-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Microsoft Word-Excel-etc. - to delete or not to delete - patch or not to patch
- From: "Dolores" <dshelham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:40:39 -0400
Again thanks for the response. I remember back when I first got this
computer and realized that I only had a trial, I did something (brain can't
think that far back 3 years ago) and I lost spell check in OE and had to do
a reinstall so that's kind of why I don't want to mess with it. I will go
ahead and delete Excel though. Windows Update knows I only have XP home and
they keep telling me that I need to install Outlook 7 but I keep choosing to
ignore it until I find out how much pre-work I need to, i.e. backing up,
making a list. etc.
Now I need to get packing and on the road! Thanks - Dolores
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Wilcox" <Dwilcox3@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:35 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Microsoft Word-Excel-etc. - to delete or not to
delete - patch or not to patch
> You may totally remove anything related to Office. Go to Add/Remove
> software and remove it. Then go to Windows Explorer and delete all the
> folders left behind. Note: if you never actually installed the Office
> trial, you will "remove only". If you did the trial install you will
> "uninstall".
>
> If you still get the update notices run a registry cleaner or manually
> edit
> out references to office. If you still get the notices, hide the updates.
> If you complain to Microsoft tech support they will reply with procedures
> that would give their lead programmer a headache.
>
> Note: Some system recovery processes (either CD/DVD based or HD partition
> based) may allow you to do a recovery and elect to NOT copy things such as
> Norton and Office trials onto the hard drive. My free Vista Express
> upgrade
> allowed that also. I left off everything from A to Z. Norton -A-nti
> Virus
> to HP game -Z-one.
>
> Note: If you installed the Office trial and only want to get rid of
> Excel,
> just uninstall Excel. That will not impact anything else in Office that
> you
> leave installed. However, with Open Office installed why have MS Office
> at
> all?
>
> Outlook Express 7 is really Windows Mail and is in Vista only. It is not
> (as far as I know) available for the XP or earlier platforms. I have not
> checked it out yet, but http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com should support both
> OE and Windows Mail.
>
> Don
>
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