Unable to install Office 2003; FP 2003 or any 2003 viewer other than PowerPoint 2003 Viewer

Maybe not irrelevant as now I can no longer access
windowsupdate.microsoft.com as it requires the latest version of the Windows
Update software and refuses then to install that..

Great.

Back to the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility at
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301 perhaps?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
...
Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my
own testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..." messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as
the Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.

--
Peter

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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi Mike,

In this case it's not so much the order, but to be sure
that you have the Installer v3.1 critical update in
place after installing Windows 2003 Server SP1.
My understanding is that the installer may not work
correctly with Office and other MSI apps without the
update to MSIexec.exe

============
"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
...
What is the recommended order ?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/a...andtricks.mspx

It didn't work the first time after running the Clean Up Utility but it did
one the second time (after).

and also microsoftupdate now works fine.

Let's call it a glitch (and a testament to try, try, again)

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
...
Maybe not irrelevant as now I can no longer access
windowsupdate.microsoft.com as it requires the latest version of the
Windows Update software and refuses then to install that..

Great.

Back to the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility at
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301 perhaps?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
...
Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my
own testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..."
messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as
the Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com
wrote in message ...
Hi Mike,

In this case it's not so much the order, but to be sure
that you have the Installer v3.1 critical update in
place after installing Windows 2003 Server SP1.
My understanding is that the installer may not work
correctly with Office and other MSI apps without the
update to MSIexec.exe

============
"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
...
What is the recommended order ?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/a...andtricks.mspx

I have several computers that won't install Windows Update, and I have no
clue why. I don't have the time to reinstall Windows yet again, so I just
leave them at their current patch level for now. I think I can download
patches individually, but I don't really have time for that, either.


"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
...
Maybe not irrelevant as now I can no longer access
windowsupdate.microsoft.com as it requires the latest version of the
Windows Update software and refuses then to install that..

Great.

Back to the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility at
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301 perhaps?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
...
Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my
own testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..."
messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as
the Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com
wrote in message ...
Hi Mike,

In this case it's not so much the order, but to be sure
that you have the Installer v3.1 critical update in
place after installing Windows 2003 Server SP1.
My understanding is that the installer may not work
correctly with Office and other MSI apps without the
update to MSIexec.exe

============
"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
...
What is the recommended order ?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/a...andtricks.mspx