Critical updates for non-existent MS Office 2007!

This has to do with Windows XP critical update notifications, not Office.

I installed MS Office 2007 and because I did not like it, I uninstalled it
and went back to my older office version. After the uninstall I rebooted as
required.

Just now I booted up my PC and because I receive automatic update warnings I
noticed the yellow exclamation mark shield and when I opened it I saw it had
3 security updates - all of which were for "Microsoft Office System 2007" -
which is no longer installed on my PC!

I know I can tell MS update to hide these but my question what is left on my
PC that makes MS think I still have Office 2007 installed when I do not?
And - how do I get rid of it?

Thanks.

Jeff

And the updates are...?
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Jeff@unknown.com wrote:
> This has to do with Windows XP critical update notifications, not Office.
>
> I installed MS Office 2007 and because I did not like it, I uninstalled it
> and went back to my older office version. After the uninstall I rebooted
> as
> required.
>
> Just now I booted up my PC and because I receive automatic update warnings
> I
> noticed the yellow exclamation mark shield and when I opened it I saw it
> had
> 3 security updates - all of which were for "Microsoft Office System
> 2007" -
> which is no longer installed on my PC!
>
> I know I can tell MS update to hide these but my question what is left on
> my
> PC that makes MS think I still have Office 2007 installed when I do not?
> And - how do I get rid of it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeff

I should have kept a record of the 3 KB numbers but I did not.

I used regedit to delete all references to office 2007 and the update notice
disappeared. So I can not quote the KB numbers but they were all for
components of Office XP.

Anyway, now the problem is gone. The uninstall obviously did not remove
registry references to office 2007.

Jeff

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> And the updates are...?
>
> Jeff@unknown.com wrote:
>> This has to do with Windows XP critical update notifications, not
>> Office. I installed MS Office 2007 and because I did not like it, I
>> uninstalled it and went back to my older office version. After the
>> uninstall I rebooted as
>> required.
>>
>> Just now I booted up my PC and because I receive automatic update
>> warnings I
>> noticed the yellow exclamation mark shield and when I opened it I
>> saw it had
>> 3 security updates - all of which were for "Microsoft Office System
>> 2007" -
>> which is no longer installed on my PC!
>>
>> I know I can tell MS update to hide these but my question what is
>> left on my
>> PC that makes MS think I still have Office 2007 installed when I do
>> not? And - how do I get rid of it?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jeff

Any number of updates that say they're for Office 2007 may apply if an
earlier Office version (or component) is still installed, Jeff.

Jeff@unknown.com wrote:
> I should have kept a record of the 3 KB numbers but I did not.
>
> I used regedit to delete all references to office 2007 and the update
> notice
> disappeared. So I can not quote the KB numbers but they were all for
> components of Office XP.
>
> Anyway, now the problem is gone. The uninstall obviously did not remove
> registry references to office 2007.
>
> Jeff
>
> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>> And the updates are...?
>>
>> Jeff@unknown.com wrote:
>>> This has to do with Windows XP critical update notifications, not
>>> Office. I installed MS Office 2007 and because I did not like it, I
>>> uninstalled it and went back to my older office version. After the
>>> uninstall I rebooted as
>>> required.
>>>
>>> Just now I booted up my PC and because I receive automatic update
>>> warnings I
>>> noticed the yellow exclamation mark shield and when I opened it I
>>> saw it had
>>> 3 security updates - all of which were for "Microsoft Office System
>>> 2007" -
>>> which is no longer installed on my PC!
>>>
>>> I know I can tell MS update to hide these but my question what is
>>> left on my
>>> PC that makes MS think I still have Office 2007 installed when I do
>>> not? And - how do I get rid of it?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Jeff

The date and time was 6/22/2008 4:20 PM, and on a whim, Jeff@unknown.com
pounded out on the keyboard:

> I should have kept a record of the 3 KB numbers but I did not.
>
> I used regedit to delete all references to office 2007 and the update notice
> disappeared. So I can not quote the KB numbers but they were all for
> components of Office XP.
>
> Anyway, now the problem is gone. The uninstall obviously did not remove
> registry references to office 2007.
>
> Jeff
>

Hi Jeff,

I had the same thing happen when I uninstalled WMP11. It was gone but MS
Update wanted to install all the patches.


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