SP2 Office 2004 Update

S

Sandy

I foolishly updated my Entourage with SP2 and it went crazy. The window was
blinking like mad and I had constant trouble shutting it down. Fortunately,
I had a back-up via Super-Duper of my entire system, so I just wiped my hard
drive and copied my back-up! I don¹t think I¹ll ever let Microsoft
automatically install an ³update² for any of their products again. I was
shocked to see that others on this forum have also reported problems. If
you haven¹t updated yet, please don¹t unless you have a bootable back-up
handy.
 
M

matt neuburg

Sandy said:
I foolishly updated my Entourage with SP2 and it went crazy. The window was
blinking like mad and I had constant trouble shutting it down. Fortunately,
I had a back-up via Super-Duper of my entire system, so I just wiped my hard
drive and copied my back-up! I don't think I'll ever let Microsoft
automatically install an "update" for any of their products again. I was
shocked to see that others on this forum have also reported problems
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Don't forget, though, that some very large percentage of users who have
installed the update have had no problems at all. m.
 
F

fellmeister

I too have had issues with SP2 tonight.

Upgraded a system at work where machine is running Tiger and all went
well. Largely used with Exchange and after a re-boot and a bit of
scanning by Office 2004 the upgrade seemed complete and all has worked
OK. (one niggle is sometimes get beachball of death for a few seconds
at random - never used to happen).

At home different story. Updated a shared installation with a number of
family users both small number of emails in account. My Account (admin)
updated Ok but there is no email in it as I dont use it much). However
two other accounts when you run entourage it just spins the beachball
and continues doing so for ages . No sign of email window popping up.
Had to force quit a number of times to stop it. Each time though
entourage just spins the ball and does nothing?

ANy help?


SImon
 
R

Rebecca Harriss [MSFT]

I too have had issues with SP2 tonight.

Upgraded a system at work where machine is running Tiger and all went
well. Largely used with Exchange and after a re-boot and a bit of
scanning by Office 2004 the upgrade seemed complete and all has worked
OK. (one niggle is sometimes get beachball of death for a few seconds
at random - never used to happen).

At home different story. Updated a shared installation with a number of
family users both small number of emails in account. My Account (admin)
updated Ok but there is no email in it as I dont use it much). However
two other accounts when you run entourage it just spins the beachball
and continues doing so for ages . No sign of email window popping up.
Had to force quit a number of times to stop it. Each time though
entourage just spins the ball and does nothing?

ANy help?


SImon
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I would suggest disabling Spotlight on the Microsoft User Data folder. It
might be trying to index the database everytime a change is made. Entourage
does not support Spotlight at this time.

Thanks,
Rebecca
Rebecca Harriss
Microsoft Corporation
Macintosh Business Unit, Entourage Test

This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 
M

Maestro

Rebecca said:
I would suggest disabling Spotlight on the Microsoft User Data folder. It
might be trying to index the database everytime a change is made. Entourage
does not support Spotlight at this time.

Thanks,
Rebecca
Rebecca Harriss
Microsoft Corporation
Macintosh Business Unit, Entourage Test

This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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I've been able to isolate the cause of my problems (lost dots on
projects in the calendar, the insistence of one of my 2 windows to
always open as a contact list instead of a calendar) to a conflict
between SP2 and the latest Apple Security Update. On a non-Security
Updated system, SP2 runs (at least, for me) without problems.

Hopefully Microsoft and Apple will be discussing this!
 
J

Jane

I had the same problem and couldn't use email on a trip. When I got
home I reapplied the update and Entourage worked okay, except it
crashes when I try to print.
 
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