Problem with Office Updates and Install/Uninstall

[Joe O'Connor]

I have Windows 98, with latest updates, and Office 2000 SR-
1 Premium. Windows Installer is verison 2. When having
the MS Office site check for updates, it reaches 57%,
stops and then give the following error message: "This
patch package could not be opened. Contact the application
vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer
patch package." The only MS Clean-up Utility I can fine
is not valid for Installer v.2. Also I cannot
install/uninstall from my Office 2000 Premium CD. I've
downloaded O2kSp3.exe, followed the instructions, but it
will not install. I have msiexec.exe in my
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder. I have read something on the
MSDN site about a bug in the latest updates. This problem
started when I tried to install the latest Office 2000
update. Please help. Thanks.

 

[shaun]

You are not alone -- I have the same problem with XP and
XP Office 2002. There are many similar postings here,
but I have found no solutions........