"John H." wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:56:47 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
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Mrs H got an almost free MS Office Enterprise 2007 from her job. We've
not
had any problems with Office 2000. Running XP.

Would you install or not install?
--
John H


Considering your skill level, I wouldn't do anything to YOUR computer
unless
you need to solve a clear problem. Every new product, especially from MS,
carries new risks. Leave it alone.


Well, I'm sure not as proficient as you, Jimh, and Harry. You guys
definitely know most of what there is to know about computers!
--
John H


Here are two examples of things that would drive you to drink even more than
you already do:


Install problems plague Office 2007 SP1

On Patch Tuesday this month, Dec. 11, the arrival of Service Pack 1 for
Office 2007 was confusing to many people. I haven't yet found any Patch
Watch readers whose machines automatically installed SP1. But many people
inadvertently installed it and thought it had been auto-installed, because
Vista offers SP1 as an optional patch and it's prechecked, so it's easy to
miss the fact that you're approving SP1's installation.

Some people who have the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) or
Home/Student versions of Office 2007 are finding that they get a cryptic 78F
error when they try to install SP1. It appears that the cure for this
requires that you uninstall Office and then reinstall it.

As one newsgroup poster pointed out in a forum post, that works only when
you have an install disc. If you don't, you'll need to contact the OEM
manufacturer for a replacement.

Office 2003 SP3 hurts Access, old file formats

If you've decided to spend time installing all the latest service packs this
holiday season, Office 2003 SP3 is something you should consider - as long
as you don't have an Access 2003 database. Access developers are still
recommending that you hold back before installing SP3 for Office 2003.

For the rest of you, if you've already installed SP3 and you find you can't
open older versions of files in Word and Excel, a documented Registry edit
can allow you to use those files once again.

Microsoft's Knowledge Base article 938810, which describes this workaround,
is a bit tricky. For this reason, I built a file that makes the necessary
Registry changes for you. It's posted on a blog page from which you can
download a .zip file that contains officefix.reg. Right-click this file,
then click Merge to make the changes to your Registry.