 Update: December 4, 2002.

This update was first included in Office XP Service Pack 3. For additional information about the latest service pack for Office XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Microsoft outlook 2002 is the upgrade to Microsoft Outlook 2000 and includes the below new features.

• Outlook Hotmail support
• Auto complete addressing
• Intuitive management of e-mail, contacts and appointments
• Smart tags in Word mail

Overall, users who are utilizing Microsoft Outlook 2000 would most likely not find it necessary to upgrade to Microsoft Outlook 2002 unless they believe the above features will be useful.

System Requirement for Outlook 2002

Computer: 100% IBM Compatible

Processor: Intel Pentium 133MHz or higher]

Memory: 24MB RAM for Windows 98
32MB RAM for Windows NT / ME
64MB RAM for Windows 2000

Drives: 135-190MB Hard disk drive space
2x CD-ROM

Sound: Multimedia computer required for sound and other multimedia effects.

Video: VGA or higher-resolution

Controls: Keyboard / Mouse

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98 / NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 / 2000

Other: Requires Internet and/or Network access with SMTP/POP3, IMAP4 or other MAPI compliant messaging service