Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested stability and performance improvements, while incorporating further enhancements to user security. This service pack also includes all of the updates released for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 prior to December of 2007.You can get a more complete description of SP1, including a list of issues that were fixed, in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article936988: Description of the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1.

Service Pack 1 will install even if a publicly available update has already been installed on your computer.

SP1 also includes stability improvements developed as a result of user input from the Microsoft Online Crash Analysis and from Microsoft Product Support feedback.

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• Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0

• To successfully install SP1, you must have Microsoft Installer 3.1 (MSI 3.1) or higher. For more information, including instructions for downloading MSI 3.1, please see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article942101.
• To successfully install SP1, you will need more free hard disk space than the size of the patch itself. For more specific information about the space requirements, please see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article943589.

The installation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 involves a series of steps which must be completed in the correct sequence for the installation to be successful. It is strongly recommended that you read the article on how toDeploy Software Updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 before attempting to upgrade to SP1.

The downloads for this update are under the Files In This Download section below. If you have the 32-bit edition of WSS 3.0, be sure to download WSSv3SP1-KB936988-x86-fullfile-en-us.exe. If you have the 64-bit edition, you should download WSSv3SP1-KB936988-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe.

When using other Microsoft products
If you are using the following products, we recommend that you get the latest service packs:

• Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 Language Pack, 32-Bit Edition: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1, 32-Bit Edition
• Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 Language Pack, 64-Bit Edition: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1, 64-Bit Edition

There is no uninstall feature for this download. For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 873125.

For further information about this update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article936988: Description of the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1.