cannot install office 2003 SP2, cannot uninstall office 2003

[dan]

My installation of Office 2003 SP2 via Microsoft Update froze. Two hours
later I hit the cancel button, and it acknowledged that, but the cancellation
didn't seem to go anywhere. I was unable to "end task" but I could log off.
Same result with attempting to update the product from Word. I tried to
repair or uninstall via Add-or-Remove-Programs but the error message said
that another install was in progress.

Another detail: the notebook came with the office 2003 trial, but I bought
the professional upgrade. The add-or-remove-programs listing shows both a
copy of standard and the professional. I cannot remove either.

Any advice appreciated.

 

[Conny ,belgian nationality]

Try doing a repair install, then try the update again:

Method 1 – Open Word, go to Help – Select Detect and Repair

or use Method 2 -

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Click the Office program that you want to repair, and then click Change.
4. In the Maintenance Mode Options dialog box, click Reinstall or Repair,
and then
click Next.
5. In the Reinstall or Repair Office dialog box, click Detect and Repair
errors in my
Office installation, and then click Install.
6. When the repair process is finished, run the update again.

Most likely you will need to have your Office CD handy.

 

[dan]

Dan wrote: My installation of Office 2003 SP2 via Microsoft Update froze.....

Try doing a repair install, then try the update again:

Thank you, but (as I did not mention clearly), I tried that (both ways) up
front. That's when I got the "another install in progress" message. I cannot
repair, I cannot uninstall, I cannot complete the SP2 upgrade. I am using
the original CD.

 

[Conny ,belgian nationality]

Rover
1) go to word office
2) click help
3) click analyse en detect
4) then long waiting because office is busy with
configuration of microsoft office editie
5) put the original cd of office 2003 in disc
6) after "done" click ok
7) you get a lot of files, cross (x) it away
8) than you get a new screen
search in the browser to the location for eample c: (than i don't know
anymore what iit was, you shall see )
9) farther follow the instructions
10) go to google "office update" and update sp2
You see, it shall work.
You don't have to uninstall office 2003!!!!!!
Sorry for my bad english

Conny

 

[Conny ,belgian nationality]

Dan

Or you can reboot.........the last solution

Conny

 

[dan]

Thanks for your help...
I still am having trouble trying to repair. I have two IDs on this computer,
both with administrative privileges. At some point in the repair process I
see a reference to an installation in progress that must be completed first.
At one point I was given a chance to reverse the install process, and when
that happens the green progress bars go backwards, until they go away and the
window seems to hang. I've tried this from both logons. (The computer came
with an Office trial version that I thought would have been replaced when I
installed the 2003 Pro, but apparently that didn't happen. That install took
place before the two accounts were created. I don't have access to the
original "administrator" account anymore. I wonder if that's related.)

Whenever I attempt a repair, uninstall, or update, from either account, the
process eventually freezes up. Usually I am unable to terminate the process,
log off, or shut down. Sometimes I am able to hit the cancel button and it
grays out, but the process still is frozen. I have left it alone for two or
three hours sometimes, and there's no progress.

Dan