Lion & Office 2011

I have both Office 2011 and Lion, they work fine together. However, there is one minor issue and that is Microsoft AutoUpdate. Getting the latest update "Office 2011 14.1.2 Update" seems impossible.
The installer says "Office 2011 14.1.2 Update cannot be installed on this disk. On this volume, no version of the software is found that is needed to install this update."
Does anyone know how I can fix this?
And could it be that is has to do with the fact that Lion hides the "Library" map? My maps "Microsoft User Date" and "RCD Connections" have also been manually hidden.

Do you have the 14.1.0 service pack installed?  I don't know about autoupdate, but the manually downloaded updates are NOT cumulative and the 14.1.0 update needs to be installed before installing the 14.1.2 update.  (BTW, I have my Library folder still hidden so I do not believe the hidden attribute is the issue.  The folder is still accessable without modification if you type from a terminal screen or make an alias to the Library folder, for example.)
And since this is not a Mac or Apple software related problem, in the future, it would be best to ask in the Microsoft Office for Mac forums.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac

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