Apple's Migration Utiity

[aRKay]

I have heard if you buy a new Mac you can use a program called something
like Migration Assistant that can import you old Mac to the the new unit.

Will this work on my Office 2004 or do I need to start over from from
the Office 2004 CD and do all of the updates?

 

[Diane Ross]

I have heard if you buy a new Mac you can use a program called something
like Migration Assistant that can import you old Mac to the the new unit.

Will this work on my Office 2004 or do I need to start over from from
the Office 2004 CD and do all of the updates?

I've never personally used the Migration Assistant, but reports are varied.
It's like updates. It works for some, but a disaster for others.

If it were me and I had a new computer, I would take the few extra minutes
to install from the CD and update. This might be easier in the long run than
trying to chase down problems if it fails. YMMV

 

[Dave]

If you just got a new Mac, you MUST first remove the office test drive. Use
remove office from your CD.

I've just bought a new Macbook, and planned to transfer Office from the
desktop to the Macbook.

I installed Office from the CD. It didn't give me any option to remove
the test drive first. When it came to the "Remove Office" option at the
end it still didn't remove the test drive. I had to throw that in the
trash by hand.

I get an error every time I start an Office program ("An unexpected
error occurred when trying to load the Microsoft Framework program') and
I don't seem to be able to get any updates.

How do I get out of this, please?

Cheers for now,

Dave

 

[Elliott Roper]

I've just bought a new Macbook, and planned to transfer Office from the
desktop to the Macbook.

I installed Office from the CD. It didn't give me any option to remove
the test drive first. When it came to the "Remove Office" option at the
end it still didn't remove the test drive. I had to throw that in the
trash by hand.

I get an error every time I start an Office program ("An unexpected
error occurred when trying to load the Microsoft Framework program') and
I don't seem to be able to get any updates.

How do I get out of this, please?

You might have done things in the wrong order. I blame that egregious
test drive malarkey.

If you get a new machine, you *can* fling test drive in the trash
before installing the real Office if and only if you have never run the
test drive. In fact the 'remove office' tool will fail more or less
silently if you never started any part of the stupid test drive before
trying to remove it. I think you saw this.

Then flinging test drive at the end of the installation probably
disposed of small pats of the baby with the bath water.

Gaaack!!

If it were me. I'd run the remove thing if you can, then install afresh
from CD and apply the updates from the web.

I think I have seen a fairly complete list of all the beer cans
Microsoft flings out of the car window as it vandalises your machine.

If the next remove instal iteration does not fix things, ask again and
I'll try to find that list I made when I did something similar here.
(It was even more embarrassing, so I won't tell you what I *really* did
to need to re-install Office ;-) )

 

[Elliott Roper]

If you just got a new Mac, you MUST first remove the office test drive. Use
remove office from your CD. Then the migration assistant should be able to
move you Office data and applications.

My experience was that the remove tool won't work until you have run
the test drive. Until then, trashing the little sniveller is the only
way. After you have run test drive, trashing it leaves little piles of
wreckage all over the place and the remove tool tries semi-successfully
to clean up. I think they got the design from Dr Seuss's "The Cat in
the Hat"

There should be an OS X command to fumigate the disk that had the test
drive on it. It is *evil*

It gives MS a bad name. 2004 is better than its predecessors, but it
don't half spray garbage all over your machine at instal and first run.

Why oh why can't they use a proper pkg and the proper directories like
Application Support consistently. And don't get me started on the font
installation kludges they adopt. Or font version numbers..

mutter, mutter...

 

[aRKay]

If you just got a new Mac, you MUST first remove the office test drive. Use
remove office from your CD. Then the migration assistant should be able to
move you Office data and applications.

Bob Greenblat et al,

Thanks for the tip to ditch by whatever means the office test drive
before trying to install Office 2004 via the Migration Assistant or
from the CD with the key. I will try to remember to find and run the
Remove utility first

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

Yes, Migration Assistant is in the Utilities folder inside the Applications
folder. I've used it many, many times always with success.

With regard to Microsoft Office, you probably have already seen the posts
concerning the test drive that comes with your new Mac. You need to remove
the test drive before you run the Migration Assistant.

If you have not already opened any Office applications (word, excel,
PowerPoint or Entourage) then you can simply drag the Office folder to the
trash then empty the trash.

If you already have opened any of the applications then run the Remove
Office tool that is in Applications:Microsoft Office 2004:Remove Office.

After you have done that it is safe to run the Migration Assistant and all
your office things (and also almost all of your other applications) will
come over nicely.

=Jim

I have heard if you buy a new Mac you can use a program called something
like Migration Assistant that can import you old Mac to the the new unit.

Will this work on my Office 2004 or do I need to start over from from
the Office 2004 CD and do all of the updates?

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info

 

[Clive Huggan]

On 14/7/07 1:21 AM, in article 130720071621550960%[email protected], "Elliott

... trashing it leaves little piles of wreckage all over the place and
the remove tool tries semi-successfully to clean up. I think they got
the design from Dr Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat"

Grossly -- nay, wantonly -- unfair to "The cat in the Hat"!!!

As an Assistant Research Officer in Early Childhood Development (sometimes
known as a "grandfather"), I can tell you that MacKiev's "Cat in the Hat"
for OS X is a superb piece of software. They take the book to new heights
through innovative interactivity.

I have chalked up hundreds of hours on it. Not necessarily free from duress
from a small person...

)

CH
===

 

[CyberTaz]

Hey Clive -

Should we assume that "Bend 'Cat In The Hat' to Your Will" is in the
works;-?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Clive Huggan]

Ho-ho!

CH
===

Hey Clive -

Should we assume that "Bend 'Cat In The Hat' to Your Will" is in the
works;-?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Neal Reid]

I

I get an error every time I start an Office program ("An unexpected
error occurred when trying to load the Microsoft Framework program') and
I don't seem to be able to get any updates.

Even if you had properly deleted the Test Drive, you'll get this
error until you apply current updates 11.x.x.35 & 36 or whatever)

 

[Diane Ross]

I get an error every time I start an Office program ("An unexpected
From the Error Page:
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/error/text.html#error_fw>

Option 1) If you receive a framework error, re-apply recent updates. A
framework error normally means one or more components of Office have not
been updated correctly and are now out of synch with other bits.

Option 2) The "Framework error" is basically a (generic) message indicating
the application can't connect to the Database or to the expected information
inside the Database. The reasons may differ and so may the methods to solve
it.

Some users have resorted to deleting the MUD folder, but before you do that
try some other methods (repairing permissions, rebuilding the Database,...)
before you take a drastic action like deleting the MUD folder.