Guest Sharpie30K Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I am tryign to update Office XP with the new Service Pack and everytime I try to update it I get this message. What can I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 lokster Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 You have to use the adminsitrative update Here are the long drawn out instructions I used succesfully: //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Use the adminstrator update. http://download.microsoft.com/download/off...-us/oxpsp1a.exe Then follow these instructions ================================================================================= Instructions for updating Office XP Professional w/ Frontpage - Corporate Edition ================================================================================= NOTE: In these instructions, I assume your cd-rom drive is "D". Replace "D" with whatever your cd-rom drive really is. 1. Put your Office XP CD in your cd-rom drive. 2. Click Start -> Run... 3. Type "D:setup /a" (This will install a VALID ADMINISTRATIVE POINT INSTALLATION) 4. Specifiy the Origanization/CD-Key/Location. (For the sake of these instructions, leave it at C:Office) 5. Let it install -- this will take a while 6. Extract the oxpsp1a.exe to C:adminupdate 7. Click Start -> Run... 8. Type "msiexec /p C:adminupdateMAINSP1_Admin.msp /a C:Officeproplus.msi" Do not change any information during this part. Just let it continue. Let it proceed. This may take some time to continue. 9. Click Start -> Run... 10. Type "msiexec /p C:adminupdateOWC10SP1_Admin.msp /a C:Officeowc10.msi" Do not change any information during this part. Just let it continue. Let it proceed. This may take some time to continue. 11. Click Start -> Run... 12. Type "msiexec /i C:Officeproplus.msi REINSTALL=ALLREINSTALLMODE=vomus" Let it proceed. This may take some time to continue. 13. Congratulations! You now have upgraded to Microsoft Office XP Professional SP1! Please confirm by loading any install Office application (relating to Office XP Pro) and checking the about box. It should state 'SP1' and the version number should end with '3501'. 14. You may now delete C:adminupdate and C:Office. The contents of C:Office may be burned to a CD for a direct, possibly keyless (it was for me but have not tested it on a machine that did not have it installed previously) Office XP Pro w/ Frontpage SP1 CD Installer. As usual, it will also be activation-less as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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0 Roger H. Veteran Posted July 19, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 19, 2002 hehe, that works.. iw as about to say get the March 7th version of (WinWord.exe) Office Xp and it would work fine. You have the "February 28th" version. (right click winword.exe in program filesmicrosoft officeoffice 10 and choose properties to see :) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 hobsgrg Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 We all know this is a warez version of office XP so im not sure if he should be being helped, but its too late now. Whoever came up with the instructions originally did well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hawkeye Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by hobsgrg We all know this is a warez version of office XP so im not sure if he should be being helped, but its too late now. Whoever came up with the instructions originally did well though. That may not be true actually. My cousin purchased Office XP Professional the day it came out. He had seen it in beta form (from Microsoft), and he was totally psyched about it. When it came out, he bought it right away. It turns out that he also had the February 28,2001 version of Word, and therefore had a big problem installing the Service Pack. The thing is that Microsoft initially shipped Office XP with the February 28th version of Word, and they didn't ship it with the version that had the March 7th version until a few weeks later. So you see, those that purchased it in the first few weeks after it shipped to stores to go on sale most likely ended up with the version of Office XP that cannot be updated to SP1 under normal means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 hobsgrg Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Originally posted by Hawkeye That may not be true actually. My cousin purchased Office XP Professional the day it came out. He had seen it in beta form (from Microsoft), and he was totally psyched about it. When it came out, he bought it right away. It turns out that he also had the February 28,2001 version of Word, and therefore had a big problem installing the Service Pack. The thing is that Microsoft initially shipped Office XP with the February 28th version of Word, and they didn't ship it with the version that had the March 7th version until a few weeks later. So you see, those that purchased it in the first few weeks after it shipped to stores to go on sale most likely ended up with the version of Office XP that cannot be updated to SP1 under normal means. Oops sorry, if i've falsely accused people of using warez i grovellingly apologise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Sharpie30K Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 Originally posted by SHoTTa35 hehe, that works.. iw as about to say get the March 7th version of (WinWord.exe) Office Xp and it would work fine. You have the "February 28th" version. (right click winword.exe in program filesmicrosoft officeoffice 10 and choose properties to see) I have the February 28th version so I guess i'm sh!t out of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Almighty1 Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 It actually does this with both legit and warez versions. On my bought version of OfficeXP and even my friends warez version. All you had to do was have the OfficeXP CD in the drive before running any updates and they would install successfully. Not sure why one would even bother to do the administrative update thingy ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 valthom Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 Lokster, Thank you for the well written instructions. I have been trying to accomplish this for some time now. This was indeed a great help. Again, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 buff23 Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 Hi, I'm having a problem with Step 12. Everything else goes fine but when I try to do that last step it says: Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product use AddRemove Programs in the Control Panel. Any suggestions guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prasanth Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 http://www.officexp.nu/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I am tryign to update Office XP with the new Service Pack and everytime I try to update it I get this message.
What can I do?
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