You're really drifting OT here. Nothing in your last reply relates to
Windows Update.

You might voice your concerns in microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
and/or microsoft.public.excel.misc newsgroups.

NB: No one here represents or works for MS. This includes myself and other
MVPs: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpexecsum


DOSrelic wrote:
> Okay fine, so was anything designed with vista in mind? Considering you
> could not get any other Microsoft operating system at the time I am now
> sorely tempted to ditch Microsoft and go Open Office with Linux!
> I AM NOT IMPRESSED WITH OFFICE 2007 or VISTA!!!
> They are both slow and RAM hungry creatures without the support previously
> enjoyed with the proprietary software that Microsoft gained their
> marketplace predominance with! Any reason to stay with Microsoft PA Bear
> [MS MVP]?
>
>> 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.