Use Office Detect/Repair Not Registry Editor to fix missing GUIDs

[Samdogmom]

I just tried to install Office 2003 Service Pack 2 and the installation kept
failing. Microsoft suggested that my GUIDs might be missing (I have used a
Registry Editor in the past) and that I needed to edit my registry keys to
fix this. I tried to follow the Knowledge Base instructions but found myself
hopelessly lost (sorry--the explaination is NOT CLEAR). I contemplated
uninstalling and reinstalling Office 2003 to fix the problem, but was afraid
the uninstall would not go smoothly because of the missing registry key.
Finally, I remembered "Detect and Repair". I ran this successfully for all
of my Office products (FrontPage was not part of the 2003 Professional
Version I purchased). After I did this, the Service Pack installed
flawlessly. This is a much simplier solution than editing the Registry. If
you're having trouble installing the Office Service Pack, I recommend trying
Detect and Repair FIRST. You can find this option under the Help command on
the top toolbar in any Office program.

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[Don MI]

I just tried to install Office 2003 Service Pack 2 and the installation
kept
failing. Microsoft suggested that my GUIDs might be missing (I have used
a
Registry Editor in the past) and that I needed to edit my registry keys to
fix this. I tried to follow the Knowledge Base instructions but found
myself
hopelessly lost (sorry--the explaination is NOT CLEAR). I contemplated
uninstalling and reinstalling Office 2003 to fix the problem, but was
afraid
the uninstall would not go smoothly because of the missing registry key.
Finally, I remembered "Detect and Repair". I ran this successfully for
all
of my Office products (FrontPage was not part of the 2003 Professional
Version I purchased). After I did this, the Service Pack installed
flawlessly. This is a much simplier solution than editing the Registry.
If
you're having trouble installing the Office Service Pack, I recommend
trying
Detect and Repair FIRST. You can find this option under the Help command
on
the top toolbar in any Office program.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...17f5f6c5a40d&dg=microsoft.public.officeupdate

Thank you, your procedure worked for me.

Don