At 10:18 PM Tuesday 8/5/2008, Nick Arnett wrote: >I have to use MS Excel in my work. Actually, it has always been an >application that I thought does a lot of cool things... but boy, it crashes >a lot on my desktop machine. I upgraded to the latest version, finally got >used to the weird ribbon menus (still can't find things sometimes)... but it >still crashes often. >The latest version comes with some sort of diagnostic tool that checks all >sorts of things. It didn't find anything wrong with my system, then >prompted me to get the latest suggestions online. From a web page at MS, I >received the following instructions. > >Update Diagnostic Unable to access a required file > >The Update Diagnostic was unable to run because it requires a file that you >have chosen not to download. To give Microsoft Office permission to download >this file, do one of the following in one of these 2007 Office release >programs: >Access, Excel, PowerPoint, or Word > > 1. Click the *Microsoft Office Button*[image: Button image], and then > click *Access Options*, *Excel Options*, *PowerPoint Options*, or *Word > Options*. > 2. Click *Trust Center*, click *Advanced Trust Center Settings*, and then > click *Privacy Options*. > 3. Select the *Download a file periodically that helps determine system > problems* check box. > 4. Wait about a week to allow the file to be downloaded, and then run > Microsoft Office Diagnostics again. > > >Uh, that's one big honkin' download, apparently. > >I knew those service packs were getting big... but a week! > >Okay, I understand what's really going on here... but couldn't they have >said it a bit more clearly?! > >Nick
How long would it take if you had dial-up? . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
