WTF! Lastest M$ Updates...

[cojak]

What the tulipe is go on with M$??

Just got 16 updates that demanded that I insert stuff off the Office 2003 CD-ROM just so that they can patch them!

for the 1st 10 (before I go bored and cancelled them) I got the message

"The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available.

Insert the 'Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003' disk and click OK"

Needless to say I didn't and got:

Initializing installation... done!
Installing Update for Outlook 2003 (KB943649) (update 1 of 16)... failed!
Installing Security Update for Access Snapshot Viewer 2003 (KB955439) (update 2 of 16)... failed!
Installing Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB921598) (update 3 of 16)... failed!
Installing Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) (update 4 of 16)...
Installing Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (KB948988) (update 5 of 16)...
Installing Security Update for Office 2003 (KB945185) (update 6 of 16)...
Installing Security Update for Microsoft Works Suite 2005 (KB943973) (update 7 of 16)...
Installing Security Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (KB945432) (update 8 of 16)...
Installing Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB953404) (update 9 of 16)...
Installing Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 (KB950213) (update 10 of 16)...

When I cancelled the update I got...

"The following updates were not installed:
Update for Outlook 2003 (KB943649)
Security Update for Access Snapshot Viewer 2003 (KB955439)
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB921598)
Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (KB948988)
Security Update for Office 2003 (KB945185)
Security Update for Microsoft Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (KB945432)
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB953404)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 (KB950213)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2003 (KB954464)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB962870)
Security Update for Office 2003 (KB954478)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (KB955466)
Update for Office 2003 (KB907417)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (KB953432)"

I'm working on the basis that if M$ need me to install first, then hacker will need the same too.

Junk...

[scooterscot]

Get a Mac

[AtW]

Did you do selective Office install? Patch is instructed to patch some files that you may have excluded from installation....

[minestrone]

I can never work out if Microsoft are looking out for us and constantly making the software better or if they are just fixing crap code.

The service is certainly much better than it was but they have an update every week now.

[d000hg]

Get a Mac

Where they don't even let you update drivers until Uncle Steve says so, and you can't use the features of the hardware as a result?

[OwlHoot]

Uninstall Microsoft Office, and install Open Office.

[dinker]

Just put the CD in and leave it there while Office Update runs, you do have a CD don`t you?

[pmeswani]

It's a limitation of Office 2003 where it doesn't put the install files onto the hard drive. Office 2007 resolves that problem.

[BrilloPad]

It's a limitation of Office 2003 where it doesn't put the install files onto the hard drive. Office 2007 resolves that problem.

How much is it to upgrade? A fortune I bet......

[scooterscot]

Where they don't even let you update drivers until Uncle Steve says so, and you can't use the features of the hardware as a result?

With all those updates, must have certain MS CD's to hand, another download to install before I can install the app I wanted in the first place... Well it's a good job uncle Bill is helping you to lead a stress free life.