Comments on: OfficeUpdate Gripe http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/09/27/officeupdate-gripe/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: FXP http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/09/27/officeupdate-gripe/#comment-2358 FXP Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=782#comment-2358 <p>Related gripe, is when you add functionality to an installed version of Office XP and can not use any Office XP CD, but have to root around for the installed copy for that particular PC. Why? The software is already installed, I'm only adding say VBA Help or the Query addin.</p> Related gripe, is when you add functionality to an installed version of Office XP and can not use any Office XP CD, but have to root around for the installed copy for that particular PC. Why? The software is already installed, I’m only adding say VBA Help or the Query addin.

]]> By: Dick http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/09/27/officeupdate-gripe/#comment-2357 Dick Fri, 01 Oct 2004 03:54:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=782#comment-2357 <p>Thanks for the comments (and sympathy) guys. I won't be switching to linux anytime soon. I can't even keep up with learning Excel and now I'm going to have to learn something about blogging. I think I'm regressing. At this rate, I'll have aol.com in my email address before long.</p> Thanks for the comments (and sympathy) guys. I won’t be switching to linux anytime soon. I can’t even keep up with learning Excel and now I’m going to have to learn something about blogging. I think I’m regressing. At this rate, I’ll have aol.com in my email address before long.

]]> By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/09/27/officeupdate-gripe/#comment-2356 ross Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:20:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=782#comment-2356 <p>Maybe it needs some "functionality" off the original CD to install the new stuff (unlikely but you never know!) - so where did you get the SP from dick - I would have though the net anyway - hun? </p> <p>One thing I noticed is that the same thing happens when you try and uninstall ms software. Recently, I have been trying to tidy up my PC, and I'm sorry to say that out off all the program I have on there, Microsoft's are simple horrendous to remove. VB6 for example, I think will be with me forever!, and IE simply cant be removed either, (I can understand VB6, a bit, but not IE, it almost seam anti- competitive!)<br> Today I got a copy of SP-2 (on CD) and VB2005 beta (free with PC pro mag!). I am think i have resided myself to a reinstall of XP and a "fresh start". I think i'll get a nice new big HDD, move my files across, reformat my current 80gb disk, partition it and put xp-sp2, and some flavour of Linux on. - I've been thinking about this for a while anyway, I need to start using linux, that might well be when the next 20 years will be based?</p> <p>As an aside: try Linux and playstation in a MS product - w##ke#s</p> Maybe it needs some “functionality” off the original CD to install the new stuff (unlikely but you never know!) – so where did you get the SP from dick – I would have though the net anyway – hun?

One thing I noticed is that the same thing happens when you try and uninstall ms software. Recently, I have been trying to tidy up my PC, and I’m sorry to say that out off all the program I have on there, Microsoft’s are simple horrendous to remove. VB6 for example, I think will be with me forever!, and IE simply cant be removed either, (I can understand VB6, a bit, but not IE, it almost seam anti- competitive!)
Today I got a copy of SP-2 (on CD) and VB2005 beta (free with PC pro mag!). I am think i have resided myself to a reinstall of XP and a “fresh start”. I think i’ll get a nice new big HDD, move my files across, reformat my current 80gb disk, partition it and put xp-sp2, and some flavour of Linux on. – I’ve been thinking about this for a while anyway, I need to start using linux, that might well be when the next 20 years will be based?

As an aside: try Linux and playstation in a MS product – w##ke#s

]]> By: Rick Southard http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/09/27/officeupdate-gripe/#comment-2355 Rick Southard Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:33:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=782#comment-2355 <p>When I did the updates there was link for more information, when I clicked on that it took me to a page where I could download the update instead of install it. When you apply the downloaded update it does not ask for the CDs.</p> When I did the updates there was link for more information, when I clicked on that it took me to a page where I could download the update instead of install it. When you apply the downloaded update it does not ask for the CDs.

]]> By: Rob van Gelder http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/09/27/officeupdate-gripe/#comment-2354 Rob van Gelder Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:01:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=782#comment-2354 <p>PS. I feel your pain. I hate digging for CDs too.</p> PS. I feel your pain. I hate digging for CDs too.

]]> By: Rob van Gelder http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/09/27/officeupdate-gripe/#comment-2353 Rob van Gelder Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=782#comment-2353 <p>In a previous life I was a desktop engineer creating autoinstall scripts.<br> Way back in Excel 97, I created an administrative install point. Can remember the exact terminology, but it's a special install to a network location which other users can install from.<br> There was a tool called NIW which allowed preloaded templates and stuff into the installation.</p> <p>I believe Office admin installs work the same way today.</p> <p>You can install service packs over the admin install point.<br> <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829197" rel="nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829197</a></p> <p>Pretty useless info for a one computer installation. I was thinking something along the lines of an install point then copying it off to DVD. I've never tried it so it's all theory.</p> <p>It's handier when you've got a file server.</p> In a previous life I was a desktop engineer creating autoinstall scripts.
Way back in Excel 97, I created an administrative install point. Can remember the exact terminology, but it’s a special install to a network location which other users can install from.
There was a tool called NIW which allowed preloaded templates and stuff into the installation.

I believe Office admin installs work the same way today.

You can install service packs over the admin install point.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829197

Pretty useless info for a one computer installation. I was thinking something along the lines of an install point then copying it off to DVD. I’ve never tried it so it’s all theory.

It’s handier when you’ve got a file server.

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