Unable to uninstall Office after SP3

On a brand new Toshiba laptop, I installed SP3. I tried uninstalling the
trial Office copy and it refused. I reimaged the drive and successfully
uninstalled Office. I didn't install SP3 again.

Mag wrote:
> On a brand new Toshiba laptop, I installed SP3. I tried uninstalling the
> trial Office copy and it refused. I reimaged the drive and successfully
> uninstalled Office. I didn't install SP3 again.

Its probably the same reason that Microsoft tells you to uninstall IE7
before installing Sp3, then reinstall it after its loaded. If you don't
you'll never be able to uninstall IE7.
Once you load SP3 then that kinda becomes the furthest point back in
time you can delete files. Same then goes for your office maybe.
Once Sp3 was loaded office can't be removed.

The date and time was 5/9/2008 9:04 AM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded
out on the keyboard:

> Mag wrote:
>> On a brand new Toshiba laptop, I installed SP3. I tried uninstalling the
>> trial Office copy and it refused. I reimaged the drive and successfully
>> uninstalled Office. I didn't install SP3 again.
>
> Its probably the same reason that Microsoft tells you to uninstall IE7
> before installing Sp3, then reinstall it after its loaded. If you don't
> you'll never be able to uninstall IE7.

What you mean is that the only way to remove IE7 would be to remove SP3
first and then remove IE7.

> Once you load SP3 then that kinda becomes the furthest point back in
> time you can delete files. Same then goes for your office maybe.
> Once Sp3 was loaded office can't be removed.

If that goes for MSO 2007, I think some users are going to be pretty
upset having to uninstall SP3 before removing 2007 and going back to 2003.


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Terry R. wrote:
> The date and time was 5/9/2008 9:04 AM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded
> out on the keyboard:
>
>> Mag wrote:
>>> On a brand new Toshiba laptop, I installed SP3. I tried uninstalling
>>> the trial Office copy and it refused. I reimaged the drive and
>>> successfully uninstalled Office. I didn't install SP3 again.
>>
>> Its probably the same reason that Microsoft tells you to uninstall IE7
>> before installing Sp3, then reinstall it after its loaded. If you
>> don't you'll never be able to uninstall IE7.
>
> What you mean is that the only way to remove IE7 would be to remove SP3
> first and then remove IE7.
>
>> Once you load SP3 then that kinda becomes the furthest point back in
>> time you can delete files. Same then goes for your office maybe.
>> Once Sp3 was loaded office can't be removed.
>
> If that goes for MSO 2007, I think some users are going to be pretty
> upset having to uninstall SP3 before removing 2007 and going back to 2003.
>
>
I'll rephrase. If you have IE7 installed, and load SP3, you can't
uninstall IE7. Its a documented item in the writeup.
So, if you load SP3 and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to uninstall
SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reapply SP3 back. I don't write these
procedures, I just relay them.
See
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...1/relnotes.htm

The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:18 PM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded
out on the keyboard:

> Terry R. wrote:
>> The date and time was 5/9/2008 9:04 AM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded
>> out on the keyboard:
>>
>>> Mag wrote:
>>>> On a brand new Toshiba laptop, I installed SP3. I tried uninstalling
>>>> the trial Office copy and it refused. I reimaged the drive and
>>>> successfully uninstalled Office. I didn't install SP3 again.
>>> Its probably the same reason that Microsoft tells you to uninstall IE7
>>> before installing Sp3, then reinstall it after its loaded. If you
>>> don't you'll never be able to uninstall IE7.
>> What you mean is that the only way to remove IE7 would be to remove SP3
>> first and then remove IE7.
>>
>>> Once you load SP3 then that kinda becomes the furthest point back in
>>> time you can delete files. Same then goes for your office maybe.
>>> Once Sp3 was loaded office can't be removed.
>> If that goes for MSO 2007, I think some users are going to be pretty
>> upset having to uninstall SP3 before removing 2007 and going back to 2003.
>>
>>
> I'll rephrase. If you have IE7 installed, and load SP3, you can't
> uninstall IE7. Its a documented item in the writeup.
> So, if you load SP3 and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to uninstall
> SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reapply SP3 back. I don't write these
> procedures, I just relay them.
> See
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...1/relnotes.htm

You'll still have to rephrase to not be confusing, because your
statements contradict each other (even though my clarification above of
your statement said basically the same).

Because first you say "...you */can't/* uninstall IE7." Then you say,
"...and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to..."

No biggie, just making it clear for 2nd language users.

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Terry R. wrote:
> The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:18 PM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded
> out on the keyboard:
>
>> Terry R. wrote:
>>> The date and time was 5/9/2008 9:04 AM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded
>>> out on the keyboard:
>>>
>>>> Mag wrote:
>>>>> On a brand new Toshiba laptop, I installed SP3. I tried
>>>>> uninstalling the trial Office copy and it refused. I reimaged the
>>>>> drive and successfully uninstalled Office. I didn't install SP3
>>>>> again.
>>>> Its probably the same reason that Microsoft tells you to uninstall
>>>> IE7 before installing Sp3, then reinstall it after its loaded. If
>>>> you don't you'll never be able to uninstall IE7.
>>> What you mean is that the only way to remove IE7 would be to remove
>>> SP3 first and then remove IE7.
>>>
>>>> Once you load SP3 then that kinda becomes the furthest point back in
>>>> time you can delete files. Same then goes for your office maybe.
>>>> Once Sp3 was loaded office can't be removed.
>>> If that goes for MSO 2007, I think some users are going to be pretty
>>> upset having to uninstall SP3 before removing 2007 and going back to
>>> 2003.
>>>
>>>
>> I'll rephrase. If you have IE7 installed, and load SP3, you can't
>> uninstall IE7. Its a documented item in the writeup.
>> So, if you load SP3 and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to uninstall
>> SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reapply SP3 back. I don't write these
>> procedures, I just relay them.
>> See
>> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...1/relnotes.htm
>>
>
> You'll still have to rephrase to not be confusing, because your
> statements contradict each other (even though my clarification above of
> your statement said basically the same).
>
> Because first you say "...you */can't/* uninstall IE7." Then you say,
> "...and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to..."
>
> No biggie, just making it clear for 2nd language users.
>
I think the sentence is perfectly good. Read the link. That's why I
supplied it.

"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:18 PM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded
> out on the keyboard:

>> I'll rephrase. If you have IE7 installed, and load SP3, you can't
>> uninstall IE7. Its a documented item in the writeup.
>> So, if you load SP3 and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to
>> uninstall SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reapply SP3 back. I don't
>> write these procedures, I just relay them.
>> See
>> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...1/relnotes.htm
>
> You'll still have to rephrase to not be confusing, because your
> statements contradict each other (even though my clarification above
> of your statement said basically the same).
>
> Because first you say "...you */can't/* uninstall IE7." Then you say,
> "...and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to..."
>
> No biggie, just making it clear for 2nd language users.

It's clear to me, Terry. Big Al is saying that if you want to uninstall
IE7, you must first uninstall SP3. Otherwise, uninstalling IE7 can't be
done.

What it comes down to is that IE7 must installed after SP3 if you expect to
be able to uninstall IE7 later.

"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:18 PM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded out
> on the keyboard:
>
>> Terry R. wrote:
>>> The date and time was 5/9/2008 9:04 AM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded
>>> out on the keyboard:
>>>
>>>> Mag wrote:
>>>>> On a brand new Toshiba laptop, I installed SP3. I tried uninstalling
>>>>> the trial Office copy and it refused. I reimaged the drive and
>>>>> successfully uninstalled Office. I didn't install SP3 again.
>>>> Its probably the same reason that Microsoft tells you to uninstall IE7
>>>> before installing Sp3, then reinstall it after its loaded. If you
>>>> don't you'll never be able to uninstall IE7.
>>> What you mean is that the only way to remove IE7 would be to remove SP3
>>> first and then remove IE7.
>>>
>>>> Once you load SP3 then that kinda becomes the furthest point back in
>>>> time you can delete files. Same then goes for your office maybe.
>>>> Once Sp3 was loaded office can't be removed.
>>> If that goes for MSO 2007, I think some users are going to be pretty
>>> upset having to uninstall SP3 before removing 2007 and going back to
>>> 2003.
>>>
>>>
>> I'll rephrase. If you have IE7 installed, and load SP3, you can't
>> uninstall IE7. Its a documented item in the writeup.
>> So, if you load SP3 and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to uninstall
>> SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reapply SP3 back. I don't write these
>> procedures, I just relay them.
>> See
>> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...1/relnotes.htm
>
> You'll still have to rephrase to not be confusing, because your statements
> contradict each other (even though my clarification above of your
> statement said basically the same).
>
> Because first you say "...you */can't/* uninstall IE7." Then you say,
> "...and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to..."
>
> No biggie, just making it clear for 2nd language users.
>
> --
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>
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"Daave" wrote:

> "Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message
> news:%23E3GLxhsIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:18 PM, and on a whim, Big Al pounded
> > out on the keyboard:
>
> >> I'll rephrase. If you have IE7 installed, and load SP3, you can't
> >> uninstall IE7. Its a documented item in the writeup.
> >> So, if you load SP3 and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to
> >> uninstall SP3, then uninstall IE7, then reapply SP3 back. I don't
> >> write these procedures, I just relay them.
> >> See
> >> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...1/relnotes.htm
> >
> > You'll still have to rephrase to not be confusing, because your
> > statements contradict each other (even though my clarification above
> > of your statement said basically the same).
> >
> > Because first you say "...you */can't/* uninstall IE7." Then you say,
> > "...and wanted to uninstall IE7, you have to..."
> >
> > No biggie, just making it clear for 2nd language users.
>
> It's clear to me, Terry. Big Al is saying that if you want to uninstall
> IE7, you must first uninstall SP3. Otherwise, uninstalling IE7 can't be
> done.
>
>
>
What's probably ?not? clear to most readers here is ?why? one would want to
uninstall IE7.
For instance, if IE7 (files) became corrupt, and IE7 *had* to be reinstalled
in order to run properly. [Then it would have to be /uninstalled/ , first.]

On Fri, 9 May 2008 18:27:25 -0400, "Daave"
<dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote:
>
>It's clear to me, Terry. Big Al is saying that if you want to uninstall
>IE7, you must first uninstall SP3. Otherwise, uninstalling IE7 can't be
>done.
>

The full story:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/200...and-xpsp3.aspx

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