Hmmm, Win 11 update seems to have broken something
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Hi All, There was a Win 11 update which took an age on my home set up. It appears to have broken the old version of office I had (XP), I know it's out of date, I know really I do, But I didn't have a need to update or change it. My Mum (bless her!) could use it. I did try to update to 2007, but found it a show stopper and my Mum was left clueless. So I am now forced to update to Office 365 to type a letter. Other PC's such as the Win 10 box I have are not affected but not plugged into the Laser Printer. A two minute job becomes a Saga...
I had a similar issue with my wife's new Win 11 system. I solved it by buying Office 2021 Pro from United Kingdom – Shop Win & Office english[^]. And in case you ask, yes it is a valid distribution and was activated via Microsoft's licencing system.
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glennPattonWork3 wrote:
old version of office I had (XP)
glennPattonWork3 wrote:
I did try to update to 2007
It's 2023. You might want to trade in the horse and buggy for a new shiny car. :thumbsup:
Why fix what works? (or now doesn't)
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I had a similar issue with my wife's new Win 11 system. I solved it by buying Office 2021 Pro from United Kingdom – Shop Win & Office english[^]. And in case you ask, yes it is a valid distribution and was activated via Microsoft's licencing system.
Just bought one.
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Just bought one.
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I don't know if it's significant but the online activation did not work for me, so I had to use the telephone system. Which is a bit convoluted but still worked.
Seem to be having that issue now...
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Hi All, There was a Win 11 update which took an age on my home set up. It appears to have broken the old version of office I had (XP), I know it's out of date, I know really I do, But I didn't have a need to update or change it. My Mum (bless her!) could use it. I did try to update to 2007, but found it a show stopper and my Mum was left clueless. So I am now forced to update to Office 365 to type a letter. Other PC's such as the Win 10 box I have are not affected but not plugged into the Laser Printer. A two minute job becomes a Saga...
The last Win11 update took about 5 minutes for me and hasn't broken anything. I don't use MS Office though. I use LibreOffice.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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The last Win11 update took about 5 minutes for me and hasn't broken anything. I don't use MS Office though. I use LibreOffice.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
There's always one :)
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The last Win11 update took about 5 minutes for me and hasn't broken anything. I don't use MS Office though. I use LibreOffice.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I had a similar issue with my wife's new Win 11 system. I solved it by buying Office 2021 Pro from United Kingdom – Shop Win & Office english[^]. And in case you ask, yes it is a valid distribution and was activated via Microsoft's licencing system.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
I solved it by buying Office 2021 Pro
I almost did the same until my PC did a triple BSOD and apparently self-repaired the issue. I go into more detail with my previous post.
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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The last Win11 update took about 5 minutes for me and hasn't broken anything. I don't use MS Office though. I use LibreOffice.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
I use Google Office when I can but I find that the raw power is not there and Google Sheets tends to choke and bog down on anything that has more than a handful of formulas and data. Based on that experience, I'm not keen to go M$ 365 online. Nothing beats a locally installed app.
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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I use Google Office when I can but I find that the raw power is not there and Google Sheets tends to choke and bog down on anything that has more than a handful of formulas and data. Based on that experience, I'm not keen to go M$ 365 online. Nothing beats a locally installed app.
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
I too prefer local over web, which put me off 365, I know these days it's seen as old fashioned but gimme a local copy preferably from a CD (or DVD). If it's local the web is not needed so speed is constant!
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Why fix what works? (or now doesn't)
Truth. Tell me one thing (other than making more $$ for Microsoft) that Office 365 brings to writing a letter as compared to 2007? I'd wager 90% or more of "Office" is never used by the masses.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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Hi All, There was a Win 11 update which took an age on my home set up. It appears to have broken the old version of office I had (XP), I know it's out of date, I know really I do, But I didn't have a need to update or change it. My Mum (bless her!) could use it. I did try to update to 2007, but found it a show stopper and my Mum was left clueless. So I am now forced to update to Office 365 to type a letter. Other PC's such as the Win 10 box I have are not affected but not plugged into the Laser Printer. A two minute job becomes a Saga...
This is why I use Libre Office. Does everything that MS Office does, but without the forced upgrading nonsense. I suppose if you were using MS Office for some really advanced professional integrations/coding project, then Libre Office can't compete, but really, who does that for day-to-day personal use?
Bond Keep all things as simple as possible, but no simpler. -said someone, somewhere
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Hi All, There was a Win 11 update which took an age on my home set up. It appears to have broken the old version of office I had (XP), I know it's out of date, I know really I do, But I didn't have a need to update or change it. My Mum (bless her!) could use it. I did try to update to 2007, but found it a show stopper and my Mum was left clueless. So I am now forced to update to Office 365 to type a letter. Other PC's such as the Win 10 box I have are not affected but not plugged into the Laser Printer. A two minute job becomes a Saga...
1. If your mom can't use Office 2007, she's not going to be able to use Office 365 either. 2. You don't have to buy Office 365 with the recurring subscription, you can use Office for free on the web. All you need is a browser and an Internet connection. 3. Like others said, there's also Libre Office.
Cheers, Vikram.
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I too prefer local over web, which put me off 365, I know these days it's seen as old fashioned but gimme a local copy preferably from a CD (or DVD). If it's local the web is not needed so speed is constant!
When I bought my Windows Me desktop I ordered Office Pro so I could get the database Access to use with VB 6 I was a nube and uninformed This included a copy of Word 2003 on a CD So when I moved up to Windows 7 64 bit MS would not accept my registered copy of Word 2003 and blocked the registration After long e-mail arguments and law suite threat and e-mailing Bill Gates they gave in and accepted my registration key Not a fan of renting software or on line versions
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When I bought my Windows Me desktop I ordered Office Pro so I could get the database Access to use with VB 6 I was a nube and uninformed This included a copy of Word 2003 on a CD So when I moved up to Windows 7 64 bit MS would not accept my registered copy of Word 2003 and blocked the registration After long e-mail arguments and law suite threat and e-mailing Bill Gates they gave in and accepted my registration key Not a fan of renting software or on line versions
Preaching to the Coir!
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In other news, dog bites man. What do you expect from a company that has fired all of its bug finders?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
They don't need to hire bug finders, they have their customers to do all that. Oh, and they don't have bugs since they adopted that wonderful TDD methodology. :|
There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
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