2007 setup/ Remove '03 first?

Hi,
When Office 2007 becomes available; to most; is it advisable to remove
Office 2003 first?
Or will '07 take care of it?

sorry bout the noob question.

Jeff

2007 should do an upgrade.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
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***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
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"Jeff" wrote in message
:

Hi,
When Office 2007 becomes available; to most; is it advisable to remove
Office 2003 first?
Or will '07 take care of it?

sorry bout the noob question.

Jeff

Patrick,
Thanks,
But,as always I let my fingers type without thinking!!!
I OWN 2003; but, have been using 2007 Beta 2/tr; d'oh
So if I fall back to 2003; that questions solved; so herre comes the real
one;
Will RTM upgrade B2tr?

Jeff

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
2007 should do an upgrade.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

"Jeff" wrote in message
:

Hi,
When Office 2007 becomes available; to most; is it advisable to
remove
Office 2003 first?
Or will '07 take care of it?

sorry bout the noob question.

Jeff

No. You need to remove all Office 2007 beta versions before installing
2007 RTM.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

"Jeff" wrote in message
:

Patrick,
Thanks,
But,as always I let my fingers type without thinking!!!
I OWN 2003; but, have been using 2007 Beta 2/tr; d'oh
So if I fall back to 2003; that questions solved; so herre comes the real
one;
Will RTM upgrade B2tr?

Jeff

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
2007 should do an upgrade.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

"Jeff" wrote in message
:

Hi,
When Office 2007 becomes available; to most; is it advisable to
remove
Office 2003 first?
Or will '07 take care of it?

sorry bout the noob question.

Jeff

Any advice on what to do if Office 2007 B2TR uninstall fails? About a
minute after starting, it just quits and says that the uninstall was not
completed.

I have quite a tidy XP SP2 system, my Temp directory is clear, and I've just
rebooted as well.

What's the next step?

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
No. You need to remove all Office 2007 beta versions before installing
2007 RTM.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

"Jeff" wrote in message
:

Patrick,
Thanks,
But,as always I let my fingers type without thinking!!!
I OWN 2003; but, have been using 2007 Beta 2/tr; d'oh
So if I fall back to 2003; that questions solved; so herre comes the real
one;
Will RTM upgrade B2tr?

Jeff

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
2007 should do an upgrade.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

"Jeff" wrote in message
:

Hi,
When Office 2007 becomes available; to most; is it advisable to
remove
Office 2003 first?
Or will '07 take care of it?

sorry bout the noob question.

Jeff

Did you try uninstalling the B2TR patch or did you try uninstalling
B2? Make sure you are uninstalling B2 rather than the patch.

If that's not it then check your error log and see if you can
determine the cause of the failure.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
Any advice on what to do if Office 2007 B2TR uninstall fails? About
a minute after starting, it just quits and says that the uninstall
was not completed.

I have quite a tidy XP SP2 system, my Temp directory is clear, and
I've just rebooted as well.

What's the next step?

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
No. You need to remove all Office 2007 beta versions before
installing 2007 RTM.

I chose "Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta)" from Add/Remove --
I don't think there's a way to uninstall just the patch, since it replaces
the B2 files wholesale.

Forgot about the log, but now that I look at it, the key part seems to be
this section. It's apparently looking for the Beta 2 files in a
"D:\WINDOWS\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\3012000 0-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE"
directory, which isn't there for me. I do still have the B2 CD, so it's too
bad that it can't draw from that. I'm not sure what should go in the
directory, however, to get the uninstall to work.

Catalyst Package Uninstall...
Package: ProWW
Package Code: {30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
Command Line: REBOOT=ReallySuppress LAUNCHEDBYSETUPEXE=1
SETUPEXEINSTALLUILANGUAGE=1033
SETUPINTLDLLDIRECTORY="D:\DOCUME~1\Home\LOCALS~1\T emp\Setup0000044c\"
Cannot locate any local install source for package
{30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}. Original source will be required for
roll back on uninstall
MSI(INITIALIZE): '(null)'
MSI(COMMONDATA): '1: 0 2: 0 3: 1252 '
MSI(INFO): '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 Installer patch package.
D:\WINDOWS\Installer\193596.msi'
MSI(TERMINATE): '(null)'
Log level changed from: Standard to: Verbose
Error: Failed to configu ErrorCode: 1635(0x663).

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
Did you try uninstalling the B2TR patch or did you try uninstalling B2?
Make sure you are uninstalling B2 rather than the patch.

If that's not it then check your error log and see if you can determine
the cause of the failure.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
Any advice on what to do if Office 2007 B2TR uninstall fails? About a
minute after starting, it just quits and says that the uninstall was not
completed.

I have quite a tidy XP SP2 system, my Temp directory is clear, and I've
just rebooted as well.

What's the next step?

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
No. You need to remove all Office 2007 beta versions before installing
2007 RTM.

Actually, it may just be '\WINDOWS\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed' we're
talking about here. It's that, I guess, I need to reconstruct. Anyone with
an idea of how its contents is structured?

"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
I chose "Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta)" from Add/Remove --
I don't think there's a way to uninstall just the patch, since it replaces
the B2 files wholesale.

Forgot about the log, but now that I look at it, the key part seems to be
this section. It's apparently looking for the Beta 2 files in a
"D:\WINDOWS\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\3012000 0-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE"
directory, which isn't there for me. I do still have the B2 CD, so it's
too bad that it can't draw from that. I'm not sure what should go in the
directory, however, to get the uninstall to work.

Catalyst Package Uninstall...
Package: ProWW
Package Code: {30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
Command Line: REBOOT=ReallySuppress LAUNCHEDBYSETUPEXE=1
SETUPEXEINSTALLUILANGUAGE=1033
SETUPINTLDLLDIRECTORY="D:\DOCUME~1\Home\LOCALS~1\T emp\Setup0000044c\"
Cannot locate any local install source for package
{30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}. Original source will be required
for roll back on uninstall
MSI(INITIALIZE): '(null)'
MSI(COMMONDATA): '1: 0 2: 0 3: 1252 '
MSI(INFO): '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 Installer patch package.
D:\WINDOWS\Installer\193596.msi'
MSI(TERMINATE): '(null)'
Log level changed from: Standard to: Verbose
Error: Failed to configu ErrorCode: 1635(0x663).

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
Did you try uninstalling the B2TR patch or did you try uninstalling B2?
Make sure you are uninstalling B2 rather than the patch.

If that's not it then check your error log and see if you can determine
the cause of the failure.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
Any advice on what to do if Office 2007 B2TR uninstall fails? About a
minute after starting, it just quits and says that the uninstall was not
completed.

I have quite a tidy XP SP2 system, my Temp directory is clear, and I've
just rebooted as well.

What's the next step?

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
No. You need to remove all Office 2007 beta versions before installing
2007 RTM.

If I'm not mistaken, if you turn on "Show Updates" then B2TR is listed
separately.

If the installer files are missing then see if Windows Installer
Cleanup utility works for you. Use it to remove only the references to
the Office 2007 beta version. Once that is complete then you'll need
to reinstall the beta to point the Windows Installer to your
installation CD so you can then uninstall Office:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
I chose "Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta)" from
Add/Remove -- I don't think there's a way to uninstall just the
patch, since it replaces the B2 files wholesale.

Forgot about the log, but now that I look at it, the key part seems
to be this section. It's apparently looking for the Beta 2 files in
a
"D:\WINDOWS\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\3012000 0-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE"
directory, which isn't there for me. I do still have the B2 CD, so
it's too bad that it can't draw from that. I'm not sure what should
go in the directory, however, to get the uninstall to work.

Catalyst Package Uninstall...
Package: ProWW
Package Code: {30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
Command Line: REBOOT=ReallySuppress LAUNCHEDBYSETUPEXE=1
SETUPEXEINSTALLUILANGUAGE=1033
SETUPINTLDLLDIRECTORY="D:\DOCUME~1\Home\LOCALS~1\T emp\Setup0000044c\"
Cannot locate any local install source for package
{30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}. Original source will be
required for roll back on uninstall
MSI(INITIALIZE): '(null)'
MSI(COMMONDATA): '1: 0 2: 0 3: 1252 '
MSI(INFO): '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 Installer
patch package.
D:\WINDOWS\Installer\193596.msi'
MSI(TERMINATE): '(null)'
Log level changed from: Standard to: Verbose
Error: Failed to configu ErrorCode: 1635(0x663).

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
Did you try uninstalling the B2TR patch or did you try uninstalling
B2? Make sure you are uninstalling B2 rather than the patch.

If that's not it then check your error log and see if you can
determine the cause of the failure.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
Any advice on what to do if Office 2007 B2TR uninstall fails?
About a minute after starting, it just quits and says that the
uninstall was not completed.

I have quite a tidy XP SP2 system, my Temp directory is clear, and
I've just rebooted as well.

What's the next step?

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
No. You need to remove all Office 2007 beta versions before
installing 2007 RTM.

Is that good to use with Office 2007?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/923718/en-us

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
If I'm not mistaken, if you turn on "Show Updates" then B2TR is listed
separately.

If the installer files are missing then see if Windows Installer Cleanup
utility works for you. Use it to remove only the references to the Office
2007 beta version. Once that is complete then you'll need to reinstall the
beta to point the Windows Installer to your installation CD so you can
then uninstall Office:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
I chose "Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Beta)" from
Add/Remove -- I don't think there's a way to uninstall just the patch,
since it replaces the B2 files wholesale.

Forgot about the log, but now that I look at it, the key part seems to be
this section. It's apparently looking for the Beta 2 files in a
"D:\WINDOWS\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\3012000 0-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE"
directory, which isn't there for me. I do still have the B2 CD, so it's
too bad that it can't draw from that. I'm not sure what should go in the
directory, however, to get the uninstall to work.

Catalyst Package Uninstall...
Package: ProWW
Package Code: {30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}
Command Line: REBOOT=ReallySuppress LAUNCHEDBYSETUPEXE=1
SETUPEXEINSTALLUILANGUAGE=1033
SETUPINTLDLLDIRECTORY="D:\DOCUME~1\Home\LOCALS~1\T emp\Setup0000044c\"
Cannot locate any local install source for package
{30120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}. Original source will be required
for roll back on uninstall
MSI(INITIALIZE): '(null)'
MSI(COMMONDATA): '1: 0 2: 0 3: 1252 '
MSI(INFO): '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 Installer patch
package.
D:\WINDOWS\Installer\193596.msi'
MSI(TERMINATE): '(null)'
Log level changed from: Standard to: Verbose
Error: Failed to configu ErrorCode: 1635(0x663).

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
Did you try uninstalling the B2TR patch or did you try uninstalling B2?
Make sure you are uninstalling B2 rather than the patch.

If that's not it then check your error log and see if you can determine
the cause of the failure.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
Any advice on what to do if Office 2007 B2TR uninstall fails? About a
minute after starting, it just quits and says that the uninstall was
not completed.

I have quite a tidy XP SP2 system, my Temp directory is clear, and I've
just rebooted as well.

What's the next step?

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
No. You need to remove all Office 2007 beta versions before installing
2007 RTM.