Re: Weird SP2/Office 97 install problem

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From: XS11E (xs11eNO_at_SPAMyahoo.com)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:43:31 -0700

"cquirke (MVP Win9x)" <cquirkenews@nospam.mvps.org> wrote in
news:3egci09l6buapvbnkok53ghke2tpn7jvgq@4ax.com:

> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:29:57 -0700, XS11E wrote:
>>"cquirke (MVP Win9x)" <cquirkenews@nospam.mvps.org> wrote
>
>>> ...some of the obnox things Office 97's installer tries to do:
>>> - foist a C:\My Documents "system" folder on the PC
>>> - drop an "install IE 3.00" icon on the desktop - install the
>>> FastFind thing
>>
>>??? Doesn't do any of those things????
>
> You can't avoid the first,

Some how I have as no such folder has been created in Windows98,
Windows2k or WindowsXP.
 
> Same with "Upgrade to IE 3!" icon; no way to stop that.

No such icon has been created in Windows98, Windows2k or WindowsXP.
Sorry, along with the C:\My Documents "system" folder the Upgrade to
IE3 icon doesn't exist???

>>Of course I use the custom install and only install what I
>>want/need/use.
>
> Of the three, only the Fast Find thing can be avoided.

Along with the first two. Are you sure you're not thinking of Office
95?

>>MSFT doesn't know, either, but the problem seems to be the .ocx
>>file.
>
> Well, that smells ActiceX, which MS's new-found SP2 clue means is
> no longer allowed to do whatever it wants.

Yup, that's probably it.
 
>>The "web stuff" IS the ability to edit HTML files and that's what
>>refused to install. The easy workaround is to install Office97,
>>then install SP2. I'd have never encountered the problem if I
>>hadn't changed harddrive and decided to do a clean install,
>>followed by installing SP2, followed by installing all my
>>software.
>
> Nasty. Have you checked whether Word's ability to edit HTML is
> OK, even if Setup gets hissy fits about not being allowed to drop
> an .OCX?

Sure, works fine since the .OCX file IS installed by installing
Office97 and all upgrades prior to installing SP2, that seems to take
care of everything. The only problem is that I can't slipstream SP2
into an XP CD but I can live with that.

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