09-28-2005, 11:00 AM
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09-28-2005, 01:52 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 481
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It's a shame that after all these years Microsoft still can't bring themselves to let non Microsoft browsers work on their sites. Kind of childish I think :? . At least if they don't want to allow other browsers in at least put in some of the features the others have to offer. It really starts off an update process to a fine product on the wrong foot. Maybe they should treat IE as a product with regular updates like their other products and not use it as a stick to keep me from straying too far from the holy grail.
Sorry for the rant but I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning didn't even have a coffee yet and this was first issue that popped into my face this morning.
Jeff-
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09-28-2005, 02:40 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 184
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Hmmm, thanks for the tip, but I tried to install via Windows Update this morning and it got through about 90% of the install and then said installation failed. No reason given. Just before it tried to install SP2, Update successfully installed the latest Junk Mail update. I know this is not an Office site, but if anyone has any thoughts on this, they would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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09-28-2005, 02:55 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 11
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Had the same problem where the install fails at around 90%. I'm downloading the full update (~100MB) and will try that.
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09-28-2005, 03:07 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 481
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Originally Posted by Gator5000e
Hmmm, thanks for the tip, but I tried to install via Windows Update this morning and it got through about 90% ...
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I went to the MS 'Office Update' site (using IE) that Darius posted as an alternative and didn't have any problems so you might want to try that. So far I haven't tried windows update (that I know of) to update office.
Jeff-
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09-28-2005, 04:28 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 291
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I had a similar problem I d/l the full update and it worked fine.
The two big main features are the anti phishing filter in Outlook that disabled URLs in suspect emails and emails sent to the Junk e-mail folder are now displayed in plain text to prevent any html code being executed.
I haven't spotted anything else of interest...
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09-28-2005, 04:41 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 533
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As a side note, the direct links above will work, and certainly Office Update (www.officeupdate.com), BUT the best is Microsoft Update ( http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate ). Why is that the best? its technically the evolution of Windows Update, doing everything that does PLUS Office updates at the same time....including pushing both updates to you. I had Office 2003 pushed to my computer (totally by surprise by the way) by the time I got home last night. Try it.....you'll like it 
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09-28-2005, 05:49 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 44
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MS Update also does Exchange updates (client tools and server). Not sure what other products it updates but the name implies that it is more than just windows and office.
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09-28-2005, 05:52 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 533
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Originally Posted by gex
MS Update also does Exchange updates (client tools and server). Not sure what other products it updates but the name implies that it is more than just windows and office.
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You are correct.....Exchange AND SQL are also updated at the same time. There may even be more, and even if there aren't, I'm pretty sure more MS applications will be updated in this same manner in the future.
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09-28-2005, 06:08 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 15
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And this thread has -what- to do with Pocket PC?
C'mon, folks, keep it on topic.
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Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 Released
Linear Mode
