Microsoft Office 2003

[shaz]

Hi
I have installed Office 2003 on my new laptop with Office 2007and Vista.
For some reason when I try to install the updates for 2003 I get the
following message: "the expected version of your product was not found".
Any idea what might be wrong?

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Microsoft doesn't recommend running multiple versions at the same time. If
you do, it's generally suggested to install in release order: oldest to
newest. Thus, the update installer is probably confused.

Here's a super article by MVP Dian Chapman:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=762

Or it could be related to this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909074

 

[DL]

And in any case, unless you paid extra for Office 2007 its probably a Trial

 

[shaz]

I have deleted Office 2003 from my laptop and installed it on my external
drive. However I still dont seem to be able to update it. Any ideas why?

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Because it's still installed on the same operating system, and the Windows
Installer is still confused.

Is Office 2007 the Trial, or did you purchase it?

 

[Bob I]

Because it wasn't designed to run from an external drive?