Installing Office 200 on Win XP SP2

[Alex]

Office 2000 will not install, I keep getting "Error 1305. Error reading from
file:
C:\WINDOWS\font\filename.ttf
C:\WINDOWS\system32\filename.xxx. Verify the file exists and you have access
to it."
I performed a clean install of XP with all Service packs, patches and
updates and several other apps now I'm trying to install office 2000. It
started with the true type font files, after numerous attempts to install
office I lfinally located and installed all the various true type font files.
Now I'm getting the same message for files in the system32 folder. I have to
cancel the install find the file and start the install again each time. I've
tried every thing I've found on the MS sites.
Please help

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Go out and purchase a "Retail Version" of Office 2003.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Office 2000 will not install, I keep getting "Error 1305. Error reading from
| file:
| C:\WINDOWS\font\filename.ttf
| C:\WINDOWS\system32\filename.xxx. Verify the file exists and you have access
| to it."
| I performed a clean install of XP with all Service packs, patches and
| updates and several other apps now I'm trying to install office 2000. It
| started with the true type font files, after numerous attempts to install
| office I lfinally located and installed all the various true type font files.
| Now I'm getting the same message for files in the system32 folder. I have to
| cancel the install find the file and start the install again each time. I've
| tried every thing I've found on the MS sites.
| Please help
|
| --
| Alex

 

[Alex]

This is a retail version of Office 2000 PRO.
It installed fine before on Win XP before SP1 and SP2.
I still use 2000 @ work so I don't want to move up to 2003 until the office
does.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

If you are installing from a DVD-RW drive, then try installing
from a plain CD-ROM drive if possible. See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321339/ "'Error 1304' or 'Error
1305' error message when you install Office 2000 or Office XP"
for more information.

 

[Alex]

I've been looking at that kb article but am reluctant to try them. All the
other apps I've installed were from the original CD's and all installed fine.
It's only Office 2000 thats a problem (retail version 2 Disk set).
I've tried both CD-RW and DVD-RW drives with no joy don't have a CD-ROM
drive handy (I could pull one from another machine).
But why would I think it's a CD-RW or DVD-RW drive when all other
applications have installed without any problem?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Problems installing Office 2000 on newer computers with
newer/faster rewritable optical drives is a regular topic in
these newsgroups. I can't explain why it is... it just is. Some
users report success when they "slow down" the DVD-RW or CD-RW
drive as described in the referenced KB article.

 

[Alex]

Thanks garfield-n-odie
I'll try it out
--
Alex

Problems installing Office 2000 on newer computers with
newer/faster rewritable optical drives is a regular topic in
these newsgroups. I can't explain why it is... it just is. Some
users report success when they "slow down" the DVD-RW or CD-RW
drive as described in the referenced KB article.