Where is proplus.msi for Office XP?

[Hondo]

Required before you can complete the "detect and repair" operation, install
any conversion or language option, upgrade to SP3, or in fact, do anything
where you use the Installer routine. We have not found it on any of the 3
Off XP cd's.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Hondo,

The Proplus.MSI file is available on the
Enterprise/Volume license edition
"Microsoft Office XP Professional + FrontPage" CD.

If that's the title installed in Add/Remove Programs
for the Office XP Edition and not the title on the
CDs you have you can backup your files,, uninstall
restart the PC then install from the CDs you do have
if you don't have a copy of the matching CD.

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Required before you can complete the "detect and repair" operation, install
any conversion or language option, upgrade to SP3, or in fact, do anything
where you use the Installer routine. We have not found it on any of the 3
Off XP cd's. >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Charlie]

my orginial CDs say Office XP Professional but the words "+ FrontPage" are
not on the face. Also, I don't have the Proplus.msi needed to update. Nothing
seems to offer a solution. The full version download still wants "proplus.
msi" to install. So where do we go from here.

 

[Charlie]

My orginial Cds on face say "Office XP Professional" but the words "+
FrontPage" isn't there. The full verson update won't install without the
"proplus.msi" files. So where do I go from here?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Charlie,

From your description it sounds like your PC may have been 'imaged', that is created from another using a different Edition of
Office XP than the one given you on CD.

Check in Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control panel to see if the name matches that on your CD. If it does not match you may
want to contact the PC supplier to have them send you the matched CD, or backup your files, uninstall Office from Add/Remove
Programs, restart the PC then install from the CD you do have to the same location. You won't have MS Frontpage after that.

The .MSI files are specific to each edition and the installer only looks for what it believes to be the one installed/licensed.

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My orginial Cds on face say "Office XP Professional" but the words "+
FrontPage" isn't there. The full verson update won't install without the
"proplus.msi" files. So where do I go from here? >>
--
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

 

[Charlie]

Thanks for your speedy response Bob. I've discovered that I have "XP
Professional with Publisher 2002." I don't have FrontPage on CD. In
"add/remove programs" MicroSoft Office suite has different programs
there:"Word, Excel, Publisher 2002", and there is also one that says "Office
with FrontPage" which must have been put on my computer with the download of
"SP2 full file" because I don't know any other way it got on my computer.
Being a cautious person, I hesitate removing anything for fear that nothing
will work or reinstall correctly. Someone on one of these community rooms
said 'nothing would install without the "Proplus.msi"' including "Publisher".
It is enough to frighten anyone that wants their computer to work. With this
added information, what do you suggest?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Charlie,

Updating with Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or other service pack doesn't have the ability to add a program only to patch those
already installed. If you have an Office XP CD set that matches a name listed in Add/Remove Programs you may want to backup your
files then uninstall the '...with Front Page edition. Else, if you have two sets of Office XP(2002) editions installed things can
get a bit confused.

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Thanks for your speedy response Bob. I've discovered that I have "XP
Professional with Publisher 2002." I don't have FrontPage on CD. In
"add/remove programs" MicroSoft Office suite has different programs
there:"Word, Excel, Publisher 2002", and there is also one that says "Office
with FrontPage" which must have been put on my computer with the download of
"SP2 full file" because I don't know any other way it got on my computer.
Being a cautious person, I hesitate removing anything for fear that nothing
will work or reinstall correctly. Someone on one of these community rooms
said 'nothing would install without the "Proplus.msi"' including "Publisher".
It is enough to frighten anyone that wants their computer to work. With this
added information, what do you suggest?
: >>
--
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

 

[Charlie]

Hi There Bob,
Thanks for your sharing your great knowledge, however, fear dominates my
uninstalling the complete Microsoft Office stuff and reinstalling from the
orginial XP Professional with Publisher 2002 CDs.
Sorry to be so cautious! If you were in person, maybe I'd let you do it
because you would know how to get things working again--should something go
terribly wrong. For example: Now I've gone to the web site given by Carey
Frisch --Microsoft MVP www.kellys-korner-xp-com/xp_tweaks.htm and clicked on
"office XP 1706 - ProPlus.MSI fix" as instructed. It didn't help me with
installation of SP3 as some were testifying it would.
Nothing seems to aid in the installation of XP SP3. And, should I
uninstall, then there may be no way of getting my Word, Excel, Publisher
working again. I'm limited in my working knowledge of computer repair.
At one time, I contacted a Technician who was guiding me over the phone
trying to solve a problem. Resulting in my having to take the computer to a
computer repair shop and reinstalled everything from a clean sweep-- loosing
everything that I previously had in the computer, including additional
software and their updating.

Please don't be too harsh with me for being overly cautions! Only if I
could be guaranteed success. . . . .

Right now everything is working as is--whether I have two versions or not .I
don't know.
Anyway, just how is a backup done for complete programs on my computer in
order not to loose the updates that are already in plus the files that have
accumulated through my use of these programs and that are stored on my hard
drive.
P.S. my computer has two hard drives...I don't understand what that means. I
have one gig-bite in Ram and total 160 Gbites total with C drive and D drive
having almost equal portions. I've tried putting programs in D to fill it up,
but seems that most of the works drift over into C drive and starts to fill
up space there. This computer and all the programs cost me a "small mint" in
addition having to take to repair shop when following a phone techinican
trying to help me solve a problem. From now on, I'm just plain scared!!!

 

[Charlie]

Hi There Bob,
Thanks for your sharing your great knowledge, however, fear dominates my
uninstalling the complete Microsoft Office stuff and reinstalling from the
orginial XP Professional with Publisher 2002 CDs.
Sorry to be so cautious! If you were in person, maybe I'd let you do it
because you would know how to get things working again--should something go
terribly wrong. For example: Now I've gone to the web site given by Carey
Frisch --Microsoft MVP www.kellys-korner-xp-com/xp_tweaks.htm and clicked on
"office XP 1706 - ProPlus.MSI fix" as instructed. It didn't help me with
installation of SP3 as some were testifying it would.
Nothing seems to aid in the installation of XP SP3. And, should I
uninstall, then there may be no way of getting my Word, Excel, Publisher
working again. I'm limited in my working knowledge of computer repair.
At one time, I contacted a Technician who was guiding me over the phone
trying to solve a problem. Resulting in my having to take the computer to a
computer repair shop and reinstalled everything from a clean sweep-- loosing
everything that I previously had in the computer, including additional
software and their updating.

Please don't be too harsh with me for being overly cautions! Only if I
could be guaranteed success. . . . .

 

[Charlie]

Hey Bob,
Maybe you can help me coming from a different angle. How can I uppate my
Office XP Professional with Publisher 2002 without the "propolus.msi" file
that is required for "frontpage". Surely there is a way to update. Please
research and let me know. I really would appreciate it!

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Charlie,

In Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control panel does it list
Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition with Frontpage

That is the volume license edition that uses Proplus.msi.

If your Office CDs are for a different edition than the one listed
in add/remove programs then generally your two basic options are
usually to either have the source that provided that edition on your PC (I'm assuming it came pre installed) or backup your files,
uninstall the Office XP Edition listed, then restart the PC and install Office XP from the edition CDs you do have.


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| Hey Bob,
| Maybe you can help me coming from a different angle. How can I uppate
| my
| Office XP Professional with Publisher 2002 without the "propolus.msi"
| file
| that is required for "frontpage". Surely there is a way to update.
| Please
| research and let me know. I really would appreciate it! >>
--
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