Office 2003 setup problems

[Michael Q]

I recently re-installed Office Student & Teacher after a hard disk format on
XP Home system.

When I access Word and Excel a Windows Installer window appears with the
message “Preparing to Instalâ€.

After a lengthy delay a Microsoft Office Word 11 window appears with the
message An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning properly.
Please run setup and select “Repair.......†to restore this application.

When I click OK the program appears.

Also the @ and “ are transposed. I have selected English Australia as my
default langusage.

In order to fix the problem I have attempted to run setup again by inserting
the Installation disk and running setup. I then get the message :-

“This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package.†I have
previously used this set of original disks so there is no question as to its
authenticity.

The same thing happens when I try to repair the program through Control
Panel and the add remove programs section.

 

[Mary Sauer]

You receive the "This patch package could not be opened" error message in an
Office program
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295823/en-us

 

[snowwkat]

Just to let you know I am having the same problem but worse . That
"installer" is from a automated dowload MS did and alot of people r having
problems, not just office 2003 but windows xp . I had office 2003 pro,
students &teachers but not anymore it is so bad I'm lucky to save a file when
i work in there, and if it opens at all but if you want to check out the xp
help i got try this:
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http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate
it's under kb905474 failed to install.......error code

As for this help site well when and if i find it, i will hook you up with
the link ok good luck

katt <^..^>