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From: BillW50 on 14 Jun 2010 06:52 In news:4c16008e$0$2538$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk, John Whitworth typed on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:12:28 +0100: > "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:87ma56Fp11U1(a)mid.individual.net... >> I have an XP Virtual Machine running under Windows 7 Professional >> "Windows Virtual PC" so that I can run some 'legacy' applications >> which won't work in Win 7. >> >> In the virtual machine, Windows Explorer shows a local disk (C:) and >> also all the disks on the host machine - and allows me to copy files >> back and forth. >> >> Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite >> happy to read and write data files on the host machine. >> >> However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a >> file from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage >> goes to 100% On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host >> machine to the local disk, it then opens quite happily in Word. > > I assume that Office 2000 is patched to the hilt? All Service Packs > applied? > JW Microsoft Office 2000 Update didn't work for me running under Windows 7. Although it does under Windows XP. So here is the manual update list for Office 2000 I have created. Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.2720) Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.3821 SP-1) Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SP-3) Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.8968 SP-3) after 13 more updates REQUIRED UPDATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2000 (KB969683) 3683 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Microsoft Word 2000 (KB969600) 4002 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves the vulnerability so that Microsoft Word 2000 documents are handled appropriately. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Office 2000 (KB944425) 1383 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Microsoft Office 2000 (KB947361) 2810 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Microsoft Outlook 2000 (KB946986) 2601 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when you click on a maliciously modified hyperlink. This update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Office 2000 (KB921606) (English version) 489 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could enable arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This security update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Microsoft Office 2000 (KB921595) (English version) 524 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Access Snapshot Viewer 2000 (KB955441) (English version) 87 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in the Snapshot Viewer that could allow arbitrary code to run when you open a maliciously modified web page or document. This update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Microsoft Office 2000 Web Components (KB931660) 1294 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Office Web Components 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Microsoft Office 2000 (KB957838) (English version) 144 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified document is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 (KB957790) 1797 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for Outlook 2000 (KB905646) (English version) 3333 KB / Download Time = 1 min at your connection speed A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook 2000 that could allow arbitrary code to run when opening a malicious document. This update addresses that vulnerability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Update for PowerPoint 2000 (KB905555) (English version) 26 KB / Download Time = < 1 min at your connection speed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: BillW50 on 14 Jun 2010 07:01 In news:87mfmsF676U7(a)mid.individual.net, Huge typed on 14 Jun 2010 10:47:57 GMT: > On 2010-06-14, John Whitworth > wrote: >> >> "Huge" <Huge(a)nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message >> news:87mcckF676U4(a)mid.individual.net... >>> On 2010-06-14, Roger Mills <watt.tyler(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file >>>> privileges etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 >>>> applications) behave differently from (say) Quicken in this >>>> respect? Any ideas? >>> >>> Because Microsoft are incompetent scum? >> >> Useful... > > Really? It wasn't intended to be. In the same way that what is likely > happening is that MS don't want you to be able to do what the OP > wants - they want you to buy another copy of Office for the host > machine. Although this is only a guess, based on years of experience > of watching people empty > their wallets into Bill Gates bank account. > >> give yourself a pat on the back. > > Thanks, but there's no need. Really? I bought MS Office 97 and MS Office 2000 and I stopped there. I had to upgrade from MSO 97 because it had too many bugs that MSO 2000 fixed. I felt no reason to get the later versions as MS Office 2000 works just fine for me. I do regret buying two copies of Windows 7 that still sit up on the shelf unopened. As I was running two copies of Windows 7 Ultimate RC for about a year and I was unimpressed with it. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: John Whitworth on 14 Jun 2010 07:34 "Huge" <Huge(a)nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message news:87mfmsF676U7(a)mid.individual.net... > On 2010-06-14, John Whitworth <sexyjw(a)g_EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE_mail.com> wrote: >> >> >> "Huge" <Huge(a)nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message >> news:87mcckF676U4(a)mid.individual.net... >>> On 2010-06-14, Roger Mills <watt.tyler(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges >>>> etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave >>>> differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas? >>> >>> Because Microsoft are incompetent scum? >> >> Useful... > > Really? It wasn't intended to be. In the same way that what is likely > happening is that MS don't want you to be able to do what the OP wants - > they > want you to buy another copy of Office for the host machine. Although this > is only a guess, based on years of experience of watching people empty > their wallets into Bill Gates bank account. What business *wouldn't* want you to buy new products? But I'm afraid your argument really is flawed. In the vast majority of situations, Office 2000 is still a very good product, and there is no need to upgrade unless you want either the eye candy or extra functionality of the later versions. Extended support for Office 2000 was only discontinued last year. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeoffice I really do not think that is short-changing the customer, or incompetent, do you? >> give yourself a pat on the back. > > Thanks, but there's no need. OK - smack your head into a concrete pillar a few times then. That might make you feel better.
From: John Whitworth on 14 Jun 2010 07:44 "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote in message news:hv526m$vkv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > I do regret buying two copies of Windows 7 that still sit up on the shelf > unopened. As I was running two copies of Windows 7 Ultimate RC for about a > year and I was unimpressed with it. > Must admit, Windows 7 RC seemed to work flawlessly. It was only after release that I started to get a bit squiffy.
From: Adrian C on 14 Jun 2010 08:23
On 14/06/2010 10:13, Roger Mills wrote: > > Most of the applications running in the virtual machine are quite happy > to read and write data files on the host machine. > > However Word 2000[1] (and Excel 2000) are not. If I try to open a file > from the host machine in Word, it just hangs - and CPU usage goes to > 100% On the other hand, if I copy a file from the host machine to the > local disk, it then opens quite happily in Word. > > It's presumably got something to do with sharing and file privileges > etc., but why should Word (and other Office 2000 applications) behave > differently from (say) Quicken in this respect? Any ideas? They are probably trying to create and write a temp file in the same folder as the opened file, and not succeeding. Normally the opening application should then state "read only mode" and open the file, but there might be subtle things afloat stopping it. Try setting an audit policy in Windows 7 and then check out 7's event log. Maybe host folders are accessed in WinXP as Win7's adminstrative file shares. http://microsoftblog.globalknowledge.com/2010/05/04/detailed-file-share-auditing-allows-you-to-monitor-access-to-windows-7-file-shares/ -- Adrian C |