SOLVED: How to download an ISO image for Office 2007 Pro in the year 2018

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

An air gap in my case is the seperation between the male end of the
external USB drive power cord and the 120 volt AC receptacle.

Fair enough.

This limits the exposure to the time that it's connected, although a well
written virus will simply bide its time until you do connect the cable to
the computer (or the power to the device).

On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:37:22 -0800, ultred ragnusen
wrote:

Your point is valid. Except that the only safe HDD is a HDD outside the
computer (e.g., from viruses), and the only safe HDD outside a computer is
NOT a USB HDD (for stated reasons).

I'd be wasting my time if I pointed out that the vast, vast, vast
majority of computer users don't have problems with external drives
connected via USB. I can confidently come to the conclusion that you're
experiencing user error, but that doesn't get us anywhere.

So if the drive has to be external but it can't be USB, what else is
there? eSata? Ethernet? BTW, long SATA cables are out of the question.
SATA connectors aren't rated for a whole lot of connect/disconnect
cycles. I think eSATA improves on that, but I haven't looked it up.

Have you considered those drive cages that slide in/out of a bay? That
way, the drive is connected internally when you need it and air-gapped
when you don't need it.

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I don't know where you get this *frail* USB drive from, My external USB
drives are the same Seagate 1 terabyte drives as my internal Sata
Seagate drives with a different interface.
The air thing was sarcasm of a sort.

It's not the drive that's frail, it's the USB to Microsoft part that's
frail.

Anyway, we've beaten this to death where you're not as experienced as I am
with USB drives being corrupted, that's all.

It's OK. I wish I were you. I am not as innocent anymore, like a woman who
has been raped isn't innocent anymore. I'm glad you're untouched. I really
am.

Anyway, just by way of update, I tried to create a dual-boot of Ubuntu
17.10 but it failed to even /find/ the new boot drive. It wanted to install
/only/ to the old boot drive (which is odd, because that wasn't connected
to SATA 1 as the actual boot drive).

I'm working on that, but in the process, I see that Windows has vastly
polluted my brand new drive with garbage, so I'll work in figuring why
Windows does that, and what I can do to clean it up.

Since that's a different topic, I'll open a separate thread so that the
tribal knowledge is kept separate.

Char Jackson wrote:

I'd be wasting my time if I pointed out that the vast, vast, vast
majority of computer users don't have problems with external drives
connected via USB. I can confidently come to the conclusion that you're
experiencing user error, but that doesn't get us anywhere.

So if the drive has to be external but it can't be USB, what else is
there? eSata? Ethernet? BTW, long SATA cables are out of the question.
SATA connectors aren't rated for a whole lot of connect/disconnect
cycles. I think eSATA improves on that, but I haven't looked it up.

Have you considered those drive cages that slide in/out of a bay? That
way, the drive is connected internally when you need it and air-gapped
when you don't need it.

Let's give up on this frail USB thing.

We've beaten this to death where others are just not as experienced as I am
with USB drives being corrupted by Windows, that's all.

I'm very happy for those of you who haven't been burned yet. I really am.
The corruption is in your future, but for now, you can rest easy.

And that's good.
Right now, I'm working on dual booting and cleaning up new Microsoft
pollution, but on my disk by obviously bad coding. (More separately.)

On 2/3/2018 07:28, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:
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This page will allow you to download and reinstall Office for the
following products: •Office 2010
•Office for Mac 2011
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Which is exactly the process the op needed(and did) to do for MSFT to
download and install O2K7 Pro install file x12-30196.exe(the RTM
version) on his device.

Sorry for missing that part of that webpage.

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ultred ragnusen wrote:
Char Jackson wrote:

I'd be wasting my time if I pointed out that the vast, vast, vast
majority of computer users don't have problems with external drives
connected via USB. I can confidently come to the conclusion that you're
experiencing user error, but that doesn't get us anywhere.

So if the drive has to be external but it can't be USB, what else is
there? eSata? Ethernet? BTW, long SATA cables are out of the question.
SATA connectors aren't rated for a whole lot of connect/disconnect
cycles. I think eSATA improves on that, but I haven't looked it up.

Have you considered those drive cages that slide in/out of a bay? That
way, the drive is connected internally when you need it and air-gapped
when you don't need it.

Let's give up on this frail USB thing.

We've beaten this to death where others are just not as experienced as I am
with USB drives being corrupted by Windows, that's all.

I'm very happy for those of you who haven't been burned yet. I really am.
The corruption is in your future, but for now, you can rest easy.

And that's good.
Right now, I'm working on dual booting and cleaning up new Microsoft
pollution, but on my disk by obviously bad coding. (More separately.)

Metal USB connectors are good for 5000 insertions.

Metal ESATA connectors are good for 5000 insertions.

SATA plastic cables (the internal ones) are good for 50 insertions.
Although I have some with a couple hundred insertions at least,
and they're just getting a bit loose. The spec estimates a life of
50 cycles. The only purpose of these life estimates, is to
assign "classes" to the connector types, in the "good, better, best"
sense.

I use Safely Remove on my USB items, and don't have problems.

There are some USB3 sticks with plastic barrels on them.
Do not buy those, as they don't control capture well enough.
I broke a pin off the plastic USB3 stick on the very first day.
That never happens with my collection of metal barrel USB3
sticks.

Paul

On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 22:56:55 -0800, ultred ragnusen
wrote:

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I don't know where you get this *frail* USB drive from, My external USB
drives are the same Seagate 1 terabyte drives as my internal Sata
Seagate drives with a different interface.
The air thing was sarcasm of a sort.

It's not the drive that's frail, it's the USB to Microsoft part that's
frail.

My best, most sincere, advice would be to examine your personal
behaviors regarding disconnection of USB drives and correct what you've
been doing wrong. There's a reason why you have this issue and others
don't.

On 1/3/2018 16:27, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:

You're memory is off by more than a few months.

I just checked that I downloaded it in September 2017. Surprised that
those 2007 links was closed so soon.

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"Mr. Man-wai Chang" wrote in message
news

I just checked that I downloaded it in September 2017. Surprised that
those 2007 links was closed so soon.

Pretty much on schedule. 10 yrs. was probably enough time to plan and queue
up a toggle off and web page modification at EOL.

Office 2007 support ended on Oct. 10, 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...tended-support

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On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 05:13:46 -0800, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ
wrote:

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" wrote in message
news

I just checked that I downloaded it in September 2017. Surprised that
those 2007 links was closed so soon.

Pretty much on schedule. 10 yrs. was probably enough time to plan and queue
up a toggle off and web page modification at EOL.

Office 2007 support ended on Oct. 10, 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...tended-support

Link does not exist, but I think you typoed

Office 2007 reached its end of support on October 10, 2017.

BTW LibreOffice support never ends.

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On 2/3/2018 21:13, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:

Pretty much on schedule. 10 yrs. was probably enough time to plan and
queue up a toggle off and web page modification at EOL.

Office 2007 support ended on Oct. 10, 2007
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...tended-support

I didn't bother to remember these dates. I guess I was lucky enough to
download it before that deadline.

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On 2/3/2018 23:59, Shadow wrote:

Link does not exist, but I think you typoed
Office 2007 reached its end of support on October 10, 2017.
BTW LibreOffice support never ends.


Office 2007 is good enough for most users. Could someone tell me what's
special with Office 2010, 2013 and 2016? Cloud? Come on... we don't
usually share data with others....

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On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 18:26:54 -0800, ultred ragnusen
wrote:

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I might add, not only for backups but for important archive material Also.

Do you never have a power interruption when you back up your data to those
frail and vulnerable USB drives?


Rarely.

But more important, I never run a computer without its being connected
to a UPS (and I recommend the same to everyone). If there's a power
interruption, I stop the backup and start it again later when the
power comes back.



I hear both what you and Ken said, but you provide false promises, since it
is a well-known fact that I'm too experienced to not know about, but which
you seem to be ignoring.


LOL!


It's /fine/ that you never had any problems, just like it's fine that you
leave your chainsaw running all day in the nursery and your kids never cut
their fingers off ... but there are some things that are known facts that
are real, and where you do a disservice to others by denying the obvious.


Double LOL!


If you have a power or data interruption when using a USB drive on Windows,
you /definitely/ risk corruption of the HDD contents. Period.


If you have a power interruption, you run the risk of corruption of
all drives, USB or otherwise. Use a UPS and that risk vanishes.


If you wish to ignore or downplay that bona fide fact, so be it, but I will
remind other that I'm too experienced


Triple LOL!

On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 20:54:18 -0600, Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

On 03/01/2018 8:26 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I might add, not only for backups but for important archive material Also.

Do you never have a power interruption when you back up your data to those
frail and vulnerable USB drives?


One seven minute downtime in 2 years.


I've had more than that, but as I just said in another message in this
thread, always while using a UPS, which negates the problem.


Would your internal Sata drive keep running during a power outage??
You must have discovered perpetual motion if they do.


Ditto, as I also just said (in slightly different words).



I hear both what you and Ken said, but you provide false promises, since it
is a well-known fact that I'm too experienced to not know about, but which
you seem to be ignoring.


I don't provide any promises, I'm just telling what works fine for me,
Other people can make their own choices.

Your Experienced!!! At What???


I think most of his experience is with chainsaws in nurseries, not
with computers.

Besides not knowing what he's talking about, he's a braggart, as
evidenced by "a well-known fact that I'm too experienced to not know
about...," and "I'm too experienced to believe that what you say..."

It's bad enough to brag when what you say is true, but it's even worse
in his case.

And--I don't say this to brag about it, but just to point out that his
highly-touted experience probably is shorter than mine--I've been
working with computers since 1962, and with PCs since 1987.

There are several regular participants in these newsgroups who I
greatly respect--and since I have no illusions at knowing everything
about Windows, often learn from--but he's far from being one of them.

And by the way, most of those participants who I greatly respect
probably have less experience than I do. That doesn't mean they know
less than I do


It's /fine/ that you never had any problems, just like it's fine that you
leave your chainsaw running all day in the nursery and your kids never cut
their fingers off ... but there are some things that are known facts that
are real, and where you do a disservice to others by denying the obvious.


That's a **** poor analogy if I ever heard one.


A strong ditto! It's a laughable analogy.

Shadow wrote:

Link does not exist, but I think you typoed

Office 2007 reached its end of support on October 10, 2017.

The link worked for me, but maybe we're talking about different links.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...tended-support

Summary
Office 2007 has reached the end of its support lifecycle, meaning there are
no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted
support options, or online technical content updates. Customers who are
using Office 2007 products and services should move to Office 365 or
upgrade to supported versions of Office products and services, such as
Office 2016.

Tribal knowledge note: They supported me, so while "official" support has
ended, they still supported me, and I'm nothing special...(and where I
agree with the sentiment that Office 2007 is good enough for me).