Service pack 3... 'may' (does) require the Office XP

[David Webb]

Hi,

Lately my outlook has been very unstable and I ran the error reporter and
found that there was a service pack 3 update available. I'm in a bit of a
prediciment however as when I downloaded it (opting for the larger, no
required source file) I was prompted to insert the cd.

This wouldn't be a problem, if it weren't for the fact that the PC I'm using
is a Compaq tablet pc. Which conveniently enough doesn't have a CD rom. I did
have an external USB cd rom but it had an unfortunate accident involving my
older brother, and now it doesn't work.

I'm not so great with networking and I can't get my cd rom shared so I was
wondering if it were possible to overide this command.

If anyone could help, it'd be much appreciated.

Thanking you in advance,

Dave

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, David,

You could try the full file version of the patch, which may not require the
original media. It's described here:

Description of Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832671

If you get the CD drive working (or can borrow one), copy it to your hard
drive and re-run setup from there. Then you'll always have access to the
source. FWIW, in Office 2003, they have mitigated this issue, but that
doesn't help you a lot now, I realize...