Office Updates

[Susan]

Please tell me if there is any way that I could purchase Office Updates from
Microsoft on a CD. I am a dial-up user and I cannot do downloads because my
Internet connection is constantly being reset and interrupting downloads.

I also have trouble with Windows Updates but have obtained the SP1 and SP2
CDs which have helped but now have more updates that need to be installed.

I know my solution would be to go with DSL, however that would cost an
additional $20/month.

Thanks for information.
Susan

 

[Rob Schneider]

I did a little research for you on Microsoft's web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010383631033.aspx

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Bernie]

If you'd like to download them, open another browser and go to Metacrawler's
Metaspy or similar website that auto-updates the page frequently.
Many ISP's now have their systems set up so if no traffic is seen on port 80
within a certain amount of time the connection is terminated.
The page updates fool the ISP into thinking your surfing the net and then
they won't disconnect you.
http://www.metaspy.com/info.metac.spy/metaspy/
Another website that updates frequently is http://refdesk.com/ which I use
as my home page, although it doesn't update as frequently as Metaspy's 15
second intervals.
I've never timed Refdesk but I think it refreshes the page about every 20
min.

 

[Susan]

Thanks, I diid manage to download the updates after numerous reboots and
downloads. I am grateful that Microsoft has restart points in downloads. But
I am ordering CD for purposes of ever having to reinstall which I have
done.