Office 2004 update 11.3.9 weirdness

[pattigibbons]

Installed Office 2004 update 11.3.9 when microsoft auto update pushed
it down this morning. Any idea why it changed the name of my hard
drive to "v bc"? Any idea what to do about that?

mac book pro, OSX 10.4.10

 

[pattigibbons]

The Office update didn't do that. You did it, by accident.

Thanks, but, no. Didn't click/type a thing before or after my
password for the update, and those characters aren't in it.

 

[Michel Bintener]

Thanks, but, no. Didn't click/type a thing before or after my
password for the update, and those characters aren't in it.

[/QUOTE]

The Office updater does not do anything like that. But it is indeed not that
difficult to change the name of the hard disk if it is on your desktop;
while in the Finder, you only need to hit space and then the return key to
rename your hard disk. It can happen if the application you're currently
using loses focus, so you think you're still typing in your current
application when as a matter of fact, you're not. The same thing happened to
me only last week!

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

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[JE McGimpsey]

Installed Office 2004 update 11.3.9 when microsoft auto update pushed
it down this morning. Any idea why it changed the name of my hard
drive to "v bc"? Any idea what to do about that?

Change it back - the updater didn't do it.

There is *nothing* in the updater that *could* do that.

Given the proximity of the spacebar and the v, b, and c keys, my guess
is that you, or another user with admin privileges, inadvertently
changed the name at some point, and that you noticed it after the update.

 

[Elliott Roper]

Change it back - the updater didn't do it.

There is *nothing* in the updater that *could* do that.

Given the proximity of the spacebar and the v, b, and c keys, my guess
is that you, or another user with admin privileges, inadvertently
changed the name at some point, and that you noticed it after the update.

I'll third that. Also, as a preventative measure, one might consider
hopping into in Finder preferences È general to inhibit display of hard
disk icons on the desktop.