Must I download Office Service Pack?

No, you don't need to download Service Pack 3. In fact
there is no need to download anything if you are confident
of your security system such as anti-virus/firewall and
you have reasonable knowledge of computer siftware and
hardware. Patches are one way of keeping Bill Gates'
programmers busy.

Have a nice evening.

John
-----Original Message-----

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We recommend installation of service packs to ensure that your system stays
secure and to prevent crashes. Users who have opted in to Microsoft "Error
Reporting" send data to us about their crashes. We then fix the bugs which
cause crashes most often and push out these fixes in Service Packs.

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Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Norm" wrote in message
...

Thank you, Eric and John, for your responses. But they
don't really react to my problem. Since I see that my
discussion was not posted, here it is:

I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite). The Office download center reports
that I should download the latest Office Service Packs. I
don't have Office, only -- as I said earlier -- the Word
2002 component of Office. The listing of the contents of
the service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for Word
as well as for other components of Office. My questions:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files for
Word? If I DO download the entire Office SP, and since I
would want only the Word portions to be installed, what
happens to the downloaded but uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be easily
deleted? I'd appreciate your response. So, please respond
to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.



-----Original Message-----
No, you don't need to download Service Pack 3. In fact
there is no need to download anything if you are
confident
of your security system such as anti-virus/firewall and
you have reasonable knowledge of computer siftware and
hardware. Patches are one way of keeping Bill Gates'
programmers busy.

Have a nice evening.

John
-----Original Message-----

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Again, Eric and John, thank you for taking the time to
respond. But I fear you have not read my discussion.
Whether or not to download Office service packs is not a
question for me of safety; it's a question of what to do
with all the non-Word patches on that enormous service
pack when Word is the only Office program I have. PLEASE
ADVISE.
-----Original Message-----
Thank you, Eric and John, for your responses. But they
don't really react to my problem. Since I see that my
discussion was not posted, here it is:

I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite). The Office download center reports
that I should download the latest Office Service Packs.
I
don't have Office, only -- as I said earlier -- the Word
2002 component of Office. The listing of the contents of
the service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for Word
as well as for other components of Office. My questions:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files for
Word? If I DO download the entire Office SP, and since I
would want only the Word portions to be installed, what
happens to the downloaded but uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be
easily
deleted? I'd appreciate your response. So, please
respond
to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.



-----Original Message-----
No, you don't need to download Service Pack 3. In fact
there is no need to download anything if you are
confident
of your security system such as anti-virus/firewall and
you have reasonable knowledge of computer siftware and
hardware. Patches are one way of keeping Bill Gates'
programmers busy.

Have a nice evening.

John
-----Original Message-----

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While you do need to download the whole thing, the installer is smart enough
to only install the parts you need. No need to fear filling up your disk.

--
Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Norm" wrote in message
...
Again, Eric and John, thank you for taking the time to
respond. But I fear you have not read my discussion.
Whether or not to download Office service packs is not a
question for me of safety; it's a question of what to do
with all the non-Word patches on that enormous service
pack when Word is the only Office program I have. PLEASE
ADVISE.
-----Original Message-----
Thank you, Eric and John, for your responses. But they
don't really react to my problem. Since I see that my
discussion was not posted, here it is:

I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite). The Office download center reports
that I should download the latest Office Service Packs.
I
don't have Office, only -- as I said earlier -- the Word
2002 component of Office. The listing of the contents of
the service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for Word
as well as for other components of Office. My questions:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files for
Word? If I DO download the entire Office SP, and since I
would want only the Word portions to be installed, what
happens to the downloaded but uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be
easily
deleted? I'd appreciate your response. So, please
respond
to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.



-----Original Message-----
No, you don't need to download Service Pack 3. In fact
there is no need to download anything if you are
confident
of your security system such as anti-virus/firewall and
you have reasonable knowledge of computer siftware and
hardware. Patches are one way of keeping Bill Gates'
programmers busy.

Have a nice evening.

John
-----Original Message-----

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Eric Lawrence [MSFT] wrote:
While you do need to download the whole thing, the installer is smart enough
to only install the parts you need. No need to fear filling up your disk.



Mine isn't even smart enough to download it. It just tells me there is
another browser window open and to close it. There is no other browser
window open, only the one on the office update page. Go figure. Probably
end up sending for the CD.

Sara

Thank you, Eric, for your response. BUT -- if I DO
download the whole thing and let the installer install
only the parts I need, isn't the rest of the service pack
STILL on the hard disk, only not installed? How would I
get rid of all that unneeded, uninstalled stuff?
-----Original Message-----
While you do need to download the whole thing, the
installer is smart enough
to only install the parts you need. No need to fear
filling up your disk.

--
Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

"Norm" wrote in
message
...
Again, Eric and John, thank you for taking the time to
respond. But I fear you have not read my discussion.
Whether or not to download Office service packs is not
a
question for me of safety; it's a question of what to
do
with all the non-Word patches on that enormous service
pack when Word is the only Office program I have.
PLEASE
ADVISE.
-----Original Message-----
Thank you, Eric and John, for your responses. But they
don't really react to my problem. Since I see that my
discussion was not posted, here it is:

I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite). The Office download center reports
that I should download the latest Office Service
Packs.
I
don't have Office, only -- as I said earlier -- the
Word
2002 component of Office. The listing of the contents
of
the service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for
Word
as well as for other components of Office. My
questions:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files
for
Word? If I DO download the entire Office SP, and
since I
would want only the Word portions to be installed,
what
happens to the downloaded but uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it
will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be
easily
deleted? I'd appreciate your response. So, please
respond
to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.



-----Original Message-----
No, you don't need to download Service Pack 3. In
fact
there is no need to download anything if you are
confident
of your security system such as anti-virus/firewall
and
you have reasonable knowledge of computer siftware
and
hardware. Patches are one way of keeping Bill Gates'
programmers busy.

Have a nice evening.

John
-----Original Message-----

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Norm, we are talking 16 mb here - how much room do you have on your drive?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Norm asked:

| Thank you, Eric, for your response. BUT -- if I DO
| download the whole thing and let the installer install
| only the parts I need, isn't the rest of the service pack
| STILL on the hard disk, only not installed? How would I
| get rid of all that unneeded, uninstalled stuff?
|| -----Original Message-----
|| While you do need to download the whole thing, the installer is
|| smart enough to only install the parts you need. No need to fear
|| filling up your disk.
||
|| --
|| Thanks,
||
|| Eric Lawrence
|| Program Manager
|| Assistance and Worldwide Services
||
|| This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
|| rights.
||
|| "Norm" wrote in message
|| ...
||| Again, Eric and John, thank you for taking the time to
||| respond. But I fear you have not read my discussion.
||| Whether or not to download Office service packs is not a
||| question for me of safety; it's a question of what to do
||| with all the non-Word patches on that enormous service
||| pack when Word is the only Office program I have. PLEASE
||| ADVISE.
|||| -----Original Message-----
|||| Thank you, Eric and John, for your responses. But they
|||| don't really react to my problem. Since I see that my
|||| discussion was not posted, here it is:
||||
|||| I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
|||| Works 2002 Suite). The Office download center reports
|||| that I should download the latest Office Service Packs. I
|||| don't have Office, only -- as I said earlier -- the Word
|||| 2002 component of Office. The listing of the contents of
|||| the service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for Word
|||| as well as for other components of Office. My questions:
|||| Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
|||| Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files for
|||| Word? If I DO download the entire Office SP, and since I
|||| would want only the Word portions to be installed, what
|||| happens to the downloaded but uninstalled
|||| OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
|||| drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it will
|||| take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be easily
|||| deleted? I'd appreciate your response. So, please respond
|||| to my (unmodified)email address:
|||| . Thank you.
||||
||||
||||
||||| -----Original Message-----
||||| No, you don't need to download Service Pack 3. In fact
||||| there is no need to download anything if you are confident
||||| of your security system such as anti-virus/firewall and
||||| you have reasonable knowledge of computer siftware and
||||| hardware. Patches are one way of keeping Bill Gates'
||||| programmers busy.
|||||
||||| Have a nice evening.
|||||
||||| John
|||||| -----Original Message-----
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The .EXE is in your Temporary Internet Files and will be automatically
deleted by Internet Explorer. Or you can run Disk Cleanup.

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Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Norm" wrote in message
...
Thank you, Eric, for your response. BUT -- if I DO
download the whole thing and let the installer install
only the parts I need, isn't the rest of the service pack
STILL on the hard disk, only not installed? How would I
get rid of all that unneeded, uninstalled stuff?
-----Original Message-----
While you do need to download the whole thing, the
installer is smart enough
to only install the parts you need. No need to fear
filling up your disk.

--
Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

"Norm" wrote in
message
...
Again, Eric and John, thank you for taking the time to
respond. But I fear you have not read my discussion.
Whether or not to download Office service packs is not
a
question for me of safety; it's a question of what to
do
with all the non-Word patches on that enormous service
pack when Word is the only Office program I have.
PLEASE
ADVISE.
-----Original Message-----
Thank you, Eric and John, for your responses. But they
don't really react to my problem. Since I see that my
discussion was not posted, here it is:

I have Word 2002 on my computer (and the rest of the
Works 2002 Suite). The Office download center reports
that I should download the latest Office Service
Packs.
I
don't have Office, only -- as I said earlier -- the
Word
2002 component of Office. The listing of the contents
of
the service pack shows a lot of patches/updates for
Word
as well as for other components of Office. My
questions:
Should I download that nearly 50 minutes of non-
Word "stuff" just to get the specific file or files
for
Word? If I DO download the entire Office SP, and
since I
would want only the Word portions to be installed,
what
happens to the downloaded but uninstalled
OTHER, non-Word portions? Do they remain on the hard
drive, taking up lots of real estate (after all, it
will
take 50 minutes to download that SP!)? Can they be
easily
deleted? I'd appreciate your response. So, please
respond
to my (unmodified)email address:
. Thank you.



-----Original Message-----
No, you don't need to download Service Pack 3. In
fact
there is no need to download anything if you are
confident
of your security system such as anti-virus/firewall
and
you have reasonable knowledge of computer siftware
and
hardware. Patches are one way of keeping Bill Gates'
programmers busy.

Have a nice evening.

John
-----Original Message-----

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