On 10/18/02 8:56 PM, Julian Vrieslander deftly typed out: > I had SR1 installed before I did the remove/reinstall. Theoretically, I was > running the same application file versions before and after the procedure. > The remove/reinstall is not supposed to touch the user data - I understand > that. But there are a lot of files in the Office X installation > (applications, libraries, prefs, etc.). Some of these files may be affected > by other MS and non-MS apps. I would be very surprised if MS has tested > every possible permutation of possible dependencies and histories among all > these files.
Office only stores files in three places: Microsoft Office X Microsoft User Data Library/Preferences/ How complicated can it be for them to remove files when everything is localized like this. I don't think your concerns have any grounds. > For example, many of the items in my task list and calendar were originally > imported from Palm Organizer. Perhaps these data are internally represented > one way when imported into a fresh Office X installation, later updated to > SR1, but slightly differently when opened by a reinstall of Office X + SR1. > I can imagine scenarios where this could cause the corruption I saw. But > that's just one possibility of many. The remove/reinstall has nothing to do with data corruption. It's just a deletion of installation of files. The data isn't modified in any way. And the data brought in from other apps is imported the same way whether Office is freshly installed or re-installed. Why would that make *any* difference? -Remo Del Bello -- I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:Entourage-Talk-Off@;lists.letterrip.com> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
