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Deep Thought
I do not have a full MS office suite installed on my p.c. have never needed
it - just Outlook 2003 and Word 2002. OS is XP SP2. My Outlook is my
"critical" program that I cannot live without so to speak and is used every
day.
I needed a spreadsheet program and had opportunity to buy Excel 2000 (all
above board, original licenced disc). I installed it today and all seemed
fine until I next tried to use Activesync with Outlook 2003... the program
reported that Outlook 2003 had been "uninstalled" and that Activesync could
not function(which alarmed me somewhat!). I uninstalled Excel 2000
immediately. Rebooted. Clicked on Outlook desktop short-cut and just before
the program opened I noticed the system appeared to be carrying out a
self-reinstallation process (what???). Fortunately Outlook seems to be
unscathed and all the data looks fine... but why is Excel doing this? I
assume it may be something to do with differing versions of office type
programs doing battle here but surely these two versions can co-exist? After
all, Word 2002 never caused these problems.
If Outlook 2003 was genuinely uninstalled in the procedure of installing
Excel then I am equally astonished that I had no warnings that it was about
to happen. Someone suggested might simply be a case of reinstalling
Activesync as the Outlook location may have been re-mapped int he process -
which is feasible BUT the self-reinstalling process I witnessed suggests
more than just a folder relocation...
it - just Outlook 2003 and Word 2002. OS is XP SP2. My Outlook is my
"critical" program that I cannot live without so to speak and is used every
day.
I needed a spreadsheet program and had opportunity to buy Excel 2000 (all
above board, original licenced disc). I installed it today and all seemed
fine until I next tried to use Activesync with Outlook 2003... the program
reported that Outlook 2003 had been "uninstalled" and that Activesync could
not function(which alarmed me somewhat!). I uninstalled Excel 2000
immediately. Rebooted. Clicked on Outlook desktop short-cut and just before
the program opened I noticed the system appeared to be carrying out a
self-reinstallation process (what???). Fortunately Outlook seems to be
unscathed and all the data looks fine... but why is Excel doing this? I
assume it may be something to do with differing versions of office type
programs doing battle here but surely these two versions can co-exist? After
all, Word 2002 never caused these problems.
If Outlook 2003 was genuinely uninstalled in the procedure of installing
Excel then I am equally astonished that I had no warnings that it was about
to happen. Someone suggested might simply be a case of reinstalling
Activesync as the Outlook location may have been re-mapped int he process -
which is feasible BUT the self-reinstalling process I witnessed suggests
more than just a folder relocation...