Office 12.2.4 update crashes the system

[Hazlit]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I returned from vacation to a computer that had worked fine and downloaded this update. For some reason the update wouldn't install. I quit the update and now my computer has all sorts of problems: disks won't eject, the computer won't sleep, logging out and restarting don't work, several applications, including System Preferences don't respond. I really, really, really don't want to erase the hard drive and begin again. Any suggestions, aside from slowly roasting the writer of this last update over a slow fire?

 

[CyberTaz]

I truly can appreciate your frustration, but the likelihood that the Office
2008 update caused any ‹ let alone all ‹ of these problems is so
infinitesimal that it isn't even worth considering... These are all OS
functionalities which Office updates do not affect in any way. How many
reports of a similar nature do you see in the group?

Time Machine will enable you to restore back to a happier time (if you've
used it), but instincts tell me that some work will still need to be done.

The first suggestion is start up from your OS X source disk & run Disk
Utility - Repair Disk [not Repair Disk Permissions]. You can use another app
such as Disk Warrior, TechTool Pro or Drive Genius if you have it.

Next, fetch the OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.2) COMBO Update from the Apple
Downloads site & apply it. Then Repair Disk Permissions.

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