Missing MAINSP3 from Office 2003 after HD transfer

[John MM]

I installed a new hard drive, transferred all data from the old drivein, and
deleted teh data on the old drive. In the process, it appears that MAINSP3
was lost. Now, I cannot remove the Office installation or do anything else
with it. I renamed How do I remove it or the related registry entries to
allow me to reinstall?

I tried renaming Office>11.0 in the registry to old11.0. Upon reinstall, it
asks for serial number but won't accept it.

Thanks for any help.

John

 

[DL]

How did you transfer to new drive?
Where are you getting the serial number from?

 

[Kevin]

Have you tried this utility (WINDOWS INSTALLER CLEAN UP UTILITY version
3) from Microsoft?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

Hope this helps.

 

[John MM]

DL,
1) I used Maxtor's transfer utility made for this purpose.
2) I am getting the S/N from the Office CD package.
John

 

[John MM]

Kevin,
I tried it without success. Thanks for the idea.

John

 

[John MM]

Kevin,
Yes, but it didn't make a difference.

John

 

[DL]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us
Also ensure you, with key, you dont mistake O /0, B/8 etc

 

[Eric]

Did this issue sever get resolved? I am having the same problem only the link
provided on how to unintall Office did not help as there is no MS Office 2003
installer when I run "Installer" Any suggestions? How can i get around this?