Can't reinstall Office 2003 pro

My o/s is Win XP Home edition.

I have had MS Office 2003 Professional Version installed for 2 - 3 years.

I recently wanted to use the Office tools (to add a digital signature) but
they appeared not to be installed.

In Add/Remove Programmes, I tried to use the "Change" feature, but got the
following error message:-

"This Patch Package could not be opened. Verify that the Patch Package
exists and that you can access it or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installation Patch Package."

It seems that he problem might be related to the Windows Installer and a
version update of it, since MS Office was first installed.

If I try to uninstall MS Office, I get the same message as above. If I try
to reinstall over what's there again the same message.

How can I fix the Installer problem if indeed that is at the root of the
problem?

donwb

Did you try Help\Detect and Repair yet

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"donwb" wrote in message
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My o/s is Win XP Home edition.

I have had MS Office 2003 Professional Version installed for 2 - 3 years.

I recently wanted to use the Office tools (to add a digital signature) but they
appeared not to be installed.

In Add/Remove Programmes, I tried to use the "Change" feature, but got the
following error message:-

"This Patch Package could not be opened. Verify that the Patch Package exists
and that you can access it or contact the application vendor to verify that this
is a valid Windows Installation Patch Package."

It seems that he problem might be related to the Windows Installer and a version
update of it, since MS Office was first installed.

If I try to uninstall MS Office, I get the same message as above. If I try to
reinstall over what's there again the same message.

How can I fix the Installer problem if indeed that is at the root of the problem?

donwb

Hi Peter
Thanks for the response.
Yes I tried to do Help\Detect and Repair,
but got the same message as before re
"This Patch Package could not be opened........"
and so could proceed no further.
donwb



"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
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Did you try Help\Detect and Repair yet

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"donwb" wrote in message
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My o/s is Win XP Home edition.

I have had MS Office 2003 Professional Version installed for 2 - 3 years.

I recently wanted to use the Office tools (to add a digital signature)
but they appeared not to be installed.

In Add/Remove Programmes, I tried to use the "Change" feature, but got
the following error message:-

"This Patch Package could not be opened. Verify that the Patch Package
exists and that you can access it or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installation Patch Package."

It seems that he problem might be related to the Windows Installer and a
version update of it, since MS Office was first installed.

If I try to uninstall MS Office, I get the same message as above. If I
try to reinstall over what's there again the same message.

How can I fix the Installer problem if indeed that is at the root of the
problem?

donwb

Maybe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295823

"donwb" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter
Thanks for the response.
Yes I tried to do Help\Detect and Repair,
but got the same message as before re
"This Patch Package could not be opened........"
and so could proceed no further.
donwb



"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Did you try Help\Detect and Repair yet

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"donwb" wrote in message
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My o/s is Win XP Home edition.

I have had MS Office 2003 Professional Version installed for 2 - 3
years.

I recently wanted to use the Office tools (to add a digital signature)
but they appeared not to be installed.

In Add/Remove Programmes, I tried to use the "Change" feature, but got
the following error message:-

"This Patch Package could not be opened. Verify that the Patch
Package exists and that you can access it or contact the application
vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installation Patch
Package."

It seems that he problem might be related to the Windows Installer and a
version update of it, since MS Office was first installed.

If I try to uninstall MS Office, I get the same message as above. If I
try to reinstall over what's there again the same message.

How can I fix the Installer problem if indeed that is at the root of the
problem?

donwb

Hi Peter
Sorry for delay in responding.
The MS site you suggested was exactly the right one to solve the problem.
Many thanks
donwb


"DL" wrote in message
...
Maybe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295823

"donwb" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter
Thanks for the response.
Yes I tried to do Help\Detect and Repair,
but got the same message as before re
"This Patch Package could not be opened........"
and so could proceed no further.
donwb



"Peter Foldes" wrote in message
...
Did you try Help\Detect and Repair yet

--
Peter

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"donwb" wrote in message
...
My o/s is Win XP Home edition.

I have had MS Office 2003 Professional Version installed for 2 - 3
years.

I recently wanted to use the Office tools (to add a digital signature)
but they appeared not to be installed.

In Add/Remove Programmes, I tried to use the "Change" feature, but got
the following error message:-

"This Patch Package could not be opened. Verify that the Patch
Package exists and that you can access it or contact the application
vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installation Patch
Package."

It seems that he problem might be related to the Windows Installer and
a version update of it, since MS Office was first installed.

If I try to uninstall MS Office, I get the same message as above. If I
try to reinstall over what's there again the same message.

How can I fix the Installer problem if indeed that is at the root of
the problem?

donwb