Re: Unable to uninstall Office after SP3

Terry R. wrote:
The date and time was 5/9/2008 3:27 PM, and on a whim, Daave pounded out on the keyboard:

"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23E3GLxhsIHA.4076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:18 PM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded out on the keyboard:

I'll rephrase. If you have IE7 installed, and load SP3, you can't uninstall IE7. Its a documented item in the writeup.
So, if you load SP3 and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to uninstall SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reapply SP3 back. I don't write these procedures, I just relay them.
See http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

You'll still have to rephrase to not be confusing, because your statements contradict each other (even though my clarification above of your statement said basically the same).

Because first you say "...you */can't/* uninstall IE7." Then you say, "...and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to..."

No biggie, just making it clear for 2nd language users.

It's clear to me, Terry. Big Al is saying that if you want to uninstall IE7, you must first uninstall SP3. Otherwise, uninstalling IE7 can't be done.


Unfortunately you snipped the prior text. In the original Al stated, "If you don't you'll *never* be able to uninstall IE7" (emphasis me). That isn't true, and I commented, "What you mean is that the only way to remove IE7 would be to remove SP3 first and then remove IE7."

Then he re-phrased to basically say what I said, but still said, "you can't (uninstall IE7)" and "but if you want (to uninstall IE7)", which are conflicting statements. I just wanted it to be very clear for those who might read it.

There are certain 'read between the lines' items that I forget to type. Probably why I was hired as a programmer and not a book writer huh! :-)
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