Though Microsoft has remained quiet about the upcoming "fixed" version of Office 2000 Service Release 1 (SR1), the company is finally set to release the new update, dubbed Office 2000 SR1a, any day now. Microsoft released the original SR1 in late March, but many users quickly found the update to be buggy or even uninstallable, especially on NT 4 systems that had upgraded to Windows 2000. After the release, I was deluged with email from frantic users that reported a variety of issues with the update, and on April 7th, the company admitted that it would be providing a new version on its Web site.

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