installation of Office XP Professional

[Bill Hurley]

I purchased a used laptop that had Office 2000 small
business on it. I wanted to remove it so that I could
place my own licensed copy of 97 Pro on it, then upgrade
it to XP Pro.

I used the Windows Uninstaller to get rid of the Office
2000 Small Busines, then proceeded to do a normal install
of 97 Office Pro, then upgrade to XP pro.

Everything works fine except for one thing. Everytime I
log onto the LAN, I get a message that the laptop is
trying to run an office 2000 component and that I should
place the disc in the drive. I don't have the disk, nor do
I want those components anyway. (The message doesn't
indicate what item it's trying to load.)

I tried using a Registry cleaner utility, but it did not
correct the problem

Any ideas?

TIA

Bill Hurley

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, Bill,

What Windows Uninstaller did you use? Usually, to remove Office 2000, you
need to have the original CDs, so you'd want to contact the supplier of the
computer for assistance in how to do that. They have to support the Office
2000 installation that they provided. There's not a published way to remove
Office 2000 without the CDs.

Here's the article that describes a utility that can be used AFTER you
uninstall Office 2000 by using the Windows Control Panel's Add/Remove
Programs applet:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;239938

That said, you could try this utility, which will remove Windows Installer
data from version 1.x of the Windows Installer:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;238413

Also, you don't need to install 97 to upgrade to XP. You can simply provide
the 97 installation media when prompted by Office XP for a qualifying
upgrade product.