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Along with XP SP3 RC1, Microsoft released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Microsoft Office 2007. Take note that this fix (for the XP SP3) is only a release candidate 1. You can download your copy here. Previous release of the SP3 is for beta testers only. This SP3 RC1 is opened for public testing and bug reporting.

SP3 includes 1,073 hotfixes and contains four new feature additions for customers: a new activation scheme, Network Access Protection Module, Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module and a Black Hole Router detection algorithm.

With respect to Microsoft Office 2007, five known bugs (for each of its Office 2007 components) have been fixed and this in turn improved the stability of the programs.