[mso] Re: Office XP-SP3

I'm thinking that they are trying to disable the illegal downloads on
purpose.  The only problem with that, there are many office situations,
where the programs is loaded by the IT person remotely, and the individual
users don't have access to the original disc.

Just a thought.

Maureen

-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of beaton5284
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 11:51 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Office XP-SP3

Linda
  What you say is not untrue.  My question is, "Why will the update, SP3, be

allowed to download but not install?"  No one has addressed that question. 
On the premise that the original disk is unavailable or illegal, then I feel

that the blockage of the update should occur prior to the download, not 
after the download and prior to the install.  I would have to live without 
the update and that would be my problem.  To block my usage of one of the 
Office Programs is not my idea of fairness.  The next question is why did it

not affect Word or Access, but only Excel.
  As you say, I will have to live with the situation, but (and a big BUT) it

seems that MS is doing only half their job when they allow the download but 
not the install.  I am not asking anyone to perform an illegal action; only 
to give me some reasonable idea of why the action of the update is only a 
halfway process.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 1:22 AM
Subject: [mso] Re: Office XP-SP3


> As moderator of this group, I am going to step in here now....
>
> Bill...I'm sorry if you feel the members of this group have been sarcastic
> and unhelpful to you, but it's probably because of what you are NOT 
> saying.
>
> If someone gave you the computer or sold it to you with Office installed 
> and
> no disc, then you will have to ask them for the disc.  If, instead, you 
> have
> misplaced the disc, you should call Microsoft (as suggested) and they will
> replace it for you at a reasonable replacement cost.  However, if you
> installed the program from someone else's disc or downloaded it from a 
> file
> sharing group, that is illegal and no one in this group is going to help 
> you
> fix your problem (this is clearly stated in the rules you received via 
> email
> when you joined this group .... If anyone helps you with this in this 
> group,
> they are breaking the group rules and will be removed from the group by 
> me).
>
> To fix your problem would probably require repairing Office or 
> reinstalling
> it and both of those will require the disc.  Don't be mad at
> Microsoft....what happened was you got to the point in the install where 
> you
> had to prove you legally owned the program....because you cannot do that,
> the installation has halted and is now waiting for that proof.  Sorry.
>
>
> Linda F. Johnson
> Linda's Computer Stop
> Author, MOS: Excel 2003 Study Guide, published by John Wiley and Sons
> http://personal-computer-tutor.com
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