Installing Office 2000 x on Preloaded XP SP2

[Oli Restorick]

Your first method of reproduction is not correct, sa it's exactly what I do
to install workstations, albeit using the Small Business Edition of Office
2000.

However, if other versions of Office were regularly exhibiting the problem
you're having, I'm sure we all would have heard about it.

Looks like you've already been on to PSS. They should give you free support
if it's truly an SP2 issue.

Oli

 

[Oli Restorick]

Your first method of reproduction is not correct, sa it's exactly what I do
to install workstations, albeit using the Small Business Edition of Office
2000.

However, if other versions of Office were regularly exhibiting the problem
you're having, I'm sure we all would have heard about it.

Looks like you've already been on to PSS. They should give you free support
if it's truly an SP2 issue.

Oli

 

[Oli Restorick]

Your first method of reproduction is not correct, sa it's exactly what I do
to install workstations, albeit using the Small Business Edition of Office
2000.

However, if other versions of Office were regularly exhibiting the problem
you're having, I'm sure we all would have heard about it.

Looks like you've already been on to PSS. They should give you free support
if it's truly an SP2 issue.

Oli

 

[Oli Restorick]

Your first method of reproduction is not correct, sa it's exactly what I do
to install workstations, albeit using the Small Business Edition of Office
2000.

However, if other versions of Office were regularly exhibiting the problem
you're having, I'm sure we all would have heard about it.

Looks like you've already been on to PSS. They should give you free support
if it's truly an SP2 issue.

Oli

 

[Oli Restorick]

Your first method of reproduction is not correct, sa it's exactly what I do
to install workstations, albeit using the Small Business Edition of Office
2000.

However, if other versions of Office were regularly exhibiting the problem
you're having, I'm sure we all would have heard about it.

Looks like you've already been on to PSS. They should give you free support
if it's truly an SP2 issue.

Oli

 

[Oli Restorick]

Your first method of reproduction is not correct, sa it's exactly what I do
to install workstations, albeit using the Small Business Edition of Office
2000.

However, if other versions of Office were regularly exhibiting the problem
you're having, I'm sure we all would have heard about it.

Looks like you've already been on to PSS. They should give you free support
if it's truly an SP2 issue.

Oli

 

[Jon]

I also ran into this problem today. I was rebuilding a Compaq
Presario 2500 laptop after a user destroyed it. I imaged back onto it
the factory install image, whiped out some of the nonsense
applications that come with the factory install, and then installed
SP2. After that I started to install some other applications the user
needed, and I ran into the same problem with our slipstreamed Office
2000 SR1 SP3 install: Windows File Protection error asking for the
Windows XP SP2 CD. I had to uninstall SP2, install Office 2000, then
reinstall SP2 to get it to work. What a pain!

I'm really in trouble when we start ordering PCs with XP SP2 already
on them. Although, perhaps this is a good thing... it will force the
company to upgrade to Office 2003. ;-)

 

[Jon]

I also ran into this problem today. I was rebuilding a Compaq
Presario 2500 laptop after a user destroyed it. I imaged back onto it
the factory install image, whiped out some of the nonsense
applications that come with the factory install, and then installed
SP2. After that I started to install some other applications the user
needed, and I ran into the same problem with our slipstreamed Office
2000 SR1 SP3 install: Windows File Protection error asking for the
Windows XP SP2 CD. I had to uninstall SP2, install Office 2000, then
reinstall SP2 to get it to work. What a pain!

I'm really in trouble when we start ordering PCs with XP SP2 already
on them. Although, perhaps this is a good thing... it will force the
company to upgrade to Office 2003. ;-)

 

[Jon]

I also ran into this problem today. I was rebuilding a Compaq
Presario 2500 laptop after a user destroyed it. I imaged back onto it
the factory install image, whiped out some of the nonsense
applications that come with the factory install, and then installed
SP2. After that I started to install some other applications the user
needed, and I ran into the same problem with our slipstreamed Office
2000 SR1 SP3 install: Windows File Protection error asking for the
Windows XP SP2 CD. I had to uninstall SP2, install Office 2000, then
reinstall SP2 to get it to work. What a pain!

I'm really in trouble when we start ordering PCs with XP SP2 already
on them. Although, perhaps this is a good thing... it will force the
company to upgrade to Office 2003. ;-)

 

[Jon]

I also ran into this problem today. I was rebuilding a Compaq
Presario 2500 laptop after a user destroyed it. I imaged back onto it
the factory install image, whiped out some of the nonsense
applications that come with the factory install, and then installed
SP2. After that I started to install some other applications the user
needed, and I ran into the same problem with our slipstreamed Office
2000 SR1 SP3 install: Windows File Protection error asking for the
Windows XP SP2 CD. I had to uninstall SP2, install Office 2000, then
reinstall SP2 to get it to work. What a pain!

I'm really in trouble when we start ordering PCs with XP SP2 already
on them. Although, perhaps this is a good thing... it will force the
company to upgrade to Office 2003. ;-)

 

[Jon]

I also ran into this problem today. I was rebuilding a Compaq
Presario 2500 laptop after a user destroyed it. I imaged back onto it
the factory install image, whiped out some of the nonsense
applications that come with the factory install, and then installed
SP2. After that I started to install some other applications the user
needed, and I ran into the same problem with our slipstreamed Office
2000 SR1 SP3 install: Windows File Protection error asking for the
Windows XP SP2 CD. I had to uninstall SP2, install Office 2000, then
reinstall SP2 to get it to work. What a pain!

I'm really in trouble when we start ordering PCs with XP SP2 already
on them. Although, perhaps this is a good thing... it will force the
company to upgrade to Office 2003. ;-)

 

[Jon]

I also ran into this problem today. I was rebuilding a Compaq
Presario 2500 laptop after a user destroyed it. I imaged back onto it
the factory install image, whiped out some of the nonsense
applications that come with the factory install, and then installed
SP2. After that I started to install some other applications the user
needed, and I ran into the same problem with our slipstreamed Office
2000 SR1 SP3 install: Windows File Protection error asking for the
Windows XP SP2 CD. I had to uninstall SP2, install Office 2000, then
reinstall SP2 to get it to work. What a pain!

I'm really in trouble when we start ordering PCs with XP SP2 already
on them. Although, perhaps this is a good thing... it will force the
company to upgrade to Office 2003. ;-)

 

[Jon]

I also ran into this problem today. I was rebuilding a Compaq
Presario 2500 laptop after a user destroyed it. I imaged back onto it
the factory install image, whiped out some of the nonsense
applications that come with the factory install, and then installed
SP2. After that I started to install some other applications the user
needed, and I ran into the same problem with our slipstreamed Office
2000 SR1 SP3 install: Windows File Protection error asking for the
Windows XP SP2 CD. I had to uninstall SP2, install Office 2000, then
reinstall SP2 to get it to work. What a pain!

I'm really in trouble when we start ordering PCs with XP SP2 already
on them. Although, perhaps this is a good thing... it will force the
company to upgrade to Office 2003. ;-)

 

[Jon]

I also ran into this problem today. I was rebuilding a Compaq
Presario 2500 laptop after a user destroyed it. I imaged back onto it
the factory install image, whiped out some of the nonsense
applications that come with the factory install, and then installed
SP2. After that I started to install some other applications the user
needed, and I ran into the same problem with our slipstreamed Office
2000 SR1 SP3 install: Windows File Protection error asking for the
Windows XP SP2 CD. I had to uninstall SP2, install Office 2000, then
reinstall SP2 to get it to work. What a pain!

I'm really in trouble when we start ordering PCs with XP SP2 already
on them. Although, perhaps this is a good thing... it will force the
company to upgrade to Office 2003. ;-)

 

[Jon]

I also ran into this problem today. I was rebuilding a Compaq
Presario 2500 laptop after a user destroyed it. I imaged back onto it
the factory install image, whiped out some of the nonsense
applications that come with the factory install, and then installed
SP2. After that I started to install some other applications the user
needed, and I ran into the same problem with our slipstreamed Office
2000 SR1 SP3 install: Windows File Protection error asking for the
Windows XP SP2 CD. I had to uninstall SP2, install Office 2000, then
reinstall SP2 to get it to work. What a pain!

I'm really in trouble when we start ordering PCs with XP SP2 already
on them. Although, perhaps this is a good thing... it will force the
company to upgrade to Office 2003. ;-)