Your reply tells me that Excel is already fully-patched and that updates for
Excel and other Office 2007 are offered and installed by Automatic Updates.

Short version: Don't use the "Get Updates" option in any Office application.
This feature was not really designed with Vista in mind.


DOSrelic wrote:
> Correct no error manually and it says
> "You receive updates: For Windows and other products from Microsoft
> update"
> NOT IN YELLOW THO! Also another annoying Microsoft trait is the inability
> to
> copy the text from that window like most error message windows!
>
>
>> Sorry. Yes, you run Windows Update manually via Control Panel | Windows
>> Updates | Check for updates. If you do so, you do NOT encounter this
>> error, correct?
>>
>> Yes, uninstalling IE8 will automatically return the machine to IE7; but
>> on
>> second thought, do NOT do that yet, please!
>>
>> Instead, open your browser to this illustration of Windows Update panel
>> in
>> Vista:
>> http://img.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto.../noupdates.jpg
>>
>> Now open Control Panel | Windows Updates (again). In the bottom of that
>> window/panel:
>>
>> 1. What does it say after "You receive updates: for..." ?
>>
>> 2. Is the yellow "Get updates for more products" available or not?
>>
>> DOSrelic wrote:
>>> Hi PA Bear,
>>>
>>> thanks for the prompt response. I am running Vista SP1 (i think)? How
>>> can
>>> I
>>> tell?
>>> There is no Windows Update manually from the Start menu, only via the
>>> control panel and it does say I am up to date hence my assumption it is
>>> Vista SP1!
>>> If I uninstall IE8 will I go back to IE7? It was actually better as we
>>> were
>>> not forced into multiline toolbar positioning and could reopen tabs when
>>> IE
>>> was started again!
>>> However this does not explain why vista has this problem and Microsoft
>>> has
>>> not attended to it yet. Hasn't this has been around since before IE8?
>>>
>>> PA Bear wrote:
>>>> Are you running Vista or Vista SP1?
>>>>
>>>> Do you get the same error when attempting to run Windows Update
>>>> manually
>>>> from the Start menu?
>>>>
>>>> Does the behavior persist if you uninstall IE8?
>>>>
>>>> DOSrelic wrote:
>>>>> Office 2007 Excel via options has 'Get Updates' but when clicked the
>>>>> page
>>>>> always ends up with this Error number: 0x80070002!
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you
>>>>> are
>>>>> trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the
>>>>> problem.
>>>>> For self-help options:
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> WHY?
>>>>> Then I installed System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista
>>>>> (KB947821)
>>>>> [August 2008] as suggested and now I get error 0x8DDD0002.
>>>>> Does nothing fix vista which isn't even listed as a supported
>>>>> operating
>>>>> system?
>>>>> Even tho I tried resetting my IE8, nope, edited the registry with
>>>>> regedit
>>>>> to ensure I had permissions and nope!
>>>>> Please how can I fix this without spending more money that I now don't
>>>>> have
>>>>> after I spent it all on Vista ultimate & Office 2007 Enterprise?
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a very frustrating and infuriating problem that should not
>>>>> happen
>>>>> with a Microsoft proprietary software should it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any guidance and advice would be appreciated.