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Patch Up Office with Microsoft Office 2007 SP1
Posted by Adam Pash at 6:00 AM on December 12, 2007
Windows only: Microsoft has just released their first service pack for Microsoft Office 2007, promising lots of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and improved security. You can grab a full list of improvements here (DOCX alert!), but the update claims to have tackled all of the top software problems as reported by the Dr. Watson bug reporting system in addition to more popular bugs like the Excel multiplication bug. This service pack will be pushed out through Windows Update in the next three to six months, but you can grab it online now directly from Microsoft.
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joelena
Posted 5:10 PM 11/12/07
Holy 218 MB download, Batman! Where's the torrent link?
Oh, yeah. Microsoft. (shaking head)
joelena
thor222
Posted 9:51 PM 11/12/07
@joelena: Ya, no kidding. You know that when a patch approaches half the size of the original install that something's not right (the downloadable version of Office 2007 Ultimate is about 500 MB).
thor222
da5id_nz
Posted 10:37 PM 11/12/07
Hmm, I might try this. I'm having a problem with Outlook 2007. A lot of the messages in my 'Sent' folder now have the date as 'none', and I don't know why. So I can't go back and check when I've sent a particular email.
Also, a lot of said emails now show html formatting tags.
Weird.
If anyone has a solution for this I would be keen to hear.
Thanks!
da5id_nz
bksteve
Posted 3:20 AM 12/12/07
It's about time.. the O'Reilly team used a toad to represent what a bloating mess Vista can be.. who can blame them lol
bksteve
Ryan.Reed
Posted 9:54 AM 12/12/07
@joelena: Have you been getting slow downloads from Microsoft's servers? I personally haven't so I'm not sure I see the need for torrents. I mean, torrents are great but if a server can handle the load and the company supplying the file is fine with using that much bandwidth, why worry about creating a torrent? Just my thoughts, I haven't tried downloading the SP yet so maybe the server is slow but from past experience, I've found their servers relatively speedy.
Ryan.Reed
da5id_nz
Posted 11:15 AM 12/12/07
As far as download speeds, why not use a download accelerator? I swear by them. Try Flashget or Orbit downloader (both FREE). I'm sure I don't have to explain to tech-savvy Lifehacker users but for those who don't use one, a download accelerator splits a download into 5 or more streams and downloads them at the same time.
You might not think this would do anything because your internet connection's bandwidth is only so big, but I'm here to tell you it makes a HUGE difference in speed.
da5id_nz
outerfringe
Posted 7:11 AM 15/12/07
@joelena: I got SP1 today through Automatic Updates and (if I remember correctly) it was only about 190 MB...weird...
outerfringe
ArmedJimmy
Posted 5:18 AM 12/12/07
Good news! I've had lots of memory leak problems with Office.
The direct link in the post however does not work..I had to go through OfficeRocker to get it.
ArmedJimmy