Some Office "required" updates seem optional to me

[tomguild]

I support a small office environment using Office 2003 in the US. We only use
Word and Excel, so I always choose a customized install. Whenever I run
Office update from the web, I'm told about "required" updates that I'm
missing. Some, like InfoPath, may be needed even though I didn't choose that
option when I installed (but I doubt it). But my favorite is the "French
Grammar Checker", always listed as a required update. Presumably the system
can tell I'm only using US English on our systems. We don't ever have a need
to edit French-language documents. IMHO, this should be an Optiona update.
Otherwise, I'm always going to see it in the "required" section, and one day,
I might accidentally miss an update that really is important (such as a
security update...) because I'm mistaking it for that French Grammar update.
It's the update website that cried wolf...

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Tom,

FWIW, updates that are security related are shown
as required. The updates are tied to the product
purchased rather than the features you may or may
not have installed. Since the update files are
saved/cached on your computer if you later activate
one of the other features then the update is already
in place.

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I support a small office environment using Office 2003 in the US. We only use
Word and Excel, so I always choose a customized install. Whenever I run
Office update from the web, I'm told about "required" updates that I'm
missing. Some, like InfoPath, may be needed even though I didn't choose that
option when I installed (but I doubt it). But my favorite is the "French
Grammar Checker", always listed as a required update. Presumably the system
can tell I'm only using US English on our systems. We don't ever have a need
to edit French-language documents. IMHO, this should be an Optiona update.
Otherwise, I'm always going to see it in the "required" section, and one day,
I might accidentally miss an update that really is important (such as a
security update...) because I'm mistaking it for that French Grammar update.
It's the update website that cried wolf... >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx