kevs
Sat Jun 12 23:16:18 CDT 2004
Ok Paul, here's what it was: someone at Microsoft told me once, I asked
them, what are all those things in my startup item I don't recognize, and
she said, well if you don't recognize it don't delete it, and definitely
don't deletes daemons. Still don't know really what daemons are.
Now as we speak I have 2 entourage daemons in startup folder, but only
entourage 2004 there. I would uninstall entourage 2004 but I can't because
(and tell me if I'm wrong) You can't just uninstall one app from office--
this is what Microsoft told me -- you have to uninstall all off of office
(which I think is crazy -- no?)
And I can't uninstall Office yet because I'm having problems still with
Excel 2004.
So should I wait till I finally uninstall 2001, before dealing with having 2
daemons in the startup folder?
(side note : wonder if 2 daemons have is causing the entourage in dock to
bob up and down on restarts)
On 6/12/04 8:48 AM, in article BCF073D4.68506%berkowit@spoof_silcom.com,
"Paul Berkowitz" <berkowit@spoof_silcom.com> wrote:
> On 6/11/04 8:46 PM, in article BCEFCA8D.921%studiok4485@hotmail.com, "kevs"
> <studiok4485@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Yes, to get rid of it permanently. I _think_ Dave meant just as a temporary
>>> measure, since program files in the Trash won't launch. It's much better
>>> having done what you did - track down the real problem (which could have
>>> have been any number of things).
>>>
>>> Since you've had both versions open, you ought to also remove any and all
>>> copies of "Microsoft Database Daemon" which you see in Startup Items to
>>> avoid confusing duplications of Reminders popping up. Log Out (Apple menu)
>>> and Log In. Then launch Entourage 2004, which will also launch the correct
>>> Daemon if/when you have any pending reminders.
>>
>> Paul:
>> But once I finally do the uninstall of 2001, then I wont need to go into
>> startup items and delete anything, correct? I'm bit hesitant to go in there
>> and start deleting things.
>>
> You're hesitant about deleting things form _Startup Items_? That's
> specifically there for you, the user, to configure. It's quite possible that
> after removing office 2001 you will see a sort of blank generic icon still for
> the "dead" Microsoft Database Daemon". You should absolutely, most definitely,
> remove that. And it does absolutely no harm, to remove "live" ones as well -
> in fact it's the right thing to do. The next time you launch your current
> Entourage it will simply put its own Daemon into Startup items, and now you'll
> know you have only the correct one there.
>
> I suppose you could pay an "expert" $100 to do this for you, but since it
> takes all of 5 seconds and is completely harmless and risk-free I can't think
> that anyone would want to.
>
> --
> Paul Berkowitz
> MVP Entourage
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