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Guest Tom Baxter
Posted

Hi everyone,

 

This has been annoying me for several months now.

 

I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this machine

yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

 

2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

 

Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not have

installed?

Guest JoAnn Paules
Posted

Do you have the trial version? Was Office ever installed? Any of the

components?

 

--

 

JoAnn Paules

MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

 

 

 

"Tom Baxter" <tlbaxter99@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:1C7DB592-C228-415C-9D8C-AB33D197CB67@microsoft.com...

> Hi everyone,

>

> This has been annoying me for several months now.

>

> I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this machine

> yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

>

> 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

> Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

>

> Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not have

> installed?

>

Guest Tom Baxter
Posted

"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com> wrote in message

news:B0172AFA-BD4E-47DC-B35A-3107273952D3@microsoft.com...

> Do you have the trial version? Was Office ever installed? Any of the

> components?

 

No, nothing. No trial version. It was a fresh install of Vista 64 and Office

2007 has never touched this machine.

 

 

 

> --

>

> JoAnn Paules

> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

> Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

>

>

>

> "Tom Baxter" <tlbaxter99@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:1C7DB592-C228-415C-9D8C-AB33D197CB67@microsoft.com...

>> Hi everyone,

>>

>> This has been annoying me for several months now.

>>

>> I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this machine

>> yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

>>

>> 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

>> Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

>>

>> Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not have

>> installed?

>>

>

Guest Carey Frisch  [MVP]
Posted

Free Microsoft technical support for any Windows Update issues: https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

 

 

--

Carey Frisch

Microsoft MVP

Windows Desktop Experience -

Windows Vista Enthusiast

 

---------------------------------------------------------------

 

"Tom Baxter" <tlbaxter99@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1C7DB592-C228-415C-9D8C-AB33D197CB67@microsoft.com...

Hi everyone,

 

This has been annoying me for several months now.

 

I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this machine

yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

 

2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

 

Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not have

installed?

Guest ato_zee@hotmail.com
Posted

> Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not have

> installed?

 

Back up your system to a restorable image, you should

do this anyway. Then let it go ahead and install the updates.

Something that installed has created the condition that

flags that MS Office 2007 is installed.

Maybe a time limited trial was bundled with the OS,

the evaluation period expired, but traces were left

behind.

Did you install the system yourself, from an

authentic Microsoft Retail Version disk?

If so it might be worth looking through the install

disk folders for any reference to Office.

Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett
Posted

Are you using the Office 2007 compatibility pack?

 

"Tom Baxter" <tlbaxter99@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:1C7DB592-C228-415C-9D8C-AB33D197CB67@microsoft.com...

: Hi everyone,

:

: This has been annoying me for several months now.

:

: I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this machine

: yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

:

: 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

: Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

:

: Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not have

: installed?

:

Guest T Martin
Posted

Why am I asked to install Office 2007,during the trial period, each time I

want to use it?

--

I couldn't figure out how to start my own thread and the previous question

brought me here....so, again I ask......

"Why am I asked to install Office 2007,during the trial period, each time I

want to use it?"

 

????????Is this a mistake on Microsoft's part?????? What a burden I must

barefor ta freebie!!!!

 

I wanted to try and maybe buy this product but it will take up too much of

my time to Install this everytime I wanty to use it.

 

If there isn't another way to try this without the installs each time, I

will not be considering this for my business.

 

Any comments?!

Have an awesome day!

T Martin

 

 

"Tom Baxter" wrote:

> Hi everyone,

>

> This has been annoying me for several months now.

>

> I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this machine

> yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

>

> 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

> Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

>

> Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not have

> installed?

>

Guest Tom Baxter
Posted

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:

> Are you using the Office 2007 compatibility pack?

 

 

No, I am not using the compatibility pack.

 

No version of Office has *ever* been on this machine. I built this machine

fresh form a Vista 64 install. Neither Office 97, 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007 has

*ever* touched this machine. No versions of ANY of these products have been

installed ever.

 

Having said that, I am in communication with a Microsoft support rep who

recommended I look for the following two registry keys and delete them if

they are present. Strangely, I did have these registry keys:

 

HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Office

HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Office

 

I'm not sure why these keys were present but I deleted them. It did not fix

the problem. I am still prompted to install the two Office 2007 updates on a

machine that has never had a version of Office on it.

 

 

 

> "Tom Baxter" <tlbaxter99@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:1C7DB592-C228-415C-9D8C-AB33D197CB67@microsoft.com...

> : Hi everyone,

> :

> : This has been annoying me for several months now.

> :

> : I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this

> machine

> : yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

> :

> : 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

> : Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

> :

> : Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not

> have

> : installed?

> :

>

>

Guest Tom Baxter
Posted

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:

> Are you using the Office 2007 compatibility pack?

 

 

No, I am not using the compatibility pack.

 

No version of Office has *ever* been on this machine. I built this machine

fresh form a Vista 64 install. Neither Office 97, 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007 has

*ever* touched this machine. No versions of ANY of these products have been

installed ever.

 

Having said that, I am in communication with a Microsoft support rep who

recommended I look for the following two registry keys and delete them if

they are present. Strangely, I did have these registry keys:

 

HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Office

HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Office

 

I'm not sure why these keys were present but I deleted them. It did not fix

the problem. I am still prompted to install the two Office 2007 updates on a

machine that has never had a version of Office on it.

 

 

 

> "Tom Baxter" <tlbaxter99@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:1C7DB592-C228-415C-9D8C-AB33D197CB67@microsoft.com...

> : Hi everyone,

> :

> : This has been annoying me for several months now.

> :

> : I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this

> machine

> : yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

> :

> : 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

> : Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

> :

> : Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not

> have

> : installed?

> :

>

>

Guest T Martin
Posted

Tom Baxter's question keeps getting repeated with no new resposes. That's not

very helpful. His question was placed after my question, which makes no sense

at all.

I will be leaving this discussion group since it is a continuation of

Microsoft's Office Trial wasting my time.

 

I have fixed my problem by uninstalled my trial to Microsoft Office 2008.

YEA!! A resolution that works!!!!!!!!!

--

Have an awesome day!

 

 

"T Martin" wrote:

> Why am I asked to install Office 2007,during the trial period, each time I

> want to use it?

> --

> I couldn't figure out how to start my own thread and the previous question

> brought me here....so, again I ask......

> "Why am I asked to install Office 2007,during the trial period, each time I

> want to use it?"

>

> ????????Is this a mistake on Microsoft's part?????? What a burden I must

> barefor ta freebie!!!!

>

> I wanted to try and maybe buy this product but it will take up too much of

> my time to Install this everytime I wanty to use it.

>

> If there isn't another way to try this without the installs each time, I

> will not be considering this for my business.

>

> Any comments?!

> Have an awesome day!

> T Martin

>

>

> "Tom Baxter" wrote:

>

> > Hi everyone,

> >

> > This has been annoying me for several months now.

> >

> > I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this machine

> > yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

> >

> > 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

> > Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

> >

> > Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not have

> > installed?

> >

Guest Harry Johnston [MVP]
Posted

Tom Baxter wrote:

> No version of Office has *ever* been on this machine. I built this

> machine fresh form a Vista 64 install. Neither Office 97, 2000, XP, 2003

> or 2007 has *ever* touched this machine. No versions of ANY of these

> products have been installed ever.

 

What software *have* you installed?

 

Hmmm. I wonder if Vista itself contains some part of Office, perhaps in order

to provide the ability to read Office 2007 documents?

 

Harry.

 

--

Boycott Beijing 2008 http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=174

Guest Bob   Buckland ?:-\)
Posted

Hi Tom,

 

Do you have the MS Support Case # for that contact? It's an unusual suggestion if it was just that alone.

 

Do you have any of the Office File Viewers listed in installed programs or any of the Office/Windows/Sharepoint/Expression or

Windows Live products listed in as installed via the Windows control panel?

 

You may want to run through the steps at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218

to pull out traces of Office related apps.

 

================

<<"Tom Baxter" <tlbaxter99@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:5B06AFFC-13C3-4464-AFC0-3B44D3A09C1F@microsoft.com...

"Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tom@youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote:

> Are you using the Office 2007 compatibility pack?

 

 

No, I am not using the compatibility pack.

 

No version of Office has *ever* been on this machine. I built this machine

fresh form a Vista 64 install. Neither Office 97, 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007 has

*ever* touched this machine. No versions of ANY of these products have been

installed ever.

 

Having said that, I am in communication with a Microsoft support rep who

recommended I look for the following two registry keys and delete them if

they are present. Strangely, I did have these registry keys:

 

HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Office

HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Office

 

I'm not sure why these keys were present but I deleted them. It did not fix

the problem. I am still prompted to install the two Office 2007 updates on a

machine that has never had a version of Office on it. >>

--

 

Bob Buckland ?:-)

MS Office System Products MVP

 

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Guest Tom Baxter
Posted

Re: ?? Why am I Asked to Install Office Update ?? --> SOLVED

 

Hello all,

 

I just got off the phone with Microsoft.

 

The problem was due to the fact that I had Visual Studio's "Web Developer

Component" installed. This piece of Visual Studio relies on (and apparently

includes) parts of Office 2007. So, even though I am prompted to download an

Office 20007 update it is actually due to Visual Studio being installed.

 

The Microsoft rep recommended I download and install the updates.

 

It's confusing but at least now we know.

 

Thanks to all who responded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Tom Baxter" <tlbaxter99@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:1C7DB592-C228-415C-9D8C-AB33D197CB67@microsoft.com...

> Hi everyone,

>

> This has been annoying me for several months now.

>

> I have a Vista 64 machine. Office 2007 is *NOT* installed on this machine

> yet Microsoft Update constantly tells me I have two available updates:

>

> 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)

> Update for the Microsoft 2007 Office System (KB946691)

>

> Why am I constantly prodded to install updates for products I do not have

> installed?

>

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