When is Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1?

[GT]

Hi

I have many issues running Microsoft Office 2007 on Windows Vista Ultimate;
and most of them are SharePoint 2007 related.

Try the following to get an idea of what I am talking about.

- Create a OneNote shared notebook, and store it on a SharePoint library,
restart the machine, and try to see if it still synchronizes.

- Try to open the OneNote book from another machine using the File Open
dialog, and see if you can get it to open from there

- Map a network drive under a letter like Z, and try to create a Shared
OneNote book there, it will not use the drive letter, it will be replaced by
the path, but I don't want that, if I tell the machine it is a drive latter,
it is a drive latter.

- Try to map a SharePoint library to a drive latter under vista, I did it,
but it is even tough for a professional user.

Just try OneNote and SharePoint 2007 under Vista together, and see if it
works as is should.

It looks like it was rushed to the market before it was a 100% completed,
so, when is 2007 Service Pack 1?

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

- Create a OneNote shared notebook, and store it on a SharePoint
library,

restart the machine, and try to see if it still synchronizes.

- Try to open the OneNote book from another machine using the File Open
dialog, and see if you can get it to open from there

I'll test that once I have a SharePoint site available

- Map a network drive under a letter like Z, and try to create a Shared
OneNote book there, it will not use the drive letter, it will be replaced by
the path, but I don't want that, if I tell the machine it is a drive latter,
it is a drive latter.

Sorry, but that's correct behavior. That's the way it should work,
because drive letters are very volatile. I think most programs written
after Windows 95 or so came out should behave like this.
If you want to force it to a drive letter, use subst to assign a drive
letter and it shouldn't be resolved into a path.

- Try to map a SharePoint library to a drive latter under vista, I did it,
but it is even tough for a professional user.

Will try.

It looks like it was rushed to the market before it was a 100% completed,
so, when is 2007 Service Pack 1?

No idea. Nobody knows.
You are using the RTM version of Vista?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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[GT]

About the network path and the drive latter, if I want to use a drive latter
instead of a network path, then there was a very good reason for me to do
that!

If I ask OneNote to use a drive latter, I am expecting OneNote to use the
drive latter, the last thing that I want someone at Microsoft taking a
decision for me and denying me that.

It is disappointing that Microsoft treats all its customers as clueless
users (I don't want to say stupid) , if I want a system to do something is a
specific way, let me do that, don't just go and take a decision instead of
me.

I am using Vista RTM and Office RTM, and SharePoint 2007, and in some cases
these 3 are not working well together, especially when it about sharing or
mapping data of a SharePoint library to Vista, authentication issues (does
not save your password for example), etc.

- Create a OneNote shared notebook, and store it on a SharePoint library,
restart the machine, and try to see if it still synchronizes.

- Try to open the OneNote book from another machine using the File Open
dialog, and see if you can get it to open from there

I'll test that once I have a SharePoint site available

- Map a network drive under a letter like Z, and try to create a Shared
OneNote book there, it will not use the drive letter, it will be replaced
by
the path, but I don't want that, if I tell the machine it is a drive
latter,
it is a drive latter.

Sorry, but that's correct behavior. That's the way it should work, because
drive letters are very volatile. I think most programs written after
Windows 95 or so came out should behave like this.
If you want to force it to a drive letter, use subst to assign a drive
letter and it shouldn't be resolved into a path.

- Try to map a SharePoint library to a drive latter under vista, I did
it,
but it is even tough for a professional user.

Will try.

It looks like it was rushed to the market before it was a 100% completed,
so, when is 2007 Service Pack 1?

No idea. Nobody knows.
You are using the RTM version of Vista?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

About the network path and the drive latter, if I want to use a drive
latter

instead of a network path, then there was a very good reason for me to do
that!

For most users, resolving the drive letter to a network path and then
using the network path instead provides a much more robust and reliable
handling of network shares. This is a typical behavior for a lot of
Windows programs, and OneNote is no exception. As I said before, if you
want it to use a drive letter, then play around with subst.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

If I ask OneNote to use a drive latter, I am expecting OneNote to use the
drive latter, the last thing that I want someone at Microsoft taking a
decision for me and denying me that.

It is disappointing that Microsoft treats all its customers as clueless
users (I don't want to say stupid) , if I want a system to do something is a
specific way, let me do that, don't just go and take a decision instead of
me.

I am using Vista RTM and Office RTM, and SharePoint 2007, and in some cases
these 3 are not working well together, especially when it about sharing or
mapping data of a SharePoint library to Vista, authentication issues (does
not save your password for example), etc.

- Create a OneNote shared notebook, and store it on a SharePoint library,
restart the machine, and try to see if it still synchronizes.

- Try to open the OneNote book from another machine using the File Open
dialog, and see if you can get it to open from there

I'll test that once I have a SharePoint site available

- Map a network drive under a letter like Z, and try to create a Shared
OneNote book there, it will not use the drive letter, it will be replaced
by
the path, but I don't want that, if I tell the machine it is a drive
latter,
it is a drive latter.

Sorry, but that's correct behavior. That's the way it should work, because
drive letters are very volatile. I think most programs written after
Windows 95 or so came out should behave like this.
If you want to force it to a drive letter, use subst to assign a drive
letter and it shouldn't be resolved into a path.

- Try to map a SharePoint library to a drive latter under vista, I did
it,
but it is even tough for a professional user.

Will try.

It looks like it was rushed to the market before it was a 100% completed,
so, when is 2007 Service Pack 1?

No idea. Nobody knows.
You are using the RTM version of Vista?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed