Win 7 Updates vs. Office 2003

[michaelas]

Hi,

I'm running Windows 7 on an Acer 5517. I replaced Office 2007 with Office 2003 (because I like 2003 better). This was about a year ago.

The problem is: when I download Windows Updates it doesn't read my Office 2003. So when I try to get into Word or Excel it can't find the files. i did a system Restore and got it back, but is there a way around this? If I need some important updates I should probably have them, but I don't want to keep running into this. (And I still don't want Office 7)

(It did this during last summer too, so I stopped installing the updates. I haven't updated since, except for today)

Anyone know which Windows update files I should avoid in the future, and which will not affect the Office '03 programs? Or is this asking too much?

Or do I need to find Office 2003 updates to sync with Win 7? Or maybe it's time to switch to Linux??

FYI:

ACER

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual-core Processor TK-42 1.60 GHz

RAM: 3 G (350 G HD)

System type: 64 bit OS

Hope this is clear. B)

Thanks,

m

[ricktendo]

I think you need Microsoft Agent (KB969168) for it to work (I dont think its related to your error)

Edited April 6, 2011 by ricktendo64