I re-checked the Microsoft Office updater site last nite. There are 3
update packages available. The one I tried a few days ago was called the
'combined' updater. Another updater is a PowerPoint and Word only updater.
I successfully ran this smaller updater. Then I retried the 'combined'
updater, and this time it ran successfully. The end result is two old
versions of Word and PowerPoint in the trash and a newer version (still 8.0
but with a larger serialized number after the version number). So it
appears you have to run them in that order to be successful. That would be
nice information to include in the directions.
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> From: Tom Colbert[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 9:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Office 98 Update Failure
>
>
> --- "Geiger, Douglas K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I have been using MS Office 98 since it came out on my
> 9600 (604e OS 8.1) and later on my 2400c G3. No
> patches, no updates. It has been stable and
> reliable--by and large--on both machines. IE 4.x is
> sometimes troublesome. But somebody sent me a PPT
> attachmment the other day and I tried opening it on
> the 2400c and it crashed. Later I opened it on the
> 9600 successfully, although it seemed a bit hesitant.
> It was from a windoze user. I didn't give it much
> thought but I wonder if there is a problem with PPT. I
> probably won't bother looking into it since I don't
> use it much.
>
> Tom Colbert
>
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