Unable to install Office 2003; FP 2003 or any 2003 viewer other than PowerPoint 2003 Viewer

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mike,

In this case it's not so much the order, but to be sure
that you have the Installer v3.1 critical update in
place after installing Windows 2003 Server SP1.
My understanding is that the installer may not work
correctly with Office and other MSI apps without the
update to MSIexec.exe

============
What is the recommended order ?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

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http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mike,

In this case it's not so much the order, but to be sure
that you have the Installer v3.1 critical update in
place after installing Windows 2003 Server SP1.
My understanding is that the installer may not work
correctly with Office and other MSI apps without the
update to MSIexec.exe

============
What is the recommended order ?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mike,

In this case it's not so much the order, but to be sure
that you have the Installer v3.1 critical update in
place after installing Windows 2003 Server SP1.
My understanding is that the installer may not work
correctly with Office and other MSI apps without the
update to MSIexec.exe

============
What is the recommended order ?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mike,

In this case it's not so much the order, but to be sure
that you have the Installer v3.1 critical update in
place after installing Windows 2003 Server SP1.
My understanding is that the installer may not work
correctly with Office and other MSI apps without the
update to MSIexec.exe

============
What is the recommended order ?

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Peter Foldes]

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1 package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1 package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1 package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1 package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1 package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1 package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1 package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1 package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1 package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my own
testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..." messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as the
Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my own
testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..." messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as the
Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my own
testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..." messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as the
Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my own
testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..." messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as the
Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my own
testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..." messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as the
Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my own
testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..." messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as the
Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his system.

That's possible. Probable in fact as this portable was being used for my own
testing purposes before demos to customers came into the picture.

(and of course it's not there any more).

Bob: I (now) installed the 3.1 installer and later the (real) SP1.

I am now on re-boot getting three "Windows Installer failed ..." messages.

However that seems to be irrelevant at least to the original problem as the
Word Viewer has now (after SP1) installed OK which it didn't before.

Thanks to both of you.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

Windows 2003 SP1 RTM already has the installer 3.1 update in the SP1
package. The SP1 Beta does not. Maybe he has the Beta of SP1 still on his
system.