One of the most common issues with prior Office versions is that if it needed to self-repair, or add certain updates, or 3rd party
products modified essential parts, or 3rd party registry cleaners, etc harmed something that folks either didn't have their CDs with
them or couldn't find them
The \MSOCache folder is on the partition where Office 2007 is installed. With it intact then for normal updating there should be
much less need for the original product CDs. For deployments, the MSOCache can be setup ahead of time and the install then runs
locally on the client.
Each of those is a user driven change. You've elected to use a method that most folks likely wouldn't take the time to do with an
out of the box PC. As long as it works for you
MS has never claimed that any of its software is perfect. If it was there wouldn't be so many articles in the Knowledge Base at
http://support.microsoft.com and there would never need to be any updates or patches, eh.
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Hi Bob,
I understand your reason behind this, but it would be nice that Microsoft
starts to understand us (the users) more.
For instance, my usual way to deal with YOUR poor designed OS&Co, when i get
a new PS, is this (SIMPLIFIED!!!!).
0. Hard disk partition -> c:, 10GB, "SYSTEM" ; d:, 30GB, "WORK" ; e:, xxGB,
"STORAGE" ...
1. Clean install of XP + configuration of all parameters such as internet...
2. Windows update
3. Move personal folders such as "Desktop", "My Documents", "Favorites" to
d:\users\xxx, for each xxx user
4. Deactivate hibernate option
5. Cleanup drive and defrag
6. Acronis Image -> creates image clean_install.tib
7. Install Office
8. Configure Office
9. Move Outlook.pst to d:\users\xxx\outlook for each user
10. Install other essential software
11. Cleanup drive and defrag
12. Acronis Image -> creates image preinstall.tib
13. Activate hibernation
So IF i install to much new software for your OS to handle, THEN GOTO 12,
and restore preinstall.tib image.
IF I buy new Office OR start to use other antivirus software THEN GOTO 6,
and restore clean_install.tib image.
So Bob, tell me why would MS think that i (or anyone else) should tolerate
the msocache on c: so it clutters my c: or it makes me mad because i cannot
burn my image on DVD?
I do this from win98, and i cannot explain to myself why MS didn't address
the problem that i am solving 3 or 4 times a year with this primitive but
efficient method.
And still MS does not want to acknowledge the fact that MS Windows is not
perfect and try to make it easy to us users to do above described or similar
procedures.
For starts, it is imposibble to move "documents and settings" folder on
other partition.
WHY WHY WHY WHY ? >>
