Hi, since my son downloaded Windows Messenger Plus and and another add-on for emoticons e.t.c, my laptop has been inundated with spyware and other malware, I have free AVG which i normally find excellent but to no avail….. Also I am unable to download any of the recommended Windows Updates, I keep getting error codes like this:-

Microsoft Office Word OneNote Support Team Blog : “Get Started with Office Live” (add-in) window keeps popping up after first startup of Word/Excel/PowerPoint (2007): http://blogs.technet.com/wordonenotesupport/archive/2009/02/07/get-started-with-office-live-add-in-window-keeps-popping-up-after-first-startup-of-word-excel-powerpoint-2007.aspx I saw this the other day get offered.  If you are seeing it keep popping up, there’s the registry key to get it to shut up.

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V2.0 (January 28, 2009): Added a footnote to the Affected Software table and two entries to the section, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to this Security Update, pertaining to security updates KB958437 and KB958439 for supported versions of Microsoft Office Excel 2007.

Our very own Steve Rachui has a cool post over on his blog that talks about how to install patches manually on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 machines.

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How to troubleshoot failures updating your Office installation from the Office Update Web site [link] If nothing helps there, perhaps post back with additional information, for …

NOrmally I would agree with Malke about the multi-posting but I think I
can see your point in coming here as you did. So IMO it’s excusable but
once you become familiar with cross-positng, it would …

The following just failed to install despite many reboot and retry: Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB951535) Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (KB958436) Update for Microsoft …

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V3.0 (December 9, 2008): Added Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 1, Microsoft Expression Web and Microsoft Expression Web 2, and Microsoft Office Groove 2007 and Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Service Pack 1 as Affected Software. Also detailed a detection change for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 in the “Why was this bulletin revised on December 9, 2008?” entry in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to this Security Update section.Summary: This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows GDI+. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted image file using affected software or browsed a Web site that contains specially crafted content.

Since the last week I’ve noted the following: - MS Outlook 2007 is not saving passwords - MSN Live 8 is crashing (and recovering) intermittently. Settings, such as logon …

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