M
Mike Brown
I had my CD-ROM drive disconnected when I was trying to install the latest
round of updates to Office 2000 from the Office Update service. I was
dismayed (though, in hindsight, not surprised) to find out that the updates
would not successfully install because I couldn't supply the Office CD when
prompted. I thought, "well, OK, I'll just do the updates some other time."
But then, when I tried to launch Office applications, they, too, were
prompting me for the Office CD to complete their installation -- So the
incomplete updates left my Office installation in an unusable state!
Once I hooked up my CD-ROM drive, I was able to go back to the Office Update
site and install the updates, inserting the CD when prompted and all was
well; Office worked OK. But it was really annoying. I would have liked to
have known in advance that installation of the updates would require me to
insert the Office CD; I would've waited until I was in a position to do that,
had I known about it.
I'm also wondering why it is even necessary to insert the CD..?
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round of updates to Office 2000 from the Office Update service. I was
dismayed (though, in hindsight, not surprised) to find out that the updates
would not successfully install because I couldn't supply the Office CD when
prompted. I thought, "well, OK, I'll just do the updates some other time."
But then, when I tried to launch Office applications, they, too, were
prompting me for the Office CD to complete their installation -- So the
incomplete updates left my Office installation in an unusable state!
Once I hooked up my CD-ROM drive, I was able to go back to the Office Update
site and install the updates, inserting the CD when prompted and all was
well; Office worked OK. But it was really annoying. I would have liked to
have known in advance that installation of the updates would require me to
insert the Office CD; I would've waited until I was in a position to do that,
had I known about it.
I'm also wondering why it is even necessary to insert the CD..?
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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...2c3fdeae5d9a&dg=microsoft.public.officeupdate