Thanks Patrick, this is just the kind of simple instructions which I have
been searching for all over the Vista and Office websites incl. the "Office
Discussion Groups" and "Windows Vista Newsgroups". MS ought to make this
information available directly on the download pages.

I was just about to do an update from Vista B2 to Vista RC1 and then do the
update from Office B2 to Office B2TR; maybe that would work too, but now I'm
definitely going to do the Office update before the Vista update.

Thanks again

"Patrick Schmid" wrote:

For a clean Vista RC1 install:
Install Vista RC1, install Beta 2, Install B2TR.

For a Vista B2 install that you want to update to RC1:
Install B2TR, Update to Vista RC1.

Patrick Schmid
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http://pschmid.net

"Joacim" wrote in message
:

Is anyone running RC1 Vista and this update yet?

I was going to do Refresh and then RC1 (as it suggets)?


"Patrick Schmid" wrote in message
...
The B2TR patch has some nasty surprises for users in store. The most
important one being that Word 2007 Beta 2 files saved in the new file
formats (extensions docx, docm, etc) might not open at all once B2TR has
been installed.
Excel files in the file formats (extensions xlsx, xlsm, etc) saved in B2
should open in B2TR. PowerPoint files saved in B2 in the new file formats
(extensions pptx, pptm, etc) seem to at least open, but seem to have
issues with font size, text placement, and other minor issues.
Before installing B2TR therefore, you should save all your files in the
97-2003 file formats. That means, save all your docx files as doc (Word),
all your xslx files as xls (Excel) and all your pptx files as ppt
(PowerPoint).
There are a host of other issues you might encounter. I am keeping a
running list that I will update constantly over the next few days at
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/14/43. I highly suggest to read it before
installing B2TR.

Patrick Schmid
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http://pschmid.net