B
Bob Felton
Re: Post "Office XP SP3 fails to install", this forum, 1/20/2005
8:15 AM
I am having the same exact problem with the Office 2000 SP3 update. I
obtained an update CD from Microsoft. When I double click on
"SP3CDPAK.EXE" to extract to a folder (c:\temp) I get the error
message "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low
memory (low disk space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet."
I do not have low memory nor do I have insufficient disk space. Task
Manager reports 266MB of free memory and I have over 60GB of free disk
space. Max paging file size is 1536MB with 768MB currently allocated.
I have run Disk Cleanup, deleting all unnecessary files. I also ran
"scandisk" (no problems found) and performed a defrag. I then tried
the install again. Same error message. I have even tried copying the
file to c:\temp1 (file copied without error) and double clicked there.
Same error message.
I even tried using the CD on another Windows XP SP1 machine (Office
2000 not installed but initial extract should work none the less) with
same result.
Can anyone offer anything else to try or look at for what is causing
the problem?
Believing the CD may be faulty, I have ordered another one. However,
after finding the above referenced posting, I'm now not so sure the
problem is with the CD.
TIA es TNX!
8:15 AM
I am having the same exact problem with the Office 2000 SP3 update. I
obtained an update CD from Microsoft. When I double click on
"SP3CDPAK.EXE" to extract to a folder (c:\temp) I get the error
message "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low
memory (low disk space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet."
I do not have low memory nor do I have insufficient disk space. Task
Manager reports 266MB of free memory and I have over 60GB of free disk
space. Max paging file size is 1536MB with 768MB currently allocated.
I have run Disk Cleanup, deleting all unnecessary files. I also ran
"scandisk" (no problems found) and performed a defrag. I then tried
the install again. Same error message. I have even tried copying the
file to c:\temp1 (file copied without error) and double clicked there.
Same error message.
I even tried using the CD on another Windows XP SP1 machine (Office
2000 not installed but initial extract should work none the less) with
same result.
Can anyone offer anything else to try or look at for what is causing
the problem?
Believing the CD may be faulty, I have ordered another one. However,
after finding the above referenced posting, I'm now not so sure the
problem is with the CD.
TIA es TNX!