In ,
glee wrote:
"BillW50" wrote in message
...
In ,
glee wrote:
"BillW50" wrote in message
...
In ,
BillW50 typed:
In ,
XP Guy typed:
glee wrote:

I'm running the automatic updates right now and it's offering
me about a dozen Office 2007 patches / fixes.

Thing is, I've got Office 2000 SR1 premium installed on this
thing.

You may have the 2007 Compatibility Pack installed, so you can
view and edit Office files made with the later version of
Office. If you have the Compatibility Pack installed, it takes
updates for
Office 2007.

Yea, I think I did install the compatibility pack at one point.

I downloaded these office 2007 updates and it didn't seem to
break anything...

I downloaded all Office 2000 updates manually and saved them all
years ago. As I figured that one day, Microsoft would remove them
from their servers. There was a SR-1 (which I call SP-1 below),
but you have that one. Then you don't need SP-2, since SP-3 (it
is only about 13MB in size) includes both SP-2 and SP-3. And I
also noted the Word 2000 build versions so you know how far in
updates Word currently is.

Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.2720)
Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.3821 SP-1)
Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SP-3)
Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.8968 SP-3) after 13 more updates

Then these are the last updates after SP-3. I don't know if
Microsoft still has them on their servers anymore, but you can
check. REQUIRED UPDATES
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
snip

Say you know what? There was a SR-1 and a SR-1a. Check your Word
build version. If it doesn't say 9.0.3821, then you need the
"Office 2000 - SR1aDL.exe" update (53MB) first before you can
install SP-3 and the later 13 updates.

The question was about the Office 2007 updates...

Yes and the question was if Office 2007 updates Office 2000 too? And
the answer is, no it doesn't and the above is what you need to update
Office 2000.

Actually, no.... that was not the question. Re-read the original
post. Nowhere was it asked "if Office 2007 updates Office 2000 too".
The OP asked why he was offered OFF2007 updates when he had OFF2000,
and if he should install them.

They can install Office 2007 updates, but it will only help the 2007
Compatibility Pack *only*. While they still have Office 2000 and only
patched up to SR-1 and it has much further to go to be fully patched.
Why is this so hard for you?

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP3