Office activation fails can't find needed file, any suggestions?

[bdt]

Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to my
knowledge but--okay.

I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to find the
file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files for office sp3 i
installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't have them (don't know
where to get them) and the wizard won't proceed without it. I can't repair,
reinstall or uninstall office without that file either. I'm stuck with a
wortless install of office. I can't even recover the disk space.

I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but that didn't
help.
the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation and I was
back in the same place. any suggestions?

 

[hello]

It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they can
ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to remain the
richest man on this planet.

If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all over
again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean once in a
while.

Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without which you
can't survive!!.

Hello.

 

[hello]

It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they can
ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to remain the
richest man on this planet.

If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all over
again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean once in a
while.

Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without which you
can't survive!!.

Hello.

 

[hello]

It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they can
ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to remain the
richest man on this planet.

If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all over
again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean once in a
while.

Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without which you
can't survive!!.

Hello.

 

[hello]

It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they can
ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to remain the
richest man on this planet.

If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all over
again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean once in a
while.

Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without which you
can't survive!!.

Hello.

 

[hello]

It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they can
ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to remain the
richest man on this planet.

If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all over
again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean once in a
while.

Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without which you
can't survive!!.

Hello.

 

[hello]

It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they can
ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to remain the
richest man on this planet.

If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all over
again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean once in a
while.

Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without which you
can't survive!!.

Hello.

 

[hello]

It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they can
ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to remain the
richest man on this planet.

If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all over
again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean once in a
while.

Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without which you
can't survive!!.

Hello.

 

[hello]

It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they can
ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to remain the
richest man on this planet.

If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all over
again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean once in a
while.

Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without which you
can't survive!!.

Hello.

 

[hello]

It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they can
ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to remain the
richest man on this planet.

If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all over
again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean once in a
while.

Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without which you
can't survive!!.

Hello.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?