[brlug-general] Getting blood from a stone (a sad tale)

[mat branyon]

Why not download a copy of it.  I am sure that there is a version on
piratebay.org.  Its not illegal if you own the software you are downloading
:)

--mat


On 6/19/07, Edmund Cramp <eac at motion-labs.com> wrote:
>
> I realize that this is really not the place to post this - and I'll
> readily admit that it's my fault for running a MS product in the first place
> but I've been drawing a blank on this for several days now.  Does anyone
> have any useful comments on this problem?
>
> I have a copy of Office Small Business Edition 2003 installed on my PC and
> Excel doesn't work - it tells me that it needs SKU1CA.CAB to install ...
> and it used to work - I'm guessing that some recent "security update" has
> screwed it.  This would be a simple fix IF I still had the original
> installation CD ... but I don't.
>
> I've been calling IBM (it's a ThinkPad) who tell me that Lenovo handle
> this, and Lenovo tell me that they don't issue replacement CDs - I have to
> talk to Microsoft - and Microsoft say that since it's an OEM CD it's not
> their responsibility and that I should call the computer manufacturer who
> say ... well, you get the picture.
>
> Is anyone out there unfortunate enough to own a copy of Office SBE 2003
> that I can borrow to get Excel running again?  Yes, I know the Office SBE is
> an even bigger heap of crappola than Office 2003 but it looked like a good
> idea at the time (it's never even heard of IMAP) ... I'm damned if I'm going
> to buy another copy of Orifice 2003 just to get this going.
>
> And before anyone double dunks me for running Orifice in the first place -
> we need Word for one damn help documentation option and we use Outlook
> throughout the company ... and Outlook is (in my experience) most horribly
> unstable if the rest of Orifice is not installed - bits of it gets lonely or
> something.
>
> I suppose I could always uninstall Excel and run the Open Office
> spreadsheet... it's looking like a better option all the time ... now if
> only there was an Open Office equivalent of Outlook.
>
> OK, fire at will...
>
> Edmund Cramp
> --
> Fairy Tales start "Once upon a time."  Army/Sea stories start "This is no
> shit."  Software proposals start "1.0."
>
>
>
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