Wierd - some of my 'other' preferences have 'Microsoft Office' icons.

Has anyone else noticed this ....?
My last G5 iMac running X.4 had the same issue running Tiger - and my new Intel iMac is doing the same thing ... I suspect it's an MS Office 2004 issue ... but it's bewildering me - and would love to find out if there is a fix or an explantion available ...
Several (actually, quite a few) of my user>library>preferences have defaulted to Microsoft Office icons (some are Entourage and some Powerpoint etc) ... including Adobe, Roxio Toast 7, DivX Decoder 6, CDDB etc ...
You can see here: --> http://tinyurl.com/zune9
... and here: --> http://tinyurl.com/e7n4e

sherry wrote: "excuse me, but i can't help but wondering why you marked the next respondent as being helpful, when the link he posted said to do exactly what i suggested, and you said that you had already tried what i said? i find it to be kind of strange.:'"I think a more relevant reason why your post would not be considered "Helpful" is that the link you posted to this AppleCare KB item does not apply to Tiger, despite the fact that it states "For Mac OS X 10.2 or later..." in one section.
KB articles are frequently out-of-date or contain statements that imply the advice works for later versions, when in fact it does not. You'll note that article was last updated in December 2003, roughly 1.5 years before Tiger was released.
Only a thorough understanding of each version of Mac OS X can help you from making such mistakes and ascertaining when an old KB article applies to the current version of Mac OS X.
sherry wrote: "my apologies. it's just that it has happened exactly like that various times. i have felt it may be because i'm a woman. there is also the problem of people associating points with someone's experience or ability to solve a problem. i'm just short of being a 2 bar rating. but i just joined the forum in the last week."Your gender has nothing to do with it. Your knowledge of Mac OS X is all that counts here. As this thread and others have shown, you've got some work to do to grow your knowledge of Mac OS X.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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