Monday, January 27, 2014

Re-enable Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013 Updates when Update option was declined after Installation

We recently had a customer who wanted to install some updates for her Office 2010 installation, but we found that Windows Update did not have the option for Microsoft Updates.

This would occur if after installation of Office, the customer chose Don't Make Changes instead of Use Recommended Settings or Install Updates Only, which would add the Microsoft Updates for Office feature to Windows Update:


A lot of instructions out there tell you to go to the File menu in Word or Excel, click Help, then Check for Updates:


But when you click on that, you get a dead-end message in your browser telling you to use Windows Update:


But, as you already know, Windows Update doesn't give you any Microsoft Update options.  So what do you do??

Its actually incredibly easy - I finally found this website: http://www.msoutlook.info/question/363 that tells you to click the "Find out more" link next to "Get updates for other Microsoft products" on the main windows of the Windows Update page:


Clicking the link downloads and installs the Microsoft Update feature for Windows Update.  Re-check for updates and now you will see Office updates among your Windows Updates!

The website above gives you specific instructions for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.



17 comments:

  1. Hello there, the "Find out more" link currently points to the "Use WU" page. Any ideas on how to get updates working?

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  2. Yes, once you go to the Windows Update page you will download the Microsoft Update module which will get Office Updates working.

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  3. I needed to add microsoft.com as a compatibility view site to make this work...

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  5. MO DOUCET you are GOD... Thank you!

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