Others have answered the main point of your question. Just thought I'd throw in a quick "beware" with moving up the SP tree in Office 2k ... you'll introduce the Outlook protection that stops other applications from accessing the address book/mail functionality without prompt. Non-issue in a simple environment, but if you have (badly written) apps that depend on nicking Outlook's functionality to send mail or synchronise with it, then the users will get a rather annoying prompt everytime it happens unless you do a reg hack. Hopefully if it's running unpatched Office 2k, it's not able to get to the Internet at all!
That aside, this is why I don't use small businesses unless I pay in cash and leave no contact details. Too bloody tight to pay for a new app in 11 years!? Give me a break. I'm hoping from your description that it's just one or two machines kept on for some legacy reason (surely that's a problem that can be solved?!), but if not, the very least they could do is go Open Source. For those that keep their heads in the sand on issues like this (I know of a few), it is a huge disservice to their staff and customers to provide such a simple compromise vehicle into their business and I very much doubt any other controls they have in place mitigate this risk adequately (if they did, I'm sure they could afford the upgrade in the first place!). Rant over! ;o) a -----Original Message----- From: Laurence [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 26 November 2010 16:40 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Office 2000 SR1(a) Hi All a long shot i know just been out to see a client and set him up a new laptop etc. his desktop, which he wants to keep, is running Office 2000 with no updates applied i need to get it to SP3 so that i can use the Compatibility Pack for Office 2007/2010 so that he can swap files between his 2 machines however it's not readily available on the MS site and all other sites point to a 166kb installer file which does not run correctly anybody have a copy of the the full administrator's version of SR1 that they would like to publish somewhere? thanks Laurence ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ************************************************************************************ WARNING: The information in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the named addressee, you must not use, copy or disclose this email (including any attachments) or the information in it save to the named addressee nor take any action in reliance on it. If you receive this email or any attachments in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete the same and any copies. "CLS Services Ltd × Registered in England No 4132704 × Registered Office: Exchange Tower × One Harbour Exchange Square × London E14 9GE" ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
