emailing a cab file to a Windows Mobile

Not hard at all - but it took me a while to figure out when IE was not working on a Windows Mobile phone that needed the DST update.  The phone did have activesync set up and configured, so I sent I downloaded the cab file on my laptop - sent the cab file to the phone.  Then on the phone, I had to save the file (by pressing and holding on the attachment itself) and then save it to device somewhere.  You can't run a cab file directly from email.

Then I could navigate to the file using file explorer or whatever and run it.

uninstalling Office 2003

Long ago, I stopped installing Office from CDs. There were too many instances where I was doing something with Office (uninstalling, running it for the first time on a new profile, or accessing some feature) where it wanted the original install CDs. So I started either installing it from the network (for desktops) or installing it from a folder on the HD where I had copied all install files.

I thought that this problem went away with Office 2003 - so it did not ask for CDs after the original install. But twice in two weeks I was proven wrong. These were both on installs I did not do since I still to this day follow my Office install methods even though I had thought they were no longer necessary.

Anyway - in each ocassion, I was doing an uninstall, and it wanted the original install CDs. And of course, the god damn install files are different for an OEM CD and a retail CD. I'm just bitter because today I was doing an uninstall remotely and I had to retrieve about 30 CAB files remotely (I found this site - which was immensely helpful, even though it didn't have quite all the CAB files I needed, the rest I FTP'd to myself) - http://turbidvisions.com/misc/msoffice2003/

So the lesson for today is - keep installing from sources you will always have access to. You won't regret it.