I just downloaded Office 98 (for Mac) Update from the Microsoft Web Site
last night. I was prompted to do so after seeing discussion here about
PowerPoint bug fixes. I am updating my Desktop unit, as this PPC-based
program will not work on my Duo 280c. Three times I tried to run the
updater, and three times it locked up on me half way through. I don't
usually do many updates unless I have the problem, but figured with my new
cable modem I could afford the time now. But in hind sight, I've never had
a failure free update from the Microsoft web site. Is it me, or have others
had this problem too? In the mean time my Office 98 original program
performs without a hitch.
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> From: Brandy[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 1:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Confirming What We Already Knew
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> Give me specs on the laptop! Is it an HP or Compaq? Windows ME is a user
> version of Windows 2000 and will not work on some Compaq and HP computers
> (Laptops) neither will windows 2000. Did you use the upgrade or the full
> install? Are you trying to use Dual boot systems? Did you check for new
> drivers for your hardware and software? What about Bios update did you
> check for One? Don't burn new Bios if you have never done it before!
> (Always backup your old Bios)
> Brandy
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> From: Duo/2400 List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Milind Limaye
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 8:25 AM
> To: Duo/2400 List
> Subject: [Duo2400] Confirming What We Already Knew
>
>
> I must say that the past couple of days have made me really glad to be a
> Macintosh user. I've spent them trying to help a friend wrestle Windows
> Millenium Edition onto his laptop computer, with zero success. It's a
> fairly new laptop, only 6 months old, and formerly ran Windows 98.
> However,
> Windows ME gives it indigestion for some reason. The install went
> smoothly
> until the OS started looking for Plug & Play devices. Then it locked up.
> Now, the laptop won't even boot fully - just starts up and goes back to
> the
> "looking for PnP devices" screen and freezes - hard.
>
> In all the years I've been using Macs, I've never seen an operating system
> lock up during installation and render a computer unusable. Not once. As
> cranky as OS 9 was when I first started running it on my desktop G4, it
> never did anything like this.
>
>
>
>
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