For Office 2007 File Validation IssueGo to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download
Find OFV.CAB and extract it.
You'll have OFV.msi
Install it and hit Retry on Windows Update.
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For Office 2007 File Validation IssueGo to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download
Find OFV.CAB and extract it.
You'll have OFV.msi
Install it and hit Retry on Windows Update.
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Thank you for your reassurance, I also re-read Rob Jackson's post -
I was too impatient , will wait it out.
Thank you Robert, I was too impatient , will wait it out.
Yes, this seems to have worked. The next day, when I opened Updates in Settings, I searched for updates and the add-in was installed immediately.
Oddly, though, Windows also installed a couple updates for Office 2010 . . . which I do not have. Harumph!