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I have recently installed MS Office 2007 and I switched from "Windows update" to "Microsoft update" so both Office and Windows will be updated. When I installed Office I ONLY installed Word, Powerpoint and Excel because that's all I use. For some reason the Microsoft update thought it was necessary to install ALL Office updates. So now my system is flooded with updates for access, infopath, onenote, communicator, publisher and outlook and I don't even have these programs installed. Does anyone know why the updater install updates for programs that are not even on my computer?
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Yes, because all the office programs are affected.

Don't just look at the title of the update. Follow the link and look at all affected software. It's very likely that Word was affected by some update to Outlook as well.

I just went through this yesterday. I have Office 2007 installed and I got an update for Office 2003. The update affects all Office 2003 programs including the web components that I actually do have installed. So while I don't have Office 2003 proper installed, I do have part of it installed.
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Oh, I knew about the link for extra information but I didn't know there is a link that shows what software is affected by a certain update. I'll keep it in mind when the next update pops up. Thanks.
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If you'd like to have some more control on M$ updates, it may be worthwhile to visit this page and read their forum:

http://www.autopatcher.com
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
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