Question on Installing SP1

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aRKay - 27 May 2008 22:01 GMT

A friend called and she has a new iMac and has Office 2008 installed.
She was concerned about upgrading and I advised he to download

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (12.1.0)

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=395D1487-A3A6-4
106-A0F8-4D6E1D6D89D2&displaylang=en>

Now I am concerned that she has not installed the 12.0.1 update. My
question is ....

Does the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (12.1.0) contain
the 12.0.1 updates or do they need to be installed before SP1?

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Diane Ross - 27 May 2008 23:26 GMT

> Now I am concerned that she has not installed the 12.0.1 update. My
> question is ....
>
> Does the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (12.1.0) contain
> the 12.0.1 updates or do they need to be installed before SP1?

SP1 is a combo updater. Make sure she restarts and hold down shift key to
disable any startup items from loading. Install from the CD, Restart, apply
SP1 update, Restart. Details here:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/install_office2008.html>

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aRKay - 28 May 2008 00:46 GMT

> > Now I am concerned that she has not installed the 12.0.1 update. My
> > question is ....
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> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/install_office2008.html>

Thanks..... I thought it was a combo but wanted to be sure before having
her run the updater. I suggested she download the combo rather than
messing with the MS auto updater. I don't trust the MAU for major
updates. She already has Office 2008 installed and working so we will
skip the reinstall from the CD

I had no problems with SP1 combo updater.

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Question on Installing SP1