Randy get open office 1.1, its "better" (I really mean that) /B
----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 06:06 Subject: RE: Microsoft Update? > Greetings, > > Yes, MS is THAT Stupid, but then again with 40+ Billion dollars in the > bank they can afford to do this. > > The Office Update site does have updates for Office 97 (I have osr2 on > my Win2k box at home -- Rapidly being replaced by OpenOffice 1.0 BTW). > However the useful auto detection that Office 2000/XP/11 have is not > supported for Office 97. MS did this, you guessed it, to give the user > an incentive to upgrade their stuff to the latest and greatest. > > To get the Office 97 stuff (they haven't released ANYTHING for this > product in YEARS) you would have to manually select that product type > from the menu they give you. > > Also, I have seen lately, due to the rash of IE vulns, that MS has > started requiring that you REMOVE your Security protections to even GET > the updates that will fix a vuln... In some cases, a certain fix, means > you have to turn OFF the very thing that you would need to get the > update... > > I know that MS takes a lot of heat, and to be sure (like turning off any > services your servers don't ABSOLUTELY need) their products do require > tinkering, but I have NEVER had any of these problems with Netscape, > Opera, Mozilla, et al. > > I only use IE for updating the PC's here at work, and even that is > getting replaced by other methods (as time and money allow). > > Now if I can just get my users to stop using IE..... > > RandyW > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of Steve Coffman > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 8:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Microsoft Update? > > LOL....... I then used IE and got this: > > Sorry! > The Product Updates site supports Office 2000 and Office XP only > In order to take advantage of the update detection service provided by > the > Product Updates site, you need to have Office 2000 or Office XP > installed > on your machine. For updates to earlier versions of Office please go to > the > <../Downloads/default.htm>Office Download Center. > > > Are they a great rip off or what. really earn their trusted reputation! > > > > At 05:29 PM 1/9/03 -0800, Steve Coffman wrote: > >Well this is interesting as it is humorous. > >My wife's system came down with a virus and I did a full wipe and > >re-install. We are still using Win98 on the desktops since we are both > >avid game players. I absolutely refuse to use Outlook in any form (I > use > >Eudora), and I have not used "Infection Explosion" (IE) since version > 4.0 > >( I use Opera). > >Anyway, I re-installed the Office 97 sr2 on my wife's computer and then > > >went to the Microsoft Update site for any security patches. > >This was my response from MS (LOL): > > > >To find the updates you need faster and easier, > >visit this site with MSN or Internet Explorer. > > > >The Office Product Updates site can perform detection on your computer > and > >tell you exactly which updates you need! To take advantage of this > >service, please visit the site with MSN Explorer or Microsoft Internet > >Explorer version 5.0 or later. If you are already using Internet > Explorer > >5.0 or later and you are using a personal firewall product, your > personal > >firewall product may be interfering with browser detection. Please turn > > >off your personal firewall product and then try visiting this site > again. > >Internet Explorer can be downloaded from the Microsoft Internet > Explorer > >Homepage. > >Search for Office Product Updates on the Office Download Center. > > > >Are they really that stupid? Never mind, rhetorical question :) > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >redhat-list mailing list > >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
