How do I repair or reinstall MS Office when I get an Invalid Patc.

[A. J. Trim]

I have MS Office XP. I regularly update from the Office Update site. Now it
fails with a message saying that the Patch is invalid. Now I cannot repair or
uninstall or reinstall. What should I do?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=295823 "You receive the 'This
patch package could not be opened' errror message in Office 2003, in
Office XP, or in Office 2000".