Windows Update Repeatedly Successfully Installs 2007 Office SP 2

Windows update has installed Office SP2 three times in the last five months.
Today (9/24/2009), 7/24/2009 and 4/29/2009. Each time the status was
Successful. When I look at which version Word is, it confirms that it's SP2
MSO (12.0.6425.1000).

This isn't the worst problem in the world, but I was in the middle debugging
something and it's a major pain to have to stop what I'm doing and reset the
box.

Is there anything I can do (other than turning off Automatic Update) to
alleviate this issue?

Best regards,

Alan Miller

Known issues that you may experience when you install Office 2007 SP2...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968173

You receive an error message when you try to apply any of the 2007 Office
service packs on a computer that is running WinXP SP2 [or SP3]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942101

For additional assistance, please begin a new thread in an Office-specific
newsgroup.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Alanbartonmiller wrote:
> Windows update has installed Office SP2 three times in the last five
> months.
> Today (9/24/2009), 7/24/2009 and 4/29/2009. Each time the status was
> Successful. When I look at which version Word is, it confirms that it's
> SP2
> MSO (12.0.6425.1000).
>
> This isn't the worst problem in the world, but I was in the middle
> debugging
> something and it's a major pain to have to stop what I'm doing and reset
> the
> box.
>
> Is there anything I can do (other than turning off Automatic Update) to
> alleviate this issue?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alan Miller

Thanks for the response. I'm not actually getting any error messages. I
posted it here because I suspect it's actually Windows Update that's
misbehaving. I'll post the question in an Office forum.

Cheers,

Alan Miller

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Known issues that you may experience when you install Office 2007 SP2...
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968173
>
> You receive an error message when you try to apply any of the 2007 Office
> service packs on a computer that is running WinXP SP2 [or SP3]
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942101
>
> For additional assistance, please begin a new thread in an Office-specific
> newsgroup.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> www.banthecheck.com
>
>
> Alanbartonmiller wrote:
> > Windows update has installed Office SP2 three times in the last five
> > months.
> > Today (9/24/2009), 7/24/2009 and 4/29/2009. Each time the status was
> > Successful. When I look at which version Word is, it confirms that it's
> > SP2
> > MSO (12.0.6425.1000).
> >
> > This isn't the worst problem in the world, but I was in the middle
> > debugging
> > something and it's a major pain to have to stop what I'm doing and reset
> > the
> > box.
> >
> > Is there anything I can do (other than turning off Automatic Update) to
> > alleviate this issue?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Alan Miller
>
>

Windows Updates behaving properly. For whatever reason, Office SP2 isn't
installing. To resolve that, you'll need assistance from the Office
experts.

Tip: Close all Office applications prior to the next install attempt.

Tip: Insert your Office 2007 into the appropriate drive-bay prior to the
next install attempt.

Tip: Temporarily disable any third-party real-time system protections (e.g.,
anti-virus; anti-spyware; firewall) prior to the next install attempt.

Tip: Download & install SP2 manually.

Tip: Reboot after an install attempt, whether prompted to do so or not.


Alanbartonmiller wrote:
> Thanks for the response. I'm not actually getting any error messages. I
> posted it here because I suspect it's actually Windows Update that's
> misbehaving. I'll post the question in an Office forum.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan Miller
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> Known issues that you may experience when you install Office 2007 SP2...
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968173
>>
>> You receive an error message when you try to apply any of the 2007 Office
>> service packs on a computer that is running WinXP SP2 [or SP3]
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942101
>>
>> For additional assistance, please begin a new thread in an
>> Office-specific
>> newsgroup.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>> www.banthecheck.com
>>
>>
>> Alanbartonmiller wrote:
>>> Windows update has installed Office SP2 three times in the last five
>>> months.
>>> Today (9/24/2009), 7/24/2009 and 4/29/2009. Each time the status was
>>> Successful. When I look at which version Word is, it confirms that it's
>>> SP2
>>> MSO (12.0.6425.1000).
>>>
>>> This isn't the worst problem in the world, but I was in the middle
>>> debugging
>>> something and it's a major pain to have to stop what I'm doing and reset
>>> the
>>> box.
>>>
>>> Is there anything I can do (other than turning off Automatic Update) to
>>> alleviate this issue?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Alan Miller

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Windows Updates behaving properly. For whatever reason, Office SP2 isn't
> installing. To resolve that, you'll need assistance from the Office
> experts.
>
> Tip: Close all Office applications prior to the next install attempt.
>
> Tip: Insert your Office 2007 into the appropriate drive-bay prior to the
> next install attempt.
>
> Tip: Temporarily disable any third-party real-time system protections (e.g.,
> anti-virus; anti-spyware; firewall) prior to the next install attempt.
>
> Tip: Download & install SP2 manually.
>
> Tip: Reboot after an install attempt, whether prompted to do so or not.
>
>
> Alanbartonmiller wrote:
> > Thanks for the response. I'm not actually getting any error messages. I
> > posted it here because I suspect it's actually Windows Update that's
> > misbehaving. I'll post the question in an Office forum.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alan Miller
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >> Known issues that you may experience when you install Office 2007 SP2...
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968173
> >>
> >> You receive an error message when you try to apply any of the 2007 Office
> >> service packs on a computer that is running WinXP SP2 [or SP3]
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942101
> >>
> >> For additional assistance, please begin a new thread in an
> >> Office-specific
> >> newsgroup.
> >> --
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> >> www.banthecheck.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Alanbartonmiller wrote:
> >>> Windows update has installed Office SP2 three times in the last five
> >>> months.
> >>> Today (9/24/2009), 7/24/2009 and 4/29/2009. Each time the status was
> >>> Successful. When I look at which version Word is, it confirms that it's
> >>> SP2
> >>> MSO (12.0.6425.1000).
> >>>
> >>> This isn't the worst problem in the world, but I was in the middle
> >>> debugging
> >>> something and it's a major pain to have to stop what I'm doing and reset
> >>> the
> >>> box.
> >>>
> >>> Is there anything I can do (other than turning off Automatic Update) to
> >>> alleviate this issue?
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> Alan Miller
>
>

this is not an ffice 2007 issue - i am also experiencing problems installing
security updates. the windows updater continues to install security update
KB954430. i already have 5 copies 'successfully installed according to
windows update yet none of them appear uner "review update history". i have
re-booted several times & it is the same. i still have an icon on my toolbar
requesting me to install the same update.
in addition i tried to install update KB947821 thinking that it might help,
but that update just hangs on installation.
ran all ant-virus, anti-malaware programs. os is windows vista sp1 (never
got update info on sp2).

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Windows Updates behaving properly. For whatever reason, Office SP2 isn't
> installing. To resolve that, you'll need assistance from the Office
> experts.
>
> Tip: Close all Office applications prior to the next install attempt.
>
> Tip: Insert your Office 2007 into the appropriate drive-bay prior to the
> next install attempt.
>
> Tip: Temporarily disable any third-party real-time system protections (e.g.,
> anti-virus; anti-spyware; firewall) prior to the next install attempt.
>
> Tip: Download & install SP2 manually.
>
> Tip: Reboot after an install attempt, whether prompted to do so or not.
>
>
> Alanbartonmiller wrote:
> > Thanks for the response. I'm not actually getting any error messages. I
> > posted it here because I suspect it's actually Windows Update that's
> > misbehaving. I'll post the question in an Office forum.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alan Miller
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >> Known issues that you may experience when you install Office 2007 SP2...
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968173
> >>
> >> You receive an error message when you try to apply any of the 2007 Office
> >> service packs on a computer that is running WinXP SP2 [or SP3]
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942101
> >>
> >> For additional assistance, please begin a new thread in an
> >> Office-specific
> >> newsgroup.
> >> --
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> >> www.banthecheck.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Alanbartonmiller wrote:
> >>> Windows update has installed Office SP2 three times in the last five
> >>> months.
> >>> Today (9/24/2009), 7/24/2009 and 4/29/2009. Each time the status was
> >>> Successful. When I look at which version Word is, it confirms that it's
> >>> SP2
> >>> MSO (12.0.6425.1000).
> >>>
> >>> This isn't the worst problem in the world, but I was in the middle
> >>> debugging
> >>> something and it's a major pain to have to stop what I'm doing and reset
> >>> the
> >>> box.
> >>>
> >>> Is there anything I can do (other than turning off Automatic Update) to
> >>> alleviate this issue?
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> Alan Miller
>
>

But this is an Office 2007-speific thread!

To avoid confusion, please begin a new thread about your specific problems.
State your IE version and full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP2)
in your first post.

sofla wrote:
> this is not an ffice 2007 issue - i am also experiencing problems
> installing
> security updates. the windows updater continues to install security update
> KB954430. i already have 5 copies 'successfully installed according to
> windows update yet none of them appear uner "review update history". i
> have
> re-booted several times & it is the same. i still have an icon on my
> toolbar
> requesting me to install the same update.
> in addition i tried to install update KB947821 thinking that it might
> help,
> but that update just hangs on installation.
> ran all ant-virus, anti-malaware programs. os is windows vista sp1 (never
> got update info on sp2).
<snip hijacked thread>

sorry - didn't know it was an office 2007- specific thread since it is under
the Discussions in Windows Update forum and since i was having a similar
issue. sorry for the confusion.


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> But this is an Office 2007-speific thread!
>
> To avoid confusion, please begin a new thread about your specific problems.
> State your IE version and full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP2)
> in your first post.
>
> sofla wrote:
> > this is not an ffice 2007 issue - i am also experiencing problems
> > installing
> > security updates. the windows updater continues to install security update
> > KB954430. i already have 5 copies 'successfully installed according to
> > windows update yet none of them appear uner "review update history". i
> > have
> > re-booted several times & it is the same. i still have an icon on my
> > toolbar
> > requesting me to install the same update.
> > in addition i tried to install update KB947821 thinking that it might
> > help,
> > but that update just hangs on installation.
> > ran all ant-virus, anti-malaware programs. os is windows vista sp1 (never
> > got update info on sp2).
> <snip hijacked thread>
>
>

What does the subject of this thread say?...

sofla wrote:
> sorry - didn't know it was an office 2007- specific thread since it is
> under
> the Discussions in Windows Update forum and since i was having a similar
> issue. sorry for the confusion.
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> But this is an Office 2007-speific thread!
>>
>> To avoid confusion, please begin a new thread about your specific
>> problems.
>> State your IE version and full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista
>> SP2)
>> in your first post.
>>
>> sofla wrote:
>>> this is not an ffice 2007 issue - i am also experiencing problems
>>> installing
>>> security updates. the windows updater continues to install security
>>> update
>>> KB954430. i already have 5 copies 'successfully installed according to
>>> windows update yet none of them appear uner "review update history". i
>>> have
>>> re-booted several times & it is the same. i still have an icon on my
>>> toolbar
>>> requesting me to install the same update.
>>> in addition i tried to install update KB947821 thinking that it might
>>> help,
>>> but that update just hangs on installation.
>>> ran all ant-virus, anti-malaware programs. os is windows vista sp1
>>> (never
>>> got update info on sp2).
>> <snip hijacked thread>