Windows 10: Windows 10 Update 1803 Crashes Excel 2002

Hello,

So frustrated here after Windows 10 Update to version 1803. I have two computers running first thing I noticed was I could not modify or change excel files. I'm using Office XP 2002. The other computer crashed completely will get to that later. So I turned on "update other Microsoft products" it wants to load SP3, it downloads 100% but gives me error "OX80096004" when it tries to install. I tried using the windows update trouble shooter it fixed something but not this. I have tried to install it at least six times, re-booted several times and it will not update - any ideas?

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Excel 2002 and latest windows 10 update

Excel 2002 is not even officially supported on Windows 10. I suggest if Excel is important to you, you should rollback to your previous release and stick with that. Windows 10 is heading in a path where Office 365 is the primary supported office suite
.

Open Start > Settings > Update & security > Recovery > under Go back to my previous version of Windows 10, click Get started.

or

Press Control + Alt + Delete

Click Sign out

At the Sign In screen, hold down the shift key on your keyboard while clicking the Power button on the screen

Continue to hold down the shift key while clicking Restart

Continue to hold down the shift key until the Advanced Recovery Options menu appears

Click Troubleshoot

Click Advanced options

Click Go back to the previous version of Windows

Windows Update might attempt to upgrade to Windows 10 1803 again. See instructions how to block it:

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/block-windows-...

 

Excel 2002 and latest windows 10 update

If Excel 2002 is important to you, you don't need to upgrade to the latest version of Windows 10.

Just as not upgrading to latest version of Office or Excel is not important to you, the same rules can apply to the operating system in your case.

Excel 2002 originally targeted Windows XP and Windows 2000. In fact, it came out seven months before XP's release in 2001.