Office Xp Constantly Asks For Installation Disk

[Roosh]

Fuck off, dude.

[Supernode]

Originally posted by Roosh@15 August 2003 - 00:56
Fuck off, dude.

Why?
I'm telling the trouth.
help me some real people.
I have to get evidence.

[Roosh]

What's the point of racking up posts at a forum you're probably going to get banned from?

[Supernode]

I told you my experiece.
I'm sorry if they didnt work.
nothing else.
Sorry.
Dont be angry,.,
But you are wrong

[balamm]

There is a problem with office XP. I'm not sure if it's intentional or accidental but it's linked to more than one windows update hotfix.
The only way to get around it is to install the entire office package through a terminal services mode install using add remove programs directed to a desktop folder containing the entire Office XP CD and the 2 updates. In your case, proplus.msi is reported as missing. In most cases , it's office1.cab. Something in those hotfixes makes highly compressed CD files unreadable. At least for MS programs. I think it may be a protection feature that has failed miserably and then been swept under the rug.

[Roosh]

through a terminal services mode install using add remove programs directed to a desktop folder containing the entire Office XP CD and the 2 updates

I don't follow you here.

Again, considering that I only have use for Word, is there a way to just install that or forget the Office XP disc I've got altogether and download it on it's own from somewhere else?

[balamm]

Just install it all and then pick the rest out. That way, at least all required libraries and .dlls will remain for word. Terminal services is a protected install mode used for corporate workstations and servers. You can duplicate it using the add/remove programs snapin in the control panel. Just go to "add new program" and when it asks for the file location, browse to the desktop folder you copied all the CD files to. Choose "complete install" rather than typical, apply the 2 service packs in the same way, and then go back to add/remove and start the install again but this time choose modify. Now you can safely remove the major items you don't need but all the libraries needed by word should remain in a common folder to be used by word and other programs. There's an alternative to word altogether, star office. I won't guarantee it's compatable with all MS formats though and You may not like the menus.