Office March Update KB905756 Error #1646

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Chad Harris

I couldn't get response in the Office Update group, so I hope one will be
here. I rarely have trouble updating Office. The last time was a widespread
issue with Office 2003 SP1. Usually if I can't get an Office update in,
there are a number of others.

I'm on an XPP SP2 box, using MOS 2003 Pro.

I cannot install this update rated critical that released this month: I
find no help on the Office site or in the MSKBs.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-012
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(905413)

Security Update for Excel 2003 (KB905756)

***Error Number 1646

This won't install despite optimal conditions for install (temp files and
temp int files deleted)/Source Engine Service on. As often MSFT Office
teams that own this provide horrible information as to why. This is a
critical update and I'd appreciate any help getting it installed.

Thanks,

Chad Harris
 
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Gerry Hickman

Hi,

Do you mean from the bungling OfficeUpdate site, or do you mean you
downloaded it, logged in as an Administrator, ran the patch and got an
error?

I've just rolled it out on a big network and there were no problems
actually installing it.
 
G

Gerry Hickman

Hi,

Do you mean from the bungling OfficeUpdate site, or do you mean you
downloaded it, logged in as an Administrator, ran the patch and got an
error?

I've just rolled it out on a big network and there were no problems
actually installing it.
 
G

Gerry Hickman

Hi,

Do you mean from the bungling OfficeUpdate site, or do you mean you
downloaded it, logged in as an Administrator, ran the patch and got an
error?

I've just rolled it out on a big network and there were no problems
actually installing it.
 
G

Gerry Hickman

Hi,

Do you mean from the bungling OfficeUpdate site, or do you mean you
downloaded it, logged in as an Administrator, ran the patch and got an
error?

I've just rolled it out on a big network and there were no problems
actually installing it.
 
G

Gerry Hickman

Hi,

Do you mean from the bungling OfficeUpdate site, or do you mean you
downloaded it, logged in as an Administrator, ran the patch and got an
error?

I've just rolled it out on a big network and there were no problems
actually installing it.
 
G

Gerry Hickman

Hi,

Do you mean from the bungling OfficeUpdate site, or do you mean you
downloaded it, logged in as an Administrator, ran the patch and got an
error?

I've just rolled it out on a big network and there were no problems
actually installing it.
 
G

Gerry Hickman

Hi,

Do you mean from the bungling OfficeUpdate site, or do you mean you
downloaded it, logged in as an Administrator, ran the patch and got an
error?

I've just rolled it out on a big network and there were no problems
actually installing it.
 
G

Gerry Hickman

Hi,

Do you mean from the bungling OfficeUpdate site, or do you mean you
downloaded it, logged in as an Administrator, ran the patch and got an
error?

I've just rolled it out on a big network and there were no problems
actually installing it.
 
C

Chad Harris

Gerry --

I don't use the bungling Office Update site much, or MSFT Update eithr for
that matter even with the new BITS. I get advanced notice of the updates
through Technet's service, and click on the links and install from there.
I've tried everything to "optimize" to get it in. Normally I don't have any
trouble installing anything whether it uses the MSI, anything Office
partners with it, or 3rd party partners to the MSI. I'm sure somewhere I
could locate of Office log for the MSI, but then of course per the Redmond
campus Office setup teams' strong connection with the guys and girls on the
street, I'd probably have to send the log to someone like Sloan Crayton
since it would be written in Hex. I suppose the error log is somewhere in
this neighborhood:

"%TEMP%\LogFile.txt"

I wonder how these people would approach the error:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/office/off0506.mspx

I know just like the checkout counters in Redmond and Belleview Washington,
all the gals staring into their cell phones in the grocery store parking
lots are getting ready to jabber in Hex.

One wonders if Vista or Office 12 plan to improve on the fairly worthless
error messages that exist now that are not of much use to people, even those
of us who have committed thousands of MSKBs to memory.

I appreciate Mary Sauer's suggestion of the KB below, and I'll do
everything I can to apply it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304498/en-us

Thanks,

Chad Harris
 
C

Chad Harris

Gerry --

I don't use the bungling Office Update site much, or MSFT Update eithr for
that matter even with the new BITS. I get advanced notice of the updates
through Technet's service, and click on the links and install from there.
I've tried everything to "optimize" to get it in. Normally I don't have any
trouble installing anything whether it uses the MSI, anything Office
partners with it, or 3rd party partners to the MSI. I'm sure somewhere I
could locate of Office log for the MSI, but then of course per the Redmond
campus Office setup teams' strong connection with the guys and girls on the
street, I'd probably have to send the log to someone like Sloan Crayton
since it would be written in Hex. I suppose the error log is somewhere in
this neighborhood:

"%TEMP%\LogFile.txt"

I wonder how these people would approach the error:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/office/off0506.mspx

I know just like the checkout counters in Redmond and Belleview Washington,
all the gals staring into their cell phones in the grocery store parking
lots are getting ready to jabber in Hex.

One wonders if Vista or Office 12 plan to improve on the fairly worthless
error messages that exist now that are not of much use to people, even those
of us who have committed thousands of MSKBs to memory.

I appreciate Mary Sauer's suggestion of the KB below, and I'll do
everything I can to apply it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304498/en-us

Thanks,

Chad Harris
 
C

Chad Harris

Gerry --

I don't use the bungling Office Update site much, or MSFT Update eithr for
that matter even with the new BITS. I get advanced notice of the updates
through Technet's service, and click on the links and install from there.
I've tried everything to "optimize" to get it in. Normally I don't have any
trouble installing anything whether it uses the MSI, anything Office
partners with it, or 3rd party partners to the MSI. I'm sure somewhere I
could locate of Office log for the MSI, but then of course per the Redmond
campus Office setup teams' strong connection with the guys and girls on the
street, I'd probably have to send the log to someone like Sloan Crayton
since it would be written in Hex. I suppose the error log is somewhere in
this neighborhood:

"%TEMP%\LogFile.txt"

I wonder how these people would approach the error:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/office/off0506.mspx

I know just like the checkout counters in Redmond and Belleview Washington,
all the gals staring into their cell phones in the grocery store parking
lots are getting ready to jabber in Hex.

One wonders if Vista or Office 12 plan to improve on the fairly worthless
error messages that exist now that are not of much use to people, even those
of us who have committed thousands of MSKBs to memory.

I appreciate Mary Sauer's suggestion of the KB below, and I'll do
everything I can to apply it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304498/en-us

Thanks,

Chad Harris
 

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