Upgradig to SP3 trouble (Office 2000)

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Loungers

OK I want to update my Office 2000 installation from SP1to SP3.

I go to the Office Update web site and I scan for what I need, and it does a good job on this one, then it tells me to insert the CDs and I do, and then this .

What should I do before I shoot my laptop and go to jail ?

Any will be great.

Wassim

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Did you have Works with Word installed on this machine?
If so, then you need to use the Word CD that came with Works.
When Office was installed Works and/or the original Word was left in place.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
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DaveA

No I don’t think I had Works on this laptop. I remember installing Office 2K twice, the second time was a clean install, after an FDiks, and a clean complete Windows 2K install, and then Office 2K.

No MS-Works, and MS-Word came with Office, not by itself.

Is the Data.MSI special per CD, or special per installation?

[Thanksyou]

Wassim

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The SP3 install is looking for the same CD that the program was installed with. Also make sure that you have the first CD of the set. People have been know to use the wrong CD. If you have more than one in your set, try them all.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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It is a known bug. The workaround is: to copy entire Office Installation CD to separate folder on your hard drive and when prompted, point Installer to this location. If you do not have enough room on your hard drive, consider to use network drive. You can delete this folder after upgrade – you will not need it (until next update).

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I have a similar problem (although without the error messages). Office Upgrade goes through the motions, reads stuff from the CD, then hangs and tells me the install was unsuccessful – without any other explanation. One thought I had was that the machine has Office 2000 installed from it’s CD, but the version of Outlook 2K was installed from a separate CD, installed before the Office 2K install. Is this the problem? I did a similar update on my other PC, which was also set up the same way, and recall that Update asked for the Outlook CD separately during the process. Should I try unloading Outlook and reloading from the Office 2K CD??

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I have a similar problem (although without the error messages). Office Upgrade goes through the motions, reads stuff from the CD, then hangs and tells me the install was unsuccessful – without any other explanation. One thought I had was that the machine has Office 2000 installed from it’s CD, but the version of Outlook 2K was installed from a separate CD, installed before the Office 2K install. Is this the problem? I did a similar update on my other PC, which was also set up the same way, and recall that Update asked for the Outlook CD separately during the process. Should I try unloading Outlook and reloading from the Office 2K CD??

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It is a known bug. The workaround is: to copy entire Office Installation CD to separate folder on your hard drive and when prompted, point Installer to this location. If you do not have enough room on your hard drive, consider to use network drive. You can delete this folder after upgrade – you will not need it (until next update).

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The SP3 install is looking for the same CD that the program was installed with. Also make sure that you have the first CD of the set. People have been know to use the wrong CD. If you have more than one in your set, try them all.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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Did you have Works with Word installed on this machine?
If so, then you need to use the Word CD that came with Works.
When Office was installed Works and/or the original Word was left in place.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living

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