Re: Service Pack 3 for Office XP

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From: Louise (notreally_at_seesignature.com)
Date: 03/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:56:28 -0500

In article <wvq4c.70403$GE2.1177774@weber.videotron.net>,
joey@mojo.com says...
> Hi,
>
> I'm having the same problem since installing Office XP SP3 2 days ago. Prior
> to SP3, I had installed every updates and fixes applicable to Office XP,
> with no problem whatsoever. I have 2 programs that trigger this annoying
> dialog box: The secret messenger for Outlook, which encrypts email sent with
> Outlook, and Norton AntiSpam. With Norton AntiSpam (NAS), the situation is
> even worse. When I try to use NAS to teach it which emails received are Spam
> and which are not, by clicking on the appropriate button, "This is spam" or
> "This is not spam", the dialog box immediately pops up. Once I click yes to
> allow NAS to proceed, NAS does its work but the Outlook interface becomes
> frozen. The only way out is to use Task manager and kill the Outlook
> process. So, in essence, Office XP SP3 has broken Norton AntiSpam.
>
> I have tried to uninstall and reinstall NAS to no avail. I have tried to
> uninstall and reinstall Office XP. If I apply SP3 to the new install, the
> situation remains the same. Norton AntiSpam does not work on my system with
> Office XP SP3.
>
> Not enough that we constantly have to apply fixes with Microsoft products,
> be it with every versions of Windows or Office, but getting our programs
> broken by these fixes on top of it all is more that I bargained for.
>
> I certainly hope that Microsoft will address these problems promptly.
> Moreover, instead of behaving like a dictatorship, they should consult with
> software vendors before issuing code that in effect breaks that of other
> vendors. Symantec is certainly not your mom and pop operation and one would
> assume that the offending code would have at least been shown to them before
> being issued publicly.
>
> Luc Marcil
>
>
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
> news:%23kU8DNDCEHA.712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > It is not possible to determine what program is triggering the security
> > prompt. Do you have antispam or antivirus programs? Any of those could
> very
> > well be affected. Check with the vendor for an updated version.
> > --
> > Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> > Author of
> > Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> > Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> > http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
> >
> >
> > "Larry Bohen" <lbohen@audiobooksonline.com> wrote in message
> > news:10538smcgk9o79@corp.supernews.com...
I agree. And paid for telephone support kept me running
around in circles for 3 hours and never solved the problem
but charged me anyway for solving a problem they THOUGHT
was affecting the problem.....

Linux is looking better and better.

Louise

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