Is MS giving away Outlook?

I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or anything else
showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates for Office
XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If not I'll
uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.

Are Readers or Viewers for any Office applications installed (e.g., Excel
Viewer; PowerPoint Viewer; Word Viewer)?

Was a version of MS Works ever installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.org/


Lynda wrote:
> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
> appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or anything
> else
> showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates for
> Office
> XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If not I'll
> uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.

Lynda,

First you state that Office has never been on the system and then you
state that you're going to uninstall Outlook, which is a component of
Office. So, which is it ?


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Lynda wrote:

> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
> appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or anything
> else showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates
> for Office XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If
> not I'll uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.

<guffaw> Missed that!

MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
> Lynda,
>
> First you state that Office has never been on the system and then you
> state that you're going to uninstall Outlook, which is a component of
> Office. So, which is it ?
>
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> Lynda wrote:
>
>> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
>> appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or anything
>> else showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates
>> for Office XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If
>> not I'll uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.

Hello Mow,
Outlook 2002 appeared on my system yesterday after doing updates. Never was
there before which made me wonder if MS is now giving it away. So that's
what it is and I'm not sure what to do with it. Wierd don't you think?
"MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:eZmsd76$...
> Lynda,
>
> First you state that Office has never been on the system and then you
> state that you're going to uninstall Outlook, which is a component of
> Office. So, which is it ?
>
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> Lynda wrote:
>
>> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
>> appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or anything
>> else showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates
>> for Office XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If not
>> I'll uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.

There is no way that OL 2002 was installed by Office 2003 SP3.
--
~PA Bear

Lynda wrote:
> Hello Mow,
> Outlook 2002 appeared on my system yesterday after doing updates. Never
> was
> there before which made me wonder if MS is now giving it away. So that's
> what it is and I'm not sure what to do with it. Wierd don't you think?
> "MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:eZmsd76$...
>> Lynda,
>>
>> First you state that Office has never been on the system and then you
>> state that you're going to uninstall Outlook, which is a component of
>> Office. So, which is it ?
>>
>> Lynda wrote:
>>> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
>>> appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or anything
>>> else showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates
>>> for Office XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If
>>> not
>>> I'll uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.

If there were any readers or viewers wouldn't they show in Programs and
Features? Outlook 2002 just appeared yesterday after some updates. MS
Works I haven't had for turtles years. Maybe I'm the victim of MS largesse
cos they have just given me a free Outlook.
"PA Bear" <> wrote in message
news:%23AzVn%236$...
> Are Readers or Viewers for any Office applications installed (e.g., Excel
> Viewer; PowerPoint Viewer; Word Viewer)?
>
> Was a version of MS Works ever installed?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
>
>
> Lynda wrote:
>> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
>> appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or anything
>> else
>> showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates for
>> Office
>> XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If not I'll
>> uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.
>

Ah PA you may be referring to the notorious update that several in this
group claim not to understand. I was not offered and do not have this
update. I must assume that some deamon snuck in at night and gave me
Outlook 2002. I would have preferred the deamon to have left me a much
later version <g>.

"PA Bear" <> wrote in message
news:eefDBQ7$...
> There is no way that OL 2002 was installed by Office 2003 SP3.
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
> Lynda wrote:
>> Hello Mow,
>> Outlook 2002 appeared on my system yesterday after doing updates. Never
>> was
>> there before which made me wonder if MS is now giving it away. So that's
>> what it is and I'm not sure what to do with it. Wierd don't you think?
>> "MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:eZmsd76$...
>>> Lynda,
>>>
>>> First you state that Office has never been on the system and then you
>>> state that you're going to uninstall Outlook, which is a component of
>>> Office. So, which is it ?
>>>
>>> Lynda wrote:
>>>> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
>>>> appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or anything
>>>> else showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates
>>>> for Office XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If
>>>> not
>>>> I'll uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.
>

FWIW I tried uninstalling Outlook 2002 and UAC says an unidentified program
wants access to your computer. Just more occult goings on I suppose.

"Lynda" <> wrote in message
news:uFi7ge7$...
> Ah PA you may be referring to the notorious update that several in this
> group claim not to understand. I was not offered and do not have this
> update. I must assume that some deamon snuck in at night and gave me
> Outlook 2002. I would have preferred the deamon to have left me a much
> later version <g>.
>
> "PA Bear" <> wrote in message
> news:eefDBQ7$...
>> There is no way that OL 2002 was installed by Office 2003 SP3.
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>> Lynda wrote:
>>> Hello Mow,
>>> Outlook 2002 appeared on my system yesterday after doing updates. Never
>>> was
>>> there before which made me wonder if MS is now giving it away. So
>>> that's
>>> what it is and I'm not sure what to do with it. Wierd don't you think?
>>> "MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>> news:eZmsd76$...
>>>> Lynda,
>>>>
>>>> First you state that Office has never been on the system and then you
>>>> state that you're going to uninstall Outlook, which is a component of
>>>> Office. So, which is it ?
>>>>
>>>> Lynda wrote:
>>>>> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
>>>>> appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or
>>>>> anything
>>>>> else showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates
>>>>> for Office XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If
>>>>> not
>>>>> I'll uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.
>>
>

>>>>> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
>>>>> appeared!

You first posted the above on 25 Sept-07. What updates were installed on 24
Sept-07?

How to read the Windowsupdate.log file
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093

Did you upgrade to Vista Home Premium? If not, was a free-trial version of
MS Office or MS Works preinstalled on the machine when you bought it and is
the machine still under warranty?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.org/


Lynda wrote:
> Ah PA you may be referring to the notorious update that several in this
> group claim not to understand. I was not offered and do not have this
> update. I must assume that some deamon snuck in at night and gave me
> Outlook 2002. I would have preferred the deamon to have left me a much
> later version <g>.
>
> "PA Bear" <> wrote in message
> news:eefDBQ7$...
>> There is no way that OL 2002 was installed by Office 2003 SP3.
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>> Lynda wrote:
>>> Hello Mow,
>>> Outlook 2002 appeared on my system yesterday after doing updates. Never
>>> was
>>> there before which made me wonder if MS is now giving it away. So
>>> that's
>>> what it is and I'm not sure what to do with it. Wierd don't you think?
>>> "MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>> news:eZmsd76$...
>>>> Lynda,
>>>>
>>>> First you state that Office has never been on the system and then you
>>>> state that you're going to uninstall Outlook, which is a component of
>>>> Office. So, which is it ?
>>>>
>>>> Lynda wrote:
>>>>> I allowed some updates to Vista Home yesterday and Outlook 2002 SP3
>>>>> appeared! Office has never been on this pc nor any readers or
>>>>> anything
>>>>> else showing in Programs and Features. Today I got offered 11 updates
>>>>> for Office XP and Outlook. Can anyone think of a cause for this? If
>>>>> not
>>>>> I'll uninstall Outlook and hope the updates go away.