Failed install of SP 3 Office 2000 under Win XP

[Ron in Palo Alto]

With a new hard drive, I installed Win XP + SP 2, Norton SystemWorks 2003 and
Office 2000 Premium. SP 1A for Office installed but SP 3 fails, even with
anti- virus turned off.

 

[Chris Schatte]

Ron in Palo Alto,
Likely that you will need to uninstall Windows XP sp2:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875350
update your older version of Office then re-apply sp2 for Windows.
For further user reference on uninstalling sp2, search here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/default.mspx
Older versions of Office (2000, XP) are best installed/updated prior to
Windows XP sp2.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Andreinfo]

With a new hard drive, I installed Win XP + SP 2, Norton SystemWorks 2003 and
Office 2000 Premium. SP 1A for Office installed but SP 3 fails, even with
anti- virus turned off.

I had a similar problem. It was solved when I downloaded and installed SP2
for Office 2000 manually, rebooted and then installed SP3 again.

Succes,