Error 1608. Setup was unable to locate a qualifying product.

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Kevin Cullen

I have Windows XP HOme Edition and am trying to update to
Office Professional.

I am getting the messages similar to those cited in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles 295346 and 301286 (see
below) but the suggested fixes are not working.




SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to install the upgrade version of any of
the products listed above, you may receive the following
error message:


Setup failed to locate a valid qualifying product on your
machine. Please select the drive where a qualifying
product can be found.
If you are able to select the drive letter (for example,
C:) that represents where the valid qualifying product is
installed and then click OK, the following error message
displays:


Error 1608. Setup was unable to locate a qualifying
product.
-and-

Installation ended prematurely because of an error.
 

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