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To: maceng2 who wrote (34890)	6/22/2003 8:58:34 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 110652

Just trying to locate "annoyance" with Office 2000 wizard opening repeatedly when I uninstalled the trial disc defragmenter. I'll find it in a minute.. In the mean time I think this list of "simple annoyances" will solve many of the problems reported on the thread, and I am finding the site very useful. The book is a tad expensive though. It strikes me that many of these caveats on running a computer are collectively quite some gravy train. One wonders about the self sustaining aspects of it. annoyances.org annoyances.org /EDIT Ha Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!! here it is, plus solutions if you cannot re install your whole system if it pops up.. annoyances.org wrt my earlier complaint in this post just read this once or twice... Unfortunately, it's fraught with bugs, one of which is its tendency to appear every time you start Office (or some other programs) and begin a reinstallation or reconfiguration process. All you'll see is the "Please Wait" screen, followed by a progress bar. The problem is related to the This feature will be installed when required option (sometimes called "Install on Demand"), used when installing some applications. In essense, Windows Installer starts to install a "feature" when it is needed, even though it may be already installed. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, Microsoft will not acknowledge that there is a serious flaw in thier installer software. Here are the solutions we've come up with so far: