#Microsoft office 2008 mac update problem full

If you see the Microsoft AutoUpdate program throwing up the alert about closing applications again, click its icon in the MacвЂ™s desktop Dock until the pop-up menu appears and choose Keep in Dock look under the Options menu if you do not see it immediately. Full fixes to various Monterey update errors, including an error Part 1: How to.

However, even if you quit a process with the Activity Monitor, it may start up again very quickly and interfere with the updater program.

If that does not work, the company also suggests, as you have done, using the Activity Monitor program in the Utilities folder (which is inside the MacвЂ™s main Applications folder) to select and quit all the Microsoft Office-related processes before trying again to update Office. MicrosoftвЂ™s support site suggests turning off the Sync Services function in the Outlook program preferences before quitting Outlook - and then trying to run the Office updater. The Microsoft Database Daemon is a small utility program used with the suiteвЂ™s reminders and notifications. keep holding and wait until the grey Apple logo appears. after the sound, press and hold down the shift key. start the Mac and wait for the startup chime to sound. If Word works in Safe Boot, then we can look at repairing your fonts. Although it has been largely sidelined in recent versions of OS X, the Sync Services tool was intended to help synchronize contacts and calendar data from Microsoft Entourage and Outlook with mobile devices connected to the Mac. This process disables the Microsoft fonts.

#Microsoft office 2008 mac update problem install

In some versions of the Microsoft Office for Mac suite (including Office for Mac 2011), Sync Services and the Microsoft Database Daemon are two components that work in the background, but still need to be closed to install a program update. Clicking the Close Applications button never works, and even when I go into Activity Monitor and try to close the apps, I have to try several times before I can install the update. When there is an update to my Office for Mac, the installer is never able to close Sync Services and Microsoft Office Daemon. Unfortunately I have to send these courses to the university for more processing so that's not an option this time.Q. The first time this occurred I was able to open the presentations using Keynote. I'm developing several courses and need access to those materials. I cannot open presentations that I created just a few days ago in Powerpoint. Very frustrating!'MacFixIt reader 'Frank P.' echoes Sasha's issues with PowerPoint: 'When MS Office 2008 first came out, Powerpoint was unable to open files created by Powerpoint 2004. PowerPoint files simply won't open any longer. Dou you want to visitthe Microsoft Web site for more information?' You may need todownload the latest updates for Office for Mac. 'Microsoft PowerPoint cannot open the file. pptx files created by the previous version (12.1.9) won't open anymore.

pptx files created in previous versions of Office no longer open: 'After updating to office 2008 12.2.0. Well it did work up to 12.1.9.'MacFixIt reader 'Sasha' reports that. Error tells me that my product key isn't correct. Tried it on 3 Macs at work now and all exhibited the same problems/fix.'MacFixIt reader 'Ton Z.' reports a product key issue: 'After installing the 12.2 (SP2) update for office 2008, the applications won't start. It leaves the updated items intact and resets the install. Even less helpful is Microsoft's Help page on the subject (there's a link to follow in the error message) as it has patently incorrect information.'Matt has a solution though: 'Anyway the fix is fairly simple, albeit a real pain if you have a lot of Macs to update, and it's to run the original installer again, without deleting anything first. if you have bought a VLA for Office 2007/8) then it seems that the updater screws around with the install, so that you get the 'Invalid Product Key' message. MacFixIt reader 'Matt W.' reports on issues surrounding Microsoft Office 2008 volume licenses: 'For those users who have used a Volume licence installer (i.e. Keep reading to see what they have been dealing with and fixes they have found. Yesterday's release of Microsoft's Office 2008 Service Pack 2 has already yielded issues for our readers.