Can't install Office standard trial

[ANONYMOUS]

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[Alexa McLaughlin]

1) 40gb (20 gb on drive) free space > 9gb

2) 256 mb, 64 for graphics (another 56 on order)

3) sempron 2800 notebook

The same problem occurred on my desktop with ofice xp pro installed:

1) 20 gb on drive free space 5 gb

2) 1 gb

3)p4 3.2

The notebook is new & not yet defragd & chdisked. The desktop had both done
yesterday with no hd messages.

Alexa

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.


Alexa McLaughlin wrote:

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[Alexa McLaughlin]

1) 40gb (20 gb on drive) free space > 9gb

2) 256 mb, 64 for graphics (another 56 on order)

3) sempron 2800 notebook

The same problem occurred on my desktop with ofice xp pro installed:

1) 20 gb on drive free space 5 gb

2) 1 gb

3)p4 3.2

The notebook is new & not yet defragd & chdisked. The desktop had both done
yesterday with no hd messages.

Alexa

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.


Alexa McLaughlin wrote:

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[Alexa McLaughlin]

1) 40gb (20 gb on drive) free space > 9gb

2) 256 mb, 64 for graphics (another 56 on order)

3) sempron 2800 notebook

The same problem occurred on my desktop with ofice xp pro installed:

1) 20 gb on drive free space 5 gb

2) 1 gb

3)p4 3.2

The notebook is new & not yet defragd & chdisked. The desktop had both done
yesterday with no hd messages.

Alexa

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.


Alexa McLaughlin wrote:

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[Alexa McLaughlin]

1) 40gb (20 gb on drive) free space > 9gb

2) 256 mb, 64 for graphics (another 56 on order)

3) sempron 2800 notebook

The same problem occurred on my desktop with ofice xp pro installed:

1) 20 gb on drive free space 5 gb

2) 1 gb

3)p4 3.2

The notebook is new & not yet defragd & chdisked. The desktop had both done
yesterday with no hd messages.

Alexa

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.


Alexa McLaughlin wrote:

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[Alexa McLaughlin]

1) 40gb (20 gb on drive) free space > 9gb

2) 256 mb, 64 for graphics (another 56 on order)

3) sempron 2800 notebook

The same problem occurred on my desktop with ofice xp pro installed:

1) 20 gb on drive free space 5 gb

2) 1 gb

3)p4 3.2

The notebook is new & not yet defragd & chdisked. The desktop had both done
yesterday with no hd messages.

Alexa

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.


Alexa McLaughlin wrote:

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[Alexa McLaughlin]

1) 40gb (20 gb on drive) free space > 9gb

2) 256 mb, 64 for graphics (another 56 on order)

3) sempron 2800 notebook

The same problem occurred on my desktop with ofice xp pro installed:

1) 20 gb on drive free space 5 gb

2) 1 gb

3)p4 3.2

The notebook is new & not yet defragd & chdisked. The desktop had both done
yesterday with no hd messages.

Alexa

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.


Alexa McLaughlin wrote:

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[Alexa McLaughlin]

1) 40gb (20 gb on drive) free space > 9gb

2) 256 mb, 64 for graphics (another 56 on order)

3) sempron 2800 notebook

The same problem occurred on my desktop with ofice xp pro installed:

1) 20 gb on drive free space 5 gb

2) 1 gb

3)p4 3.2

The notebook is new & not yet defragd & chdisked. The desktop had both done
yesterday with no hd messages.

Alexa

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.


Alexa McLaughlin wrote:

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[Alexa McLaughlin]

1) 40gb (20 gb on drive) free space > 9gb

2) 256 mb, 64 for graphics (another 56 on order)

3) sempron 2800 notebook

The same problem occurred on my desktop with ofice xp pro installed:

1) 20 gb on drive free space 5 gb

2) 1 gb

3)p4 3.2

The notebook is new & not yet defragd & chdisked. The desktop had both done
yesterday with no hd messages.

Alexa

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.


Alexa McLaughlin wrote:

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa

 

[Alexa McLaughlin]

1) 40gb (20 gb on drive) free space > 9gb

2) 256 mb, 64 for graphics (another 56 on order)

3) sempron 2800 notebook

The same problem occurred on my desktop with ofice xp pro installed:

1) 20 gb on drive free space 5 gb

2) 1 gb

3)p4 3.2

The notebook is new & not yet defragd & chdisked. The desktop had both done
yesterday with no hd messages.

Alexa

Alexa,

could you post details about your system please? The info that we need
are:

1) HD size and free space
2) Installed memmory
3) Harware details such as P4 etc

Also, when did you last defrag and chkdsk your HD? Have you had any
messages in windows (anytime previously) stating HD is corrupt?

Regards,

Thanks for responding. I did all that and got the fatal error before
unpacking the cab files.

Alexa

It seems this error message is very common recently. are you trying to
install from a trial CD? If so then may I suggest that you copy the
entire CD onto your HD and change one of the files as follows:

1) Find a file called Setup.ini and open it with Notepad
2) Look or a section called: [Cache]
3) change CDCACHE=auto to CDCACHE=0
4) double-click on Setup.exe
5) Hopefully installation should begin

what I have done is that you will not have cache on your HD anymore. So
for future updates you will need to have your CD near your PC for easy
access.

Let us know if this works for other users' benefit.

If you have downloaded the file Office.exe then you will need to use the
following command to extract the setup files:

C:\TMP\Office.exe /c /t:c:\tmp\office2003

TMP is where I have downloaded the file;
c:\tmp\office2003 is where I am extracting the installation files.

I hope this proves useful.


Alexa McLaughlin wrote:

Hi

Thanks for responding. I'd already downloaded the cleanup tool and run
it. There were no listings to clean up. I am running the check
now.There were no problems.

Any more suggestions?

Regards

Alexa

Hi

I've downloaded the Office 2003 trial and when I open the Office.exe
trial program to install it, my computer loads for a bit then starts
extracting these .cab files. Then it just gives me a message saying:
"Fatal Error during installation." After you press ok nothing happens.

I've hunted around the MS forums and tried Googling, and implemented a
number of suggestions. There's enough hard drive space, I've run the
MS cleanup program, emptied the temp folder, etc but it still won't
install.

Insights would be appreciated.

Alexa