Re: 11.3.2 AutoUpdates Dec 19! (was: Re: Dec 12 SECURITY UPDATE to version 11.3.1 to patch vulnerabilities

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Thank you, Norm.

I always appreciate the fact that there are young whippersnappers on this
NG, such as your good self, who are not as risk-averse as I am! ;-)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
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On 20/12/06 8:16 AM, in article
C1AD96B1.1AB3D%nnager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Norman R. Nager, Ph.D."
<nnager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

MacFixIt has since reported the availability of an 11.3.2 download, as well
as the AutoUpdate. The MacFixIt article tells what changes 11.3.2 makes--and
doesn't make. Apparently, the Word vulnerabilities that were supposed to
have been patched by by the pulled 11.3.1 update still remain:
<http://www.macfixit.com/index.shtml>

Here's the Microsoft webpage to which the MacFixIt article links:
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/down
load/Office2004/Office2004_1132.xml>

One piece of important info on pre-reqs before installation of the download:
Make sure that you've already run the 11.3.0 updater. It's unclear to me
whether/how this applies to running of AutoUpdate. Perhaps, someone can
answer that?

Respectfully, Norm


On 12/19/06 12:58 PM, in article
C1AD927C.1AB3A%nnager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Norman R. Nager, Ph.D."
<nnager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This morning, I ran AutoUpdate (Help pulldown menu/"Check for Updates") and
happily discovered that 11.3.2 was available.

I used AutoUpdate without incident. It advanced Entourage from 11.2.5 to
11.3.2. The version numbers of Excel and Word remained at 11.3.

I've spent a few hours putting all three Office 2004 applications through
their paces. Everything's working perfectly on my Dual G5 2.0., running
with OS 10.4.8.

Respectfully, Norm


On 12/16/06 11:21 PM, in article C1AB3B39.534D8%john@xxxxxxxxxxx, "John
McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yep.

Wait a few days... The patch was released early in error, and cancelled
when they discovered that some of the bits it included had not been fully
tested.

If you have already loaded it, leave it there, it is unlikely to do any
harm. The official release will straighten it out.

Cheers


On 14/12/06 4:27 AM, in article
REMOVEarkay-BE8AE2.11270313122006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "aRKay"
<REMOVEarkay@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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Title: Microsoft Office 2004 11.3.1: Plugs security holes [UPDATE:
Download no longer available]
Date: Tuesday, December 12 2006 @ 03:15 PM PST

Read the full article at
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20061212152421334

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Anyone know what's going on????



In article <C1A475A4.1A8C5%nnager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Norman R. Nager, Ph.D." <nnager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I saw the the update posted on versiontracker.com at:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14980

Rather than download at that site, I updated by going under Entourage's
Help
pulldown menu to "Check for Updates."

As I noted in my comments on the versiontracker.com site:

11.3.0 installed without incident after I had quit out of all Office
programs.

Version numbers: Entourage updated from 11.2.5 to 11.3.1 but both Word and
Excel remained at 11.3.0.

No issues whatsoever in putting Entourage, Excel and Word through their
paces.

It would be nice if there never were any security vulnerabilities to patch
but I do appreciate the frequent and quick efforts of Microsoft and of
Apple
to respond to discovery of holes.

Respectfully, Norm




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