Problems with Office 2003 SP2

[G Sahlström]

Hi there

I have been looking at all the posts already on this subject, but I
have yet to find a solution...

I have downloaded manually both the 'Client' and 'Full' files
(automagic download made my computer freeze up). None of them work. I
get the "products are not installed" error message, like several other
posters.

I then checked my Windows installer version: 3.1.4000.2435

Next step was to repair my Office installation. The repair worked fine,
but did not help the situation much.

The logging by the installer follows:

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Starting the log on 11/15/2005 at 21:07:55...
Loading the resource .dll...
Reading the settings...
The settings are:
IsNormalUpdate=1
AdminUsesShortFilenames=1
AdminPath=""
MessageTitle="Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)"
CopyFilesToRerun=1
ShowSuccessDialog=1
RebootInQuietMode=0
RunSetupWatson=1
RequireAllPatchesNeeded=0
RequireAllProductsAtMinVersion=0
MinProductVersion=""
MinMsiVersion="2.0"
UpgradeMsi=1
MsiUpgradeURL="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=20610"
OHotfixLogLevel="v"
MsiLogLevel="v"
OHotfixUILevel="n"
MsiUILevel="n"
FeatureToCheck=""
Making sure only this instance of the bootstrapper is running...
Making sure the environment is okay for patching...
Getting the patches...
Getting the products to patch...
Seeing if patch
C:\DOCUME~1\Gustaf\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\MAINSP2ff.msp is needed...
Product {901C0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90150409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {91130409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90170409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {91170409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90E00409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {901A0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90180409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90E30409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {91E30409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {91110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90190409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {91190409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90CA0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {91CA0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90120409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {91120409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {901B0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90440409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {91440409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Product {90160409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Seeing if patch
C:\DOCUME~1\Gustaf\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\OWC102003SP2ff.msp is
needed...
Product {90260409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
Seeing if patch
C:\DOCUME~1\Gustaf\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\OWC11SP2ff.msp is needed...
Product {90A40409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9}: Not installed.
Cannot patch.
No products were found that require this update.
Finished processing the update on 11/15/2005 at 21:07:55.

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As far as I understand it, the next step would be to start hacking the
registry to sort out the GUID. But isn't registry hacking a very
un-supported activity? In my view it would be much better if Microsoft
actually shipped an update that works...

Any insights, hints or generally funny remarks are much appreciated.

Cheers,
/G