Unable to Open/Unistall/Reinstall Office Pro XP

[nnicko]

Hi. This is about my 6th attempt at this post but when I click on post
nothing happens so pleas excuse me if all of a sudden a bunch of the same
post appears.

During the last week I've be trying to download/install/run Office Pro 2007
Trial version. The first time I couldn't get it to install so I did a System
Restore and downloaded it again. This time it installed but when I went to
run MS Word it told me my 60-day trial had expired. (No I've never tried any
Office product trials before.) This second time it got to about 80% install
when I got Error 1406: Setup cannot write the value to the registry key. So
today I tried a third install and got Error 1706. Setup cannot find the
required files. Check your connection to the network, or CD-ROM drive.
I decided that's enough and did another Sys Restore to about a week prior to
my first 2007 Trial attempt.
When I went to open Office XP Word installer window saying Preparing To
Install. (Install what??.) And then I got a Problem With Shortcut error
message saying "This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch
package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor
to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package." (Again,
what patch package? All I was trying to do was open Office XP Word.)
I then decided to go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall/reinstall Office
XP Pro but when I click on Remove absolutely nothing happens.
My OS is XP Pro. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

 

[DL]

Assuming you have an OfficeXP cd, insert it and try a repair

 

[nnicko]

I can't try a repair, uninstall or anything. When I put the CD in I get the
Installer window and then the Patch package could not be opened message.