fatal error installing office 2003

[kmith]

I DOWNLOADED OFFICE 2003 TRIAL VERSION AND TRIED TO INSTALL IT OVER OFFICE
97. THEN I TRIED TO UNISTALL 97 BUT IT WOULDN'T LET ME. I DOWNLOADED A
REMOVAL TOOL FROM ORK TOOLS(MICROSOFT SITE). IT REMOVED ALL THE COMPONENTS. I
TRIED TO REINSTALL THE 2003 OFFICE FILE BUT IT STILL GIVES ME A FATAL ERROR
MESSAGE WHILE INSTALLING THE .CAB FILES.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You receive the "This patch package could not be opened" error message in an Office program
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295823

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| I DOWNLOADED OFFICE 2003 TRIAL VERSION AND TRIED TO INSTALL IT OVER OFFICE
| 97. THEN I TRIED TO UNISTALL 97 BUT IT WOULDN'T LET ME. I DOWNLOADED A
| REMOVAL TOOL FROM ORK TOOLS(MICROSOFT SITE). IT REMOVED ALL THE COMPONENTS. I
| TRIED TO REINSTALL THE 2003 OFFICE FILE BUT IT STILL GIVES ME A FATAL ERROR
| MESSAGE WHILE INSTALLING THE .CAB FILES.