Office XP 2002

[Benzmum]

I have a new notebook, running Vista, on which I custom installed Word from
my Office 2002 installation disk. Now I want to install Excel, but when I
load the CD it doesn't start up automatically - I get a list of the files on
it. If I Autoplay setup.exe, I get an error message saying that "another
setup is already running."

I've also tried the change feature in the control panel uninstall programs
window. That opens an office XP setup window and gives me the option to Add
or Remove Features, which I selected. I then get a window that shows Xs
beside Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint, and when i click on those Xs it says
"not available." Also, the Window has only Update or Back at the bottom.

There was a free trial version of Office 2007 on my notebook, but I don't
want it so I uninstalled it to see if that would make a difference. It didn't.

What am I supposed to do to add Excel?

 

[LVTravel]

I have a new notebook, running Vista, on which I custom installed Word from
my Office 2002 installation disk. Now I want to install Excel, but when I
load the CD it doesn't start up automatically - I get a list of the files
on
it. If I Autoplay setup.exe, I get an error message saying that "another
setup is already running."

I've also tried the change feature in the control panel uninstall programs
window. That opens an office XP setup window and gives me the option to
Add
or Remove Features, which I selected. I then get a window that shows Xs
beside Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint, and when i click on those Xs it
says
"not available." Also, the Window has only Update or Back at the bottom.

There was a free trial version of Office 2007 on my notebook, but I don't
want it so I uninstalled it to see if that would make a difference. It
didn't.

What am I supposed to do to add Excel?

Did you uninstall the trial of 07 before or after you installed Word 2002?

You may have to totally uninstall Office XP, run the cleanup program for
Office, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301, and then reinstall XP.

Try the reinstall after uninstalling OXP before running the cleanup program
to see if it works but if not run it and then attempt the reinstall. Also
recommend to reboot the computer between each step of the uninstall,
reinstall process even though the install program doesn't require it.

 

[Benzmum]

I uninstalled 2007 AFTER the Word installtion. It was only when I had
problems with the CD that it occurred to me that 2007 might be interfering.
Your suggestions sound eminently sensible, LV - I'll try them. One last
question: according to my User Accounts i'm the Administrator, but when I
tried doing a repair to Office 2002, it told me "PLEASE contact your system
administrator." Do you think that problem will go away as well once I've
followed the steps you suggested?

 

[Benzmum]

Nope - can't do it. I'm getting "you do not have sufficient access to
uninstall Microsfot office XP Standard for Students and Teachers. Please
contact your system administrator." I AM the system administrator - no one
else has used this computer since I installed Word. I've tried mucking about
with permissions, to no avail. What's going on here?

 

[Srikanth]

Dont complicate things for yourself.
while installing if you had done custom install and installed only word.
to add more programs the only right way to do it is---
Go to programs n features click "Change" on Office .
Choose Add or remove features and click on red X and "run all from my
computer" to all the porgarms that u want to install.

If you get errors that is related installation that doesn’t mean that its
not allowing you to add programs.

Any Installation problem can be resolved.

 

[Benzmum]

Well it took me a bit of grappling to figure out your instructions, but I got
it! When | chose run all from computer I got prompted for the disk. Thanks so
much, Srikanth.