Stuck on "Preparing Office 2008 SP1 Update"

I

imantonia

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Hello,

I just loaded my 2nd license from my Office:mac 2008 for Students.
This was put onto a new macbook, so all files and installation is clean.

When I checked for updates, it does find that I need SP1 Update. It does download it, but then gets stuck

"Installing Office 2008 SP! Update (12.1.0)"
"Running AutoUpdate Installer script"

I have tried rebooting. I have tried redoing all this several times and it gets stuck at the same spot.

Please help! This is incredibly frustrating.

Thank you!
 
D

Diane Ross

I have tried rebooting. I have tried redoing all this several times and it
gets stuck at the same spot.
Click to expand...

There could be a hidden window asking you to quit all Microsoft
applications. If you log out/in holding down Shift key when logging in, THEN
run the installer, does it work now?
 
N

nacma

I was stuck with this for the past months, I gave up at some point, but here is the answer:
As office is installing, the "check for updates" was open (the little green clock), CLOSE IT and the update will run fast and smooth.
 

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