Connectivity problems with Office 2003 SP3?

[Hank Arnold (MVP)]

I was setting up a new laptop (WinXP w/all updates) and found that I had
lost all ability to connect to network resources. I could PING
everything (IP & DNS). IPCONFIG /ALL showed the correct parameters.
However I was unable to connect to network drives or any UNC resource.
Wired & wireless had the same problem.

I re-imaged the machine and re-configured it. Now it works fine. Only
difference is that I installed SP2 for Office 2003 vs. SP3. I did s
search, but couldn't find this. I can't shake the notion that this is a
known problem with SP3. Note that I applied it from the downloaded file,
not WSUS2 or WSUS 3...

Does anyone know of any similar problems caused by SP3?
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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Haven't run into anything like this with Office 2003 SP3. Only time I see
what you describe is when our corporate desktop firewall program goes kaput.
(Note: Have also seen the same problem with TrendMicro home products.)