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ok update issues

Nov 1, 2010 8:50AM PDT

ok so i have four updates for Microsoft office that are in my important update but the problem is i don't even have Microsoft office installed on my computer so the updates fail every time i try to install them is there any way to get windows to ignore them or change the priority on them so i am not getting constantly alerted

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If you just want to hide them
Nov 1, 2010 9:46PM PDT

In the list that shows all 4 updates, right click each in turn and select "Hide". That will hide them.

I've had these and although I don't have Office installed either, I just let them install without any problem. Whether they install or are just ignored, I can't say.

Did you ever have Office installed on this system?

Mark

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yes
Nov 2, 2010 6:17AM PDT

yes i did have a demo version of office installed and doing the hide thing did work thank you

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Many machines came with Microsoft's Office Demo preinstalled
Nov 2, 2010 12:31AM PDT

That's why many of these updates show up even when we didn't install Office (the machine came with the demo preinstalled.)

I'd hide them or uninstall that Office demo.
Bob