Install message when using Outlook 2003 and Visio 2007

This isn't a critical issue, just an irritating one; the kind that MS
seems to excel at.

I have Office 2003 Professional on my desktop (Win XP SP2.) I also
have Visio 2007, since that version hasn't been infected by the stupid
bleeping ribbon and other U.I. "improvements" which have trashed 20
years worth of user training.

Since installing Visio, when downloading some, not all, messages for
the fist time in a session, a dialog appears in Outlook 2003 telling
me that it's installing something relating to Visio 2007. If left to
its own devices, the dialog will just proceed along, show a progress
bar, and eventually tell me that I need to restart for the changes to
take effect. However most of the time I cancel it because I don't feel
like having my e-mail download delayed while a useless dialog does
nothing of any value.

Has anyone else encountered something like this and if so, could they
please tell me which iron bar I need to use to club the dialog across
the head and kill it permanently?

Take a look at this article and see if it helps :
925834 When you install Visio Professional 2007 on a computer that is also
running Outlook 2003 and then run Outlook, Outlook may stop responding
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;925834

Basically, it is caused by Installer actions that aren't completing, and
you need to upgrade Office / Outlook 2003.

Barb Way
Product Support - Visio
Microsoft Corporation
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From: Hank Scorpio
Subject: Install message when using Outlook 2003 and Visio 2007


This isn't a critical issue, just an irritating one; the kind that MS
seems to excel at.

I have Office 2003 Professional on my desktop (Win XP SP2.) I also
have Visio 2007, since that version hasn't been infected by the stupid
bleeping ribbon and other U.I. "improvements" which have trashed 20
years worth of user training.

Since installing Visio, when downloading some, not all, messages for
the fist time in a session, a dialog appears in Outlook 2003 telling
me that it's installing something relating to Visio 2007. If left to
its own devices, the dialog will just proceed along, show a progress
bar, and eventually tell me that I need to restart for the changes to
take effect. However most of the time I cancel it because I don't feel
like having my e-mail download delayed while a useless dialog does
nothing of any value.

Has anyone else encountered something like this and if so, could they
please tell me which iron bar I need to use to club the dialog across
the head and kill it permanently?

On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:25:26 GMT, (Barb
Way) wrote:

Take a look at this article and see if it helps :
925834 When you install Visio Professional 2007 on a computer that is also
running Outlook 2003 and then run Outlook, Outlook may stop responding
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;925834

Basically, it is caused by Installer actions that aren't completing, and
you need to upgrade Office / Outlook 2003.

Thank you. I got the answer over in the Outlook group, and haven't had
any problem since installing all of the updates for Office 2003.

Barb Way
Product Support - Visio
Microsoft Corporation
[This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.]
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From: Hank Scorpio
Subject: Install message when using Outlook 2003 and Visio 2007

Since installing Visio, when downloading some, not all, messages for
the fist time in a session, a dialog appears in Outlook 2003 telling
me that it's installing something relating to Visio 2007. If left to
its own devices, the dialog will just proceed along, show a progress
bar, and eventually tell me that I need to restart for the changes to
take effect. However most of the time I cancel it because I don't feel
like having my e-mail download delayed while a useless dialog does
nothing of any value.