Re: Impractical and Annoying Microsoft Office Update System

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From: Paul Ballou (A26milerunner_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:49:58 -0500

If you leave the installer setup files that are copied to your computer when
you first install office then you should not need the disk. However if you
need the disk space or just don't want the setup files to remain then you
will be asked for the disk.
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
you can send MS suggestions about a product here. 

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Paul Ballou
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"Jack" <Jack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:AFC23666-FB01-4DAA-AAA0-75ACE872664C@microsoft.com...
> The requirement of having to find your original disks to update Office is 
> the
> single
> most annoying characteristic of Office.  Most users I know do not download
> Office updates because of it.  If Microsoft refuses to change this, they
> might have to learn about satisfying customers the hard way.  Given all of
> the security holes in Microsoft products, the company should want to have 
> its
> products updated instead of making it impractical for many users.   I move
> around a lot and it is just not practical to carry disks with me 
> everywhere I
> go.  So, please, wake up and save us the trouble of having to find a new
> product.   By the way, has anyone found a good Office alternative that 
> avoids
> this annoying update requirement?

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