Office Update SP2

[Bill Ridgeway]

Thanks, Peter, for your reply. At the risk of thrashing this thread one
more time -

Yes I purposely cross posted as I just wasn't sure who was listening in or
from where I may get an answer. I don't usually cross post but thought it
possibly necessary on this important topic. Yes, I am aware that a
NewsGroup isn't the 'proper' way of reporting a problem to Microsoft but I'm
pretty sure they monitor relevant NewsGroups.

I take your point that those that have a problem should look to their own
for a solution. However, this topic was complicated by SP2 being made
available twice over. For my part the install did take a little while
indicating (and I was sure) that it was a slightly different animal and not
a duplicate.

One last question - more as a matter of curiosity. What is MU and WU and
how were they relevant in this issue?

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

 

[Bill Ridgeway]

Thanks, Peter, for your reply. At the risk of thrashing this thread one
more time -

Yes I purposely cross posted as I just wasn't sure who was listening in or
from where I may get an answer. I don't usually cross post but thought it
possibly necessary on this important topic. Yes, I am aware that a
NewsGroup isn't the 'proper' way of reporting a problem to Microsoft but I'm
pretty sure they monitor relevant NewsGroups.

I take your point that those that have a problem should look to their own
for a solution. However, this topic was complicated by SP2 being made
available twice over. For my part the install did take a little while
indicating (and I was sure) that it was a slightly different animal and not
a duplicate.

One last question - more as a matter of curiosity. What is MU and WU and
how were they relevant in this issue?

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

 

[Bill Ridgeway]

Thanks, Peter, for your reply. At the risk of thrashing this thread one
more time -

Yes I purposely cross posted as I just wasn't sure who was listening in or
from where I may get an answer. I don't usually cross post but thought it
possibly necessary on this important topic. Yes, I am aware that a
NewsGroup isn't the 'proper' way of reporting a problem to Microsoft but I'm
pretty sure they monitor relevant NewsGroups.

I take your point that those that have a problem should look to their own
for a solution. However, this topic was complicated by SP2 being made
available twice over. For my part the install did take a little while
indicating (and I was sure) that it was a slightly different animal and not
a duplicate.

One last question - more as a matter of curiosity. What is MU and WU and
how were they relevant in this issue?

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Microsoft have recently updated the KB article covering this issue which
provides the
options for dealing with this problem -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875556.


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Microsoft have recently updated the KB article covering this issue which
provides the
options for dealing with this problem -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875556.


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Microsoft have recently updated the KB article covering this issue which
provides the
options for dealing with this problem -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875556.


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Microsoft have recently updated the KB article covering this issue which
provides the
options for dealing with this problem -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875556.


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Microsoft have recently updated the KB article covering this issue which
provides the
options for dealing with this problem -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875556.


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Microsoft have recently updated the KB article covering this issue which
provides the
options for dealing with this problem -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875556.


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Jon Abbott]

The latest Office update (SP2) seems to have caused a lot of problems and
queries -

It was, seemingly, a repeat of SP2 issued very recently
Some have been unable to download it (are they the lucky ones?)
Some have been unable to install it
Some have incurred problem having installed it

Despite numerous posts from several people to several NewsGroups the only
response from Microsoft (as I have seen) is to the effect that "we're
looking into it".

I would like to invite Microsoft to come clean and give us, its users and
its customers, an explanation of what is happening.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc

 

[Jon Abbott]

The latest Office update (SP2) seems to have caused a lot of problems and
queries -

It was, seemingly, a repeat of SP2 issued very recently
Some have been unable to download it (are they the lucky ones?)
Some have been unable to install it
Some have incurred problem having installed it

Despite numerous posts from several people to several NewsGroups the only
response from Microsoft (as I have seen) is to the effect that "we're
looking into it".

I would like to invite Microsoft to come clean and give us, its users and
its customers, an explanation of what is happening.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc

 

[Jon Abbott]

The latest Office update (SP2) seems to have caused a lot of problems and
queries -

It was, seemingly, a repeat of SP2 issued very recently
Some have been unable to download it (are they the lucky ones?)
Some have been unable to install it
Some have incurred problem having installed it

Despite numerous posts from several people to several NewsGroups the only
response from Microsoft (as I have seen) is to the effect that "we're
looking into it".

I would like to invite Microsoft to come clean and give us, its users and
its customers, an explanation of what is happening.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc

 

[Jon Abbott]

The latest Office update (SP2) seems to have caused a lot of problems and
queries -

It was, seemingly, a repeat of SP2 issued very recently
Some have been unable to download it (are they the lucky ones?)
Some have been unable to install it
Some have incurred problem having installed it

Despite numerous posts from several people to several NewsGroups the only
response from Microsoft (as I have seen) is to the effect that "we're
looking into it".

I would like to invite Microsoft to come clean and give us, its users and
its customers, an explanation of what is happening.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc

 

[Jon Abbott]

The latest Office update (SP2) seems to have caused a lot of problems and
queries -

It was, seemingly, a repeat of SP2 issued very recently
Some have been unable to download it (are they the lucky ones?)
Some have been unable to install it
Some have incurred problem having installed it

Despite numerous posts from several people to several NewsGroups the only
response from Microsoft (as I have seen) is to the effect that "we're
looking into it".

I would like to invite Microsoft to come clean and give us, its users and
its customers, an explanation of what is happening.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc

 

[Jon Abbott]

The latest Office update (SP2) seems to have caused a lot of problems and
queries -

It was, seemingly, a repeat of SP2 issued very recently
Some have been unable to download it (are they the lucky ones?)
Some have been unable to install it
Some have incurred problem having installed it

Despite numerous posts from several people to several NewsGroups the only
response from Microsoft (as I have seen) is to the effect that "we're
looking into it".

I would like to invite Microsoft to come clean and give us, its users and
its customers, an explanation of what is happening.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jon,

Where are you seeing this? There have been batched releases
of Office SP2 in various languages that as they're localized
and MS Update did misreport needing Office SP2 for a couple of days
and offering only the fullfile update.

=======
<<You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc >>

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jon,

Where are you seeing this? There have been batched releases
of Office SP2 in various languages that as they're localized
and MS Update did misreport needing Office SP2 for a couple of days
and offering only the fullfile update.

=======
<<You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc >>

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jon,

Where are you seeing this? There have been batched releases
of Office SP2 in various languages that as they're localized
and MS Update did misreport needing Office SP2 for a couple of days
and offering only the fullfile update.

=======
<<You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc >>

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jon,

Where are you seeing this? There have been batched releases
of Office SP2 in various languages that as they're localized
and MS Update did misreport needing Office SP2 for a couple of days
and offering only the fullfile update.

=======
<<You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc >>

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jon,

Where are you seeing this? There have been batched releases
of Office SP2 in various languages that as they're localized
and MS Update did misreport needing Office SP2 for a couple of days
and offering only the fullfile update.

=======
<<You're not alone.

I too have noticed several Office SP2 releases. The initial release from the
6th Oct, was replaced on the 19th Oct. This was then replaced again on the
21st.
None of them state what has changed and there's nothing on MS's website about
them. Do any of them fix the problems with Access 2003 and GPO deployment?
That's my biggest problem at the moment.

To get three revisions to an update is rare. Three on a major update like this
within the space of three weeks - unheard off!

Regards
Jon Abbott
Clarksons Plc >>