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When I opened up my laptop this morning (8/16/14) there was a pop-up on the screen telling me there was an update available for Microsoft Word Starter 2010 and asking me if I wanted to download it. It did not look like the typical Windows or Office update notification. I closed the pop-up and opened Windows update and ran it. There were some updates available, but none that said they were for Word Starter. IS there a new Update for Word Starter or is this someone trying to get me to download a virus?
***Office Product moved to Office 2010 by the Moderator.***
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Microsoft has posted a Knowledge Base article describing and explaining this popup and providing a solution. Find it at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3016799.
Hi everyone,
We heard back from the product group. The dialog is expected for a legitimate Office 2010 starter update. It appears for click to run scenarios where the path is missing a piece of information between the build that the user is running on and the latest available build.
The august update that was pulled is a Windows update, not an Office update.
Thanks!
DK - MSFT support
Hi Doug -- I'm just closing the loop on the advice you gave me in this post on removing Office Starter, since I am using Office 2010 Professional. I uninstalled Starter on Oct. 26 and haven't seen that pesky pop-up since. I feel bad for those who are stuck with Starter and the update pop-up, but for now I am free of it. Thanks for your help. Signing off of this thread...Barb
Finally ... someone who tells it like it is !!!
PS Until I see a KB number attached to the update I will remain a non-believer LOL
In Doug's eyes you must be....
"Then we can just leave this thread for the non-believers" , a non-believer...
I have another idea.... How about you Doug, go and start another thread and let someone from Microsoft start answering the question that you keep avoiding. I keep hearing a lot of trash but no clear cut answers. If anyone goes back and looks, all you will find is double talk from a couple of lonely old MVPs looking for anyone that will listen to them... who else has nothing to do with their time but be a MVP or a community moderator for a chat group?
If this is a Microsoft Community chat group and this is their screw up, then they should be on here helping clean up their mess, not some lonely old guy who hasn't answered the questions. He just keeps side stepping the answers and giving double talk.... GIVE ME MICROSOFT
If Microsoft screwed up then let them fix their mess. because if they messed up someone's computer then they should have to fix it... I know that it won't be Doug....