Office update installs patches for programs not installed (2007 ve

[mikolajek]

Hi,

I just set up a fresh install of my Office 2007 copy. This time I skipped
things like Outlook or InfoPatch etc.

When switching computer off I saw 19 updates installing... When I opened the
update history it turned out that there were updates for all Office programs
applied (incl. Publisher, Access, Outlook etc.), not only those actually
installed!

Anyone can explain this strange thing to me? What's the point to install
patches for apps not actually present on the system?

 

[Susan Ramlet]

See if this helps:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/fx010353691033.aspx#9

 

[mikolajek]

Thank you for this link. It explains this indeed.
Still, this mechanism is a little stupid ))