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On 11/13/2013 1:28 PM, Gordon wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:01:54 -0600, wrote: On 11/13/2013 12:39 PM, Gordon wrote: Another question I have regarding MS Windows 8.1 is, how do I do a synchronize between two folders...one on my computer and one on an external hard drive. I know I can do a fresh copy of the computer's folder to the external drive but I would like to just do a simple synchronize that would bring both folders up to the exact same file contents. There are many ways to do this, but I love SyncBack for these kinds of tasks. SyncBack Free - freeware version http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/ Thanks, Bill. I may get this and try it out. I was thinking there was a "built-in" function in MS Windows 8.1 that would do this with no need to install any new software. Gordon I think there is one built-in. But I tried just about everything out there and this one is the best. I don't think you would be sorry. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center |
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:45:57 -0500, "...winston"
wrote: Gordon wrote: I still can't make a decision on this. I just went to the local computer store and read the information on the little envelope that contains some kind of business card with a code on it. It seems to me that buying one of these will let me set my one computer up to do my regular MS Office work on cloud nine or some such. That is, I won't have a copy of the MS Office client software installed on my computer. Did I misinterpret the information on the MS Office 2013 envelopes at the store? Here are the Office versions available. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/...oryID.62684700 Which box did you read ? 365 is subscription based, Office 2013 is not. - Some 365 plans come with locally installed Office applications. - All Office 2013 version install Office locally on your machine. - W I guess I must have been reading the wrong box. I'll go back tomorrow and have another look. I would really like to find a box copy that would let me choose which components it contains. I don't need anything other than Word, Excel and Outlook, but all the available boxes include One Note, Access and Publisher. I wish I could do a pick and choose, but I see no way to do this. Gordon |
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On 11/13/2013 4:22 PM, BillW50 wrote:
I tried just about everything out there and this one is the best. I don't think you would be sorry. I use Syncback Free and I too recomend it. I use it to sync the data on my laptop and desktop |
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Gordon wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:45:57 -0500, "...winston" wrote: Gordon wrote: I still can't make a decision on this. I just went to the local computer store and read the information on the little envelope that contains some kind of business card with a code on it. It seems to me that buying one of these will let me set my one computer up to do my regular MS Office work on cloud nine or some such. That is, I won't have a copy of the MS Office client software installed on my computer. Did I misinterpret the information on the MS Office 2013 envelopes at the store? Here are the Office versions available. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/...oryID.62684700 Which box did you read ? 365 is subscription based, Office 2013 is not. - Some 365 plans come with locally installed Office applications. - All Office 2013 version install Office locally on your machine. - W I guess I must have been reading the wrong box. I'll go back tomorrow and have another look. I would really like to find a box copy that would let me choose which components it contains. I don't need anything other than Word, Excel and Outlook, but all the available boxes include One Note, Access and Publisher. I wish I could do a pick and choose, but I see no way to do this. Gordon Wysiwyg. All of the following sold-at-retail versions install software locally Office Home and Student 2013 ($140) - Excel, Word, Powerpoint, & One Note Office Home and Business 2013 ($220) - Excel, Word, Powerpoint, One Note, & Outlook Office Professional (400) - Excel, Word, Powerpoint, One Note, Outlook, Publisher, & Access Office 365 Home Premium ($100, Annual Subscription) - Excel, Word, Powerpoint, One Note, Outlook, Publisher, & Access, SkyDrive Office 365 Small Business Premium ($150, Annual Subcription) - Excel, Word, Powerpoint, One Note, Outlook, Publisher, & Access, SkyDrive If you wanted to purchase Word, Excel and Outlook as individual items (locally installed) two options are available - Word ($110), Excel ($110), Outlook ($110) - Word ($80 non-commerical), Excel ($80, non-commerical), Outlook ($110) If you wanted to purchase a suite and Outlook stand-alone then the cheapest route would be: - Office Home and Student ($140)+ Outlook ($110) The subcription based versions as long as the subscription is maintained and paid entitle the user to version upgrades free of charge in addition to the ability to install on up to 5 pcs (including select mobile devices) for the same single user. If you plan on upgrading each and every time new versions are available that included Outlook then the Office 365 Home Premium subscription plan might be the cheapest since it's pretty certain MSFT will release the next version before the cost surpasses the cheapest stand-alone suite with Outlook (Office Home and Busines 2013). What I'm struggling with is the need to go to a local store to look at boxes - everything purchased requires a download and afaics the pricing at the MSFT Store is the same (credit card required)....plus one has the ability to Live Chat directly with MSFT and see all review all available products. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/...oryID.62684700 -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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....winston wrote:
What I'm struggling with is the need to go to a local store to look at boxes - everything purchased requires a download and afaics the pricing at the MSFT Store is the same (credit card required)....plus one has the ability to Live Chat directly with MSFT and see all review all available products. People seem physical media, because it implies: 1) Ownership of the product. A proof of purchase in physical form. Many other kinds of proof, such as email with key in it, cash register receipt, can get list. A boxed copy with DVD, tends to get stored in the bookshelf with the other software. 2) The implication of the ability to move the installation to another computer box when the time comes. Which the EULA might not actually permit, or the EULA may have been changed after the product was released. With the stored selling "key card" copies, this is yet another Microsoft way of introducing people to the "Store" concept of getting their "Apps" only through code downloads. Rather than from a disc. But with a little effort, in this case at least, you can still acquire a disc if you want it. You don't have to download it over and over again. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links I take it this delivery method, is also intended to put a nail in the coffin of dialup users (big download). Or perhaps, anyone on a metered Internet connection. Some farmer on a satellite link with 2GB/month download limit, isn't going to like this style of product delivery. Paul |
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On 11/14/2013 2:13 AM, Paul wrote:
...winston wrote: What I'm struggling with is the need to go to a local store to look at boxes - everything purchased requires a download and afaics the pricing at the MSFT Store is the same (credit card required)....plus one has the ability to Live Chat directly with MSFT and see all review all available products. People seem physical media, because it implies: 1) Ownership of the product. A proof of purchase in physical form. Many other kinds of proof, such as email with key in it, cash register receipt, can get list. A boxed copy with DVD, tends to get stored in the bookshelf with the other software. 2) The implication of the ability to move the installation to another computer box when the time comes. Which the EULA might not actually permit, or the EULA may have been changed after the product was released. With the stored selling "key card" copies, this is yet another Microsoft way of introducing people to the "Store" concept of getting their "Apps" only through code downloads. Rather than from a disc. But with a little effort, in this case at least, you can still acquire a disc if you want it. You don't have to download it over and over again. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links I take it this delivery method, is also intended to put a nail in the coffin of dialup users (big download). Or perhaps, anyone on a metered Internet connection. Some farmer on a satellite link with 2GB/month download limit, isn't going to like this style of product delivery. Call me old school...but if I'm buying something is a disc(s) and a case to much to ask for? Even though I know how to burn a disc not everyone does (more money spent on blank media too) and like you said the downloads are big. Look how many people complained about the download size of 8.1, and how many people wanted a disc so they wouldn't have to download it again. Micro$soft is using the bull**** excuse that "most laptops don't come with a disc drive anyway". Ah, no. That would be *their* "2 an 1" (or whatever they are calling them). With things like Netflix and iTunes it won't be long before you can't buy/rent a DVD or CD or maybe even a Blu-ray. I've noticed that new movie releases and now saying "available Tuesday on Blu-ray and Digital HD". What happened to "available Tuesday on DVD and Blu-ray"? I'm blaming the younger generation. A lot of them don't give a crap about sound/music quality. All they care about is how much music they can cram on to their iPod and/or smart phone. And on top of that why buy a CD when you have torrents and places like MP3 Skull where you can download those crappy sounding MP3s for free? Why buy or even rent a movie when it can be had for free also via torrent/binaries? Who cares if the picture and sound quality are lacking...it's FREE. Yeah, it's early and I'm cranky...lol |
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On 11/14/13 12:13 AM, Paul wrote:
...winston wrote: What I'm struggling with is the need to go to a local store to look at boxes - everything purchased requires a download and afaics the pricing at the MSFT Store is the same (credit card required)....plus one has the ability to Live Chat directly with MSFT and see all review all available products. People seem physical media, because it implies: 1) Ownership of the product. A proof of purchase in physical form. Many other kinds of proof, such as email with key in it, cash register receipt, can get list. A boxed copy with DVD, tends to get stored in the bookshelf with the other software. 2) The implication of the ability to move the installation to another computer box when the time comes. Which the EULA might not actually permit, or the EULA may have been changed after the product was released. With the stored selling "key card" copies, this is yet another Microsoft way of introducing people to the "Store" concept of getting their "Apps" only through code downloads. Rather than from a disc. But with a little effort, in this case at least, you can still acquire a disc if you want it. You don't have to download it over and over again. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links I take it this delivery method, is also intended to put a nail in the coffin of dialup users (big download). As I read this, you would screw the user that has no choice other than dialup? Or perhaps, anyone on a metered Internet connection. Some farmer on a satellite link with 2GB/month download limit, isn't going to like this style of product delivery. Paul -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 24.0 Thunderbird 17.0.8 LibreOffice 4.1.2.3 |
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Paul wrote:
...winston wrote: What I'm struggling with is the need to go to a local store to look at boxes - everything purchased requires a download and afaics the pricing at the MSFT Store is the same (credit card required)....plus one has the ability to Live Chat directly with MSFT and see all review all available products. People seem physical media, because it implies: 1) Ownership of the product. A proof of purchase in physical form. Many other kinds of proof, such as email with key in it, cash register receipt, can get list. A boxed copy with DVD, tends to get stored in the bookshelf with the other software. 2) The implication of the ability to move the installation to another computer box when the time comes. Which the EULA might not actually permit, or the EULA may have been changed after the product was released. With the stored selling "key card" copies, this is yet another Microsoft way of introducing people to the "Store" concept of getting their "Apps" only through code downloads. Rather than from a disc. But with a little effort, in this case at least, you can still acquire a disc if you want it. You don't have to download it over and over again. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links I take it this delivery method, is also intended to put a nail in the coffin of dialup users (big download). Or perhaps, anyone on a metered Internet connection. Some farmer on a satellite link with 2GB/month download limit, isn't going to like this style of product delivery. Paul Replies to: 1. Yes, folks are conditioned (as most of us are) to have media for whatever software we purchase. - Though incumbent upon the purchaser the ability to obtain installable media exists. Technically no one owns the product, just the the right to install and use it per the licensing requirements. 2. OEM versions of Office 2013(provided by equipment manufacturers as pre-installed applications) limit (by EULA) reuse on another computer 'when the time comes'. Not a single one of the Office 2013 retail versions are constrainted by that same limitation. Downloading is the current business model - it's not going to change Fyi...the download links (provided on heidoc.net)for Office 2013 files (with the exception of the not available to the public Office 2013 Professional Plus)are for the same file one obtains as a download option (or purchasing optional media -extra cost) from the MSFT store...thus your 'with little effort' reference would appear to be 'more effort' since the same download is available per the included key card instructions (once purchased). Same file, no need to download it over and over again. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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Ken Springer wrote:
I take it this delivery method, is also intended to put a nail in the coffin of dialup users (big download). As I read this, you would screw the user that has no choice other than dialup? The dialup/metered connection user is certainly impacted (and it does not matter for them if the download is obtained from MSFT or a heidoc.net link to the same file on the MSFT server). -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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On 14/11/2013 21:07, ...winston wrote:
snipped hey winston, how many young boys do you need for this weekend? -- Al Sparber - PVII http://www.projectseven.com The Finest Dreamweaver Menus | Galleries | Widgets Since 1998 |
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:42:33 -0600, Gordon
wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:45:57 -0500, "...winston" wrote: Gordon wrote: I still can't make a decision on this. I just went to the local computer store and read the information on the little envelope that contains some kind of business card with a code on it. It seems to me that buying one of these will let me set my one computer up to do my regular MS Office work on cloud nine or some such. That is, I won't have a copy of the MS Office client software installed on my computer. Did I misinterpret the information on the MS Office 2013 envelopes at the store? Here are the Office versions available. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/...oryID.62684700 Which box did you read ? 365 is subscription based, Office 2013 is not. - Some 365 plans come with locally installed Office applications. - All Office 2013 version install Office locally on your machine. - W I guess I must have been reading the wrong box. I'll go back tomorrow and have another look. I would really like to find a box copy that would let me choose which components it contains. I don't need anything other than Word, Excel and Outlook, but all the available boxes include One Note, Access and Publisher. I wish I could do a pick and choose, but I see no way to do this. Gordon I really messed things up, yesterday. I went to Staples and bought one of the envelope things with MS Office Home & Business 3013 printed on the face of it. Inside there was a small card with a Product Key on it. I followed the directions inside this little envelope and tried to do a download & install of MS. Office Home and Business 2013. When I finished, no changes had been made on my computer other than some of my existing programs had been modified a bit, yet were still the same 2010 version. For example, my Microsoft Outlook is now a (Trial) version. Then I noticed that all the download and install had been done on the Microsoft Sky Drive. I can access all the programs in this Home Business setup and use them on Sky Drive, but I cannot get them installed onto my own computer. What can I try, next? Gordon |
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Gordon wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:42:33 -0600, Gordon wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:45:57 -0500, "...winston" wrote: Gordon wrote: I still can't make a decision on this. I just went to the local computer store and read the information on the little envelope that contains some kind of business card with a code on it. It seems to me that buying one of these will let me set my one computer up to do my regular MS Office work on cloud nine or some such. That is, I won't have a copy of the MS Office client software installed on my computer. Did I misinterpret the information on the MS Office 2013 envelopes at the store? Here are the Office versions available. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/...oryID.62684700 Which box did you read ? 365 is subscription based, Office 2013 is not. - Some 365 plans come with locally installed Office applications. - All Office 2013 version install Office locally on your machine. - W I guess I must have been reading the wrong box. I'll go back tomorrow and have another look. I would really like to find a box copy that would let me choose which components it contains. I don't need anything other than Word, Excel and Outlook, but all the available boxes include One Note, Access and Publisher. I wish I could do a pick and choose, but I see no way to do this. Gordon I really messed things up, yesterday. I went to Staples and bought one of the envelope things with MS Office Home & Business 3013 printed on the face of it. Inside there was a small card with a Product Key on it. I followed the directions inside this little envelope and tried to do a download & install of MS. Office Home and Business 2013. When I finished, no changes had been made on my computer other than some of my existing programs had been modified a bit, yet were still the same 2010 version. For example, my Microsoft Outlook is now a (Trial) version. Then I noticed that all the download and install had been done on the Microsoft Sky Drive. I can access all the programs in this Home Business setup and use them on Sky Drive, but I cannot get them installed onto my own computer. What can I try, next? Gordon Did it ask for the key ? Does the key have a tech support phone number ? Any company stupid enough to do this style of sales, had better have top-notch technical support for it. I don't care what Winston says, I'd be looking for a stand alone installer. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links --- http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/39...nessRetail.img That download disc is listed as 2.1GB. The reason I recommend looking for installer discs, is there can be differences between electronic (online) installations, versus the ones done by installer discs. For example, my $39.95 Win8 electronic download contains only a single image folder (install.esd), whereas an MSDN subscription DVD image contains all the OS variants as separate image folders in the install.wim . That's only important if you want to remove ei.cfg and make a universal installer DVD (the key string being the gating item). But the thing is, these downloads don't have to be identical. And I'd take a standalone download .iso file for a DVD any day, over a pared-down direct install. It's the same philosophy I use with Adobe Flash installations. An ActiveX installed Flash probably works, but I'm not interested in taking a chance. So I download the .exe version instead. Because it has *always* worked for me. ******* Hmmmm. This doesn't look good. There are two installer technologies. The old one is MSI file. The new one is called "Click-To-Run". Apparently 2010, you could do something to use the MSI based one. 2013 is only Click-To-Run. Apparently that prevents custom installations, where you select what you want to install. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...d38823e?page=1 With regard to what is installed on the computer, I'd check the two Program Files directories, to see if anything is in there. The cloud integration, might be for the file storage on a save. http://superuser.com/questions/51737...of-on-skydrive -- http://www.pressbyte.com/12300/8-ste...e-office-2013/ HTH, Paul |
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:00:35 -0500, Paul wrote:
Gordon wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:42:33 -0600, Gordon wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:45:57 -0500, "...winston" wrote: Gordon wrote: I still can't make a decision on this. I just went to the local computer store and read the information on the little envelope that contains some kind of business card with a code on it. It seems to me that buying one of these will let me set my one computer up to do my regular MS Office work on cloud nine or some such. That is, I won't have a copy of the MS Office client software installed on my computer. Did I misinterpret the information on the MS Office 2013 envelopes at the store? Here are the Office versions available. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/...oryID.62684700 Which box did you read ? 365 is subscription based, Office 2013 is not. - Some 365 plans come with locally installed Office applications. - All Office 2013 version install Office locally on your machine. - W I guess I must have been reading the wrong box. I'll go back tomorrow and have another look. I would really like to find a box copy that would let me choose which components it contains. I don't need anything other than Word, Excel and Outlook, but all the available boxes include One Note, Access and Publisher. I wish I could do a pick and choose, but I see no way to do this. Gordon I really messed things up, yesterday. I went to Staples and bought one of the envelope things with MS Office Home & Business 3013 printed on the face of it. Inside there was a small card with a Product Key on it. I followed the directions inside this little envelope and tried to do a download & install of MS. Office Home and Business 2013. When I finished, no changes had been made on my computer other than some of my existing programs had been modified a bit, yet were still the same 2010 version. For example, my Microsoft Outlook is now a (Trial) version. Then I noticed that all the download and install had been done on the Microsoft Sky Drive. I can access all the programs in this Home Business setup and use them on Sky Drive, but I cannot get them installed onto my own computer. What can I try, next? Gordon Did it ask for the key ? Does the key have a tech support phone number ? Any company stupid enough to do this style of sales, had better have top-notch technical support for it. I don't care what Winston says, I'd be looking for a stand alone installer. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links --- http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/39...nessRetail.img That download disc is listed as 2.1GB. The reason I recommend looking for installer discs, is there can be differences between electronic (online) installations, versus the ones done by installer discs. For example, my $39.95 Win8 electronic download contains only a single image folder (install.esd), whereas an MSDN subscription DVD image contains all the OS variants as separate image folders in the install.wim . That's only important if you want to remove ei.cfg and make a universal installer DVD (the key string being the gating item). But the thing is, these downloads don't have to be identical. And I'd take a standalone download .iso file for a DVD any day, over a pared-down direct install. It's the same philosophy I use with Adobe Flash installations. An ActiveX installed Flash probably works, but I'm not interested in taking a chance. So I download the .exe version instead. Because it has *always* worked for me. ******* Hmmmm. This doesn't look good. There are two installer technologies. The old one is MSI file. The new one is called "Click-To-Run". Apparently 2010, you could do something to use the MSI based one. 2013 is only Click-To-Run. Apparently that prevents custom installations, where you select what you want to install. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...d38823e?page=1 With regard to what is installed on the computer, I'd check the two Program Files directories, to see if anything is in there. The cloud integration, might be for the file storage on a save. http://superuser.com/questions/51737...of-on-skydrive -- http://www.pressbyte.com/12300/8-ste...e-office-2013/ HTH, Paul Maybe my problems with MS Office 2013 hiding in the shadows on my new HP Pavilion with Windows 8.1 is that I have this computer set up to run in 64 bit mode while MS Office 2013 prefers the (MUCH ADVANCED) 32 bit mode??? When I try to go back through the download/install process it seems to get started with the job then I get a pop-up screen that says, "Something went wrong. Office can't do that right now because your product is busy with another task. Please wait for this task to complete and try again. Go online for more help." So, I shut all my other client software down and left the computer overnight, hoping it would finish this other task, but this morning I got the same popup and nothing could be found that would clear the "other task" out of the way. Gordon |
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Paul wrote:
Gordon wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:42:33 -0600, Gordon wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:45:57 -0500, "...winston" wrote: Gordon wrote: I still can't make a decision on this. I just went to the local computer store and read the information on the little envelope that contains some kind of business card with a code on it. It seems to me that buying one of these will let me set my one computer up to do my regular MS Office work on cloud nine or some such. That is, I won't have a copy of the MS Office client software installed on my computer. Did I misinterpret the information on the MS Office 2013 envelopes at the store? Here are the Office versions available. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/...oryID.62684700 Which box did you read ? 365 is subscription based, Office 2013 is not. - Some 365 plans come with locally installed Office applications. - All Office 2013 version install Office locally on your machine. - W I guess I must have been reading the wrong box. I'll go back tomorrow and have another look. I would really like to find a box copy that would let me choose which components it contains. I don't need anything other than Word, Excel and Outlook, but all the available boxes include One Note, Access and Publisher. I wish I could do a pick and choose, but I see no way to do this. Gordon I really messed things up, yesterday. I went to Staples and bought one of the envelope things with MS Office Home & Business 3013 printed on the face of it. Inside there was a small card with a Product Key on it. I followed the directions inside this little envelope and tried to do a download & install of MS. Office Home and Business 2013. When I finished, no changes had been made on my computer other than some of my existing programs had been modified a bit, yet were still the same 2010 version. For example, my Microsoft Outlook is now a (Trial) version. Then I noticed that all the download and install had been done on the Microsoft Sky Drive. I can access all the programs in this Home Business setup and use them on Sky Drive, but I cannot get them installed onto my own computer. What can I try, next? Gordon Did it ask for the key ? Does the key have a tech support phone number ? Any company stupid enough to do this style of sales, had better have top-notch technical support for it. I don't care what Winston says, I'd be looking for a stand alone installer. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links --- http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/39...nessRetail.img That download disc is listed as 2.1GB. The reason I recommend looking for installer discs, is there can be differences between electronic (online) installations, versus the ones done by installer discs. For example, my $39.95 Win8 electronic download contains only a single image folder (install.esd), whereas an MSDN subscription DVD image contains all the OS variants as separate image folders in the install.wim . That's only important if you want to remove ei.cfg and make a universal installer DVD (the key string being the gating item). But the thing is, these downloads don't have to be identical. And I'd take a standalone download .iso file for a DVD any day, over a pared-down direct install. It's the same philosophy I use with Adobe Flash installations. An ActiveX installed Flash probably works, but I'm not interested in taking a chance. So I download the .exe version instead. Because it has *always* worked for me. ******* Hmmmm. This doesn't look good. There are two installer technologies. The old one is MSI file. The new one is called "Click-To-Run". Apparently 2010, you could do something to use the MSI based one. 2013 is only Click-To-Run. Apparently that prevents custom installations, where you select what you want to install. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...d38823e?page=1 With regard to what is installed on the computer, I'd check the two Program Files directories, to see if anything is in there. The cloud integration, might be for the file storage on a save. http://superuser.com/questions/51737...of-on-skydrive -- http://www.pressbyte.com/12300/8-ste...e-office-2013/ HTH, Paul The download link on heidoc.net is to the exact same file that is available via the link in the product key card. - www.officedn.microsoft Doesn't matter what site...the source is the same. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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MS Office box copy?
Gordon wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:42:33 -0600, Gordon wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:45:57 -0500, "...winston" wrote: Gordon wrote: I still can't make a decision on this. I just went to the local computer store and read the information on the little envelope that contains some kind of business card with a code on it. It seems to me that buying one of these will let me set my one computer up to do my regular MS Office work on cloud nine or some such. That is, I won't have a copy of the MS Office client software installed on my computer. Did I misinterpret the information on the MS Office 2013 envelopes at the store? Here are the Office versions available. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/...oryID.62684700 Which box did you read ? 365 is subscription based, Office 2013 is not. - Some 365 plans come with locally installed Office applications. - All Office 2013 version install Office locally on your machine. - W I guess I must have been reading the wrong box. I'll go back tomorrow and have another look. I would really like to find a box copy that would let me choose which components it contains. I don't need anything other than Word, Excel and Outlook, but all the available boxes include One Note, Access and Publisher. I wish I could do a pick and choose, but I see no way to do this. Gordon I really messed things up, yesterday. I went to Staples and bought one of the envelope things with MS Office Home & Business 3013 printed on the face of it. Inside there was a small card with a Product Key on it. I followed the directions inside this little envelope and tried to do a download & install of MS. Office Home and Business 2013. When I finished, no changes had been made on my computer other than some of my existing programs had been modified a bit, yet were still the same 2010 version. For example, my Microsoft Outlook is now a (Trial) version. Then I noticed that all the download and install had been done on the Microsoft Sky Drive. I can access all the programs in this Home Business setup and use them on Sky Drive, but I cannot get them installed onto my own computer. What can I try, next? Gordon Office 2013 doesn't install Office applications to SkyDrive. qp When you install Office 2013 suites or programs, the Setup program uses the Program Files\Microsoft Office folder as the default folder on a 32-bit version of Windows, or the Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office folder as the default folder on a 64-bit version of Windows.The Office Bin default folder in these versions of windows are Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15 and Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15 respectively. The Office Bin folder is the folder in which the Office executable files are installed. Outlook 2013 cannot coexist with any earlier version of Outlook. When you install Outlook 2013, the Setup program removes any earlier versions of Outlook that are installed. /qp Also see http://support.microsoft.com/find-so...e/office-2013/ Links for each of the following are available - Activating - Downloading - Finding the product key - Installing the Software - Obtaining physical media If you saw the error ' Something went wrong'...then it usually indicates a second installation of Office was started before the first install. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2827031/en-us -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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