How do I get rid of Office 2003 (pre-installed)

S

Sheller

With my new PC came the preinstalled MS Office 2003. As I still had the
disks for office 2000, I've been using that instead of buying the 2003. My
microsoft updated recently installed a security update for 2003, and in the
process somehow activated the 2003 outlook as the primary, superceding my
2000 outlook. I did a system restore and got everything back, but to keep it
from happening again, I tried to delete office 2003 60 day trial from my
computer.

When I did that, it also removed the icon and everything from my office
2000. I did a system restore and got it back. When I check on the
add/remove programs, it shows that office 2003 is still there. But here's
the kicker. Every time I open any program (or restart my computer) it tries
to install office 2003 and it takes 6-10 clicks of canceling to get through
it. How do I get this program off my computer without ruining everything
else and losing all my emails/folders/contacts/calendar appts, etc.? I'm
getting quite tired of the "Installation error: file not found" "A required
installation file sku112.cab could not be found."

I have 2 other versions of office (2000 and xp) and don't want this on my
computer.
 
S

Sheller

As I mentioned, when I did remove it with add/remove, it also removed my 2000
outlook icons, etc. and I could no longer access it.
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

If all it did was remove your Office 2000 icons, run Detect and Repair and check the option to restore your shortcuts.

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After furious head scratching, Sheller asked:

| As I mentioned, when I did remove it with add/remove, it also removed
| my 2000 outlook icons, etc. and I could no longer access it.
|
| "Tom Willett" wrote:
|
|| Why are you not uninstalling it from add/remove programs?
||
|| Tom
|| ||| With my new PC came the preinstalled MS Office 2003. As I still
||| had the disks for office 2000, I've been using that instead of
||| buying the 2003. My
||| microsoft updated recently installed a security update for 2003,
||| and in the
||| process somehow activated the 2003 outlook as the primary,
||| superceding my 2000 outlook. I did a system restore and got
||| everything back, but to keep it
||| from happening again, I tried to delete office 2003 60 day trial
||| from my computer.
|||
||| When I did that, it also removed the icon and everything from my
||| office 2000. I did a system restore and got it back. When I check
||| on the add/remove programs, it shows that office 2003 is still
||| there. But here's the kicker. Every time I open any program (or
||| restart my computer) it tries
||| to install office 2003 and it takes 6-10 clicks of canceling to get
||| through
||| it. How do I get this program off my computer without ruining
||| everything else and losing all my emails/folders/contacts/calendar
||| appts, etc.? I'm getting quite tired of the "Installation error:
||| file not found" "A required
||| installation file sku112.cab could not be found."
|||
||| I have 2 other versions of office (2000 and xp) and don't want this
||| on my computer.
 
S

Sheller

I thought that was all it did, but instead of the icon, there was a file
folder in its place that said email. Nothing happened when I clicked on it,
and there was not a version of outlook anywhere on my computer.

Should I just uninstall all versions of office and reinstall? Where are pst
files stored so I know where to back my outlook data to to make sure I don't
lose it.
 
D

DL

Because you installed an early version, without first uninstalling the later
version you have completely screwed up the entire office installation.
Use the recovery disks/partition to put your pc back to Factory supplied
condition then first uninstall 2003 before you attempt to install O2k

Sheller said:
I thought that was all it did, but instead of the icon, there was a file
folder in its place that said email. Nothing happened when I clicked on it,
and there was not a version of outlook anywhere on my computer.

Should I just uninstall all versions of office and reinstall? Where are pst
files stored so I know where to back my outlook data to to make sure I don't
lose it.

Milly Staples said:
If all it did was remove your Office 2000 icons, run Detect and Repair and check the option to restore your shortcuts.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Sheller asked:

| As I mentioned, when I did remove it with add/remove, it also removed
| my 2000 outlook icons, etc. and I could no longer access it.
|
| "Tom Willett" wrote:
|
|| Why are you not uninstalling it from add/remove programs?
||
|| Tom
|| ||| With my new PC came the preinstalled MS Office 2003. As I still
||| had the disks for office 2000, I've been using that instead of
||| buying the 2003. My
||| microsoft updated recently installed a security update for 2003,
||| and in the
||| process somehow activated the 2003 outlook as the primary,
||| superceding my 2000 outlook. I did a system restore and got
||| everything back, but to keep it
||| from happening again, I tried to delete office 2003 60 day trial
||| from my computer.
|||
||| When I did that, it also removed the icon and everything from my
||| office 2000. I did a system restore and got it back. When I check
||| on the add/remove programs, it shows that office 2003 is still
||| there. But here's the kicker. Every time I open any program (or
||| restart my computer) it tries
||| to install office 2003 and it takes 6-10 clicks of canceling to get
||| through
||| it. How do I get this program off my computer without ruining
||| everything else and losing all my emails/folders/contacts/calendar
||| appts, etc.? I'm getting quite tired of the "Installation error:
||| file not found" "A required
||| installation file sku112.cab could not be found."
|||
||| I have 2 other versions of office (2000 and xp) and don't want this
||| on my computer.
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