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Re: [LUG] ms office, openoffice and vista

 

On Tuesday 04 March 2008 17:35:34 Anton Channing wrote:
> David Bell wrote:
> > On Sunday 02 March 2008 11:38:06 Rob Beard wrote:
> >> Easy, install Linux and wipe Windows :-)
> >
> > Er, wipe Windows, then install Linux - always my first frivolous
> > suggestion in cases like this :)  Usually falls on stony ground however
> > :(
> >
> >> Seriously though, surely it should be under Add/Remove programs,
> >> although IIRC Vista doesn't call it that, I think it's something like
> >> Program Management or something stupid.
> >
> > It was an XP installation and it didn't appear in the Add/Remove menu. 
> > Still there, creating annoying reminders, as far as I know :(
>
> I'd back up anything important and then re-install xp
> if it came to it.  Could always leave some space on the
> drive then for dual boot... ;)

The thought of all the M$ updates trickling down a dialup connection put me 
off making this suggestion.  


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