Office Update should have an internet installation option.

[ebmargit]

I am volunteering in Costa Rica and, like a good little girl, was trying to
update my Microsoft Office with so-called critical updates. Now, since my
CDs are 2,000 miles away, I can't use Excel (which I use heavily here for
cataloguing receipts and books in the library I've started) until I get back
because I need those CDs to install. RIDICULOUS!!!!! Why isn't the
installation stuff online? Why didn't they warn me before I installed??? I
even checked the box that said I didn't have access to my CDs, but yet it
keeps demanding them.

Windows Update never requires a CD. Personally, I've had done with all this
anti-piracy hooha. I bought the CDs, but I don't have access to them. Why
should I be over a barrel about it?

Does Microsoft have any viable competition? This has me annoyed enough that
I'd start all over again and switch if someone could make it easier.

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

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After furious head scratching, ebmargit asked:

| I am volunteering in Costa Rica and, like a good little girl, was
| trying to update my Microsoft Office with so-called critical updates.
| Now, since my CDs are 2,000 miles away, I can't use Excel (which I
| use heavily here for cataloguing receipts and books in the library
| I've started) until I get back because I need those CDs to install.
| RIDICULOUS!!!!! Why isn't the installation stuff online? Why didn't
| they warn me before I installed??? I even checked the box that said
| I didn't have access to my CDs, but yet it keeps demanding them.
|
| Windows Update never requires a CD. Personally, I've had done with
| all this anti-piracy hooha. I bought the CDs, but I don't have
| access to them. Why should I be over a barrel about it?
|
| Does Microsoft have any viable competition? This has me annoyed
| enough that I'd start all over again and switch if someone could make
| it easier.
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...f176c246336e&dg=microsoft.public.officeupdate