Windows 10: Windows Update / Word 2003

Discus and support Windows Update / Word 2003 in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Hi, I own Word/Office 2003. Despite Microsoft's attempts to force us into a subscription service for Word 365, Word 2003 works perfectly! with the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by orealius, May 4, 2021.

  1. orealius Win User

    Windows Update / Word 2003


    Hi, I own Word/Office 2003. Despite Microsoft's attempts to force us into a subscription service for Word 365, Word 2003 works perfectly! with the latest Windows Version...20H2 (I believe). But Windows Update keeps trying unsuccessfully to download this KB 4601554 for Word 2003. The update seems superfluous and I would like to know how to stop Win Update from attempting to install this. I have included a snapshot of what I see. Thanks

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    orealius, May 4, 2021
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  2. MisterEd Win User

    Windows Update / Word 2003

    I actually installed Office 2003 Professional to test this.
    After I installed it I ran Windows update.
    This took a while because there must been 20 Office 2003 updates to download and install.
    I got the same error...

    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]


    I manually searched for and downloaded KB907417 update and installed it.
    This time the update was successful *Party

    Here are the steps I took to find and install the KB907417 update

    Search for KB907417 update
    Select Microsoft Update Catalog

    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]


    Select Download

    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]


    Double-click on cab file otkloadr_c87e2fe94dd873224afa65e2af2473ca3e307a37.cab

    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]


    Drag OTKLOADR.msp out of cab file

    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]


    Double-click on OTKLOADR.msp to install update

    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]
     
    MisterEd, May 5, 2021
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  3. orealius Win User
    Windows Update / Word 2003

    Hi,

    I own Word/Office 2003. Despite Microsoft's attempts to force us into a subscription service for Word 365, Word 2003 works perfectly! with the latest Windows Version...20H2 (I believe).

    But Windows Update keeps trying unsuccessfully to download this KB 4601554 for Word 2003. The update seems superfluous and I would like to know how to stop Win Update from attempting to install this. I have included a snapshot of what I see.

    Thanks
    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]
     
    orealius, May 5, 2021
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  4. MisterEd Win User

    Windows Update / Word 2003

    Windows Update / Word 2003

    Did you install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats ?
    This allows Office 2003 programs to open and save Office 2007 & above files. For example Word 2003 can open Word 2010 ".docx" documents. I liked this because ".docx" are smaller than ".doc" files.

    Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats
    Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download

    The difference is shown below where I used Word 2003 to save the same document in ".doc" and ".docx" formats.

    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]


    Here is the Word 2003 SaveAs before:

    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]


    Here is the Word 2003 SaveAs after. Note the new Word 2007 file types.

    Windows Update / Word 2003 [​IMG]
     
    MisterEd, May 5, 2021
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