Guest Rugger Posted October 18, 2007 Posted October 18, 2007 Vista Update wants to download Office 2003 SP3, even though i don't have the suite installed (I have Office 07 installed, not 03). Makes no sense, but that's what it's doing. Any suggestions? -- Bob
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted October 18, 2007 Posted October 18, 2007 Rugger wrote: > Vista Update wants to download Office 2003 SP3, even though i don't > have the suite installed (I have Office 07 installed, not 03). > Makes no sense, but that's what it's doing. Any suggestions? The common culprit for people who only installed Office 2007 is the Office 2003 Web component... If you previously had Office 2003 installed and you did not completely remove it (even if you THOUGHT you had - that can also cause a download and installation of something like SP3 for Office 2003.) Office Update offers updates for Office programs that you do not have installed http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830335/ -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest aballew Posted October 18, 2007 Posted October 18, 2007 "Shenan Stanley" wrote: > Rugger wrote: > > Vista Update wants to download Office 2003 SP3, even though i don't > > have the suite installed (I have Office 07 installed, not 03). > > Makes no sense, but that's what it's doing. Any suggestions? > > The common culprit for people who only installed Office 2007 is the Office > 2003 Web component... If you previously had Office 2003 installed and you > did not completely remove it (even if you THOUGHT you had - that can also > cause a download and installation of something like SP3 for Office 2003.) > > Office Update offers updates for Office programs that you do not have > installed > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830335/ > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > I'm having exactly the same problem and posted a question about it. This information was very helpful. I also have an XP machine running Office 2003 trying to install an Office XP update.
Guest Rugger Posted October 18, 2007 Posted October 18, 2007 No -- it's brand new computer with only Vista and Office 07 ever installed on it. but thanks for taking the time to respond. -- Bob PS To be clear, it's happening through the Vista Windows Update applet, which handles updates to all Microsoft installed programs, not through the Office Update website, which I used to use on computer at my old job. "Shenan Stanley" wrote: > Rugger wrote: > > Vista Update wants to download Office 2003 SP3, even though i don't > > have the suite installed (I have Office 07 installed, not 03). > > Makes no sense, but that's what it's doing. Any suggestions? > > The common culprit for people who only installed Office 2007 is the Office > 2003 Web component... If you previously had Office 2003 installed and you > did not completely remove it (even if you THOUGHT you had - that can also > cause a download and installation of something like SP3 for Office 2003.) > > Office Update offers updates for Office programs that you do not have > installed > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830335/ > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > >
Guest Rugger Posted October 18, 2007 Posted October 18, 2007 Got explanation through similar post in the Office community -- if anyone's interested see http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.officeupdate&p=1&tid=28e4cbba-b9d9-4b2a-b39e-e0f50f9b8a1f -- Bob "Rugger" wrote: > Vista Update wants to download Office 2003 SP3, even though i don't have the > suite installed (I have Office 07 installed, not 03). Makes no sense, but > that's what it's doing. Any suggestions? > -- > Bob
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted October 18, 2007 Posted October 18, 2007 Rugger wrote: > Got explanation through similar post in the Office community -- if > anyone's interested see > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.officeupdate&p=1&tid=28e4cbba-b9d9-4b2a-b39e-e0f50f9b8a1f I thought that is what I said? heh -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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