Non-terminating loop asking to Insert the 'Microsoft Office 2000 P

[Othello]

Running a file search from explorer causes non-terminating dialog box loop
requesting "Insert the 'Microsoft Office Professional' disk and click OK."
Clicking "Cancel" causes a cyclical message dialog box deadlock that can only
be circumvented via system power down.

Essentially this is how it happens:
1. File search from explorer triggers the following dialog box:

Dialog Title: "Microsoft Office 2000 Professional"
Dialog contents: "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office 2000
Professional"
Buttons: "Cancel"

Which invokes a second dialog box:

"Microsoft Office 2000 Professional"
"The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk
that is not available.
"Insert the 'Microsoft Office 2000 Professional' disk and click OK.
"Use feature from:
"Microsoft Office 2000 Professional"
Buttons: "OK", "Cancel", "Browse"

The most obvious solution is to insert that CD-ROM. However not having it
handy means I need to reboot to break the recursive loop because canceling
has no effect on the outcome. Is there a registry setting I can use to turn
this trigger feature off?
Thanks,
Ot

 

[Othello]

Folks,
Another possiblity is to kill the Install application from TaskMgr.exe. The
corresponding process is explorer.exe, so killing explorer essentially
reboots the windows manager.

I think I can also try uninstalling Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, but
these work arounds are not very good solutions. The most ideal solution is to
modify an ini office file switch or registry setting to prevent the feature
from triggering. How to do this? Also what feature causes this? Probably
knowing this will help resolve it as well.
Thanks,
Ot

 

[Othello]

Folks,
Another possiblity is to kill the Install application from TaskMgr.exe. The
corresponding process is explorer.exe, so killing explorer essentially
reboots the windows manager.

I think I can also try uninstalling Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, but
these work arounds are not very good solutions. The most ideal solution is to
modify an ini office file switch or registry setting to prevent the feature
from triggering. How to do this? Also what feature causes this? Probably
knowing this will help resolve it as well.
Thanks,
Ot

 

[Othello]

Folks,
Another possiblity is to kill the Install application from TaskMgr.exe. The
corresponding process is explorer.exe, so killing explorer essentially
reboots the windows manager.

I think I can also try uninstalling Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, but
these work arounds are not very good solutions. The most ideal solution is to
modify an ini office file switch or registry setting to prevent the feature
from triggering. How to do this? Also what feature causes this? Probably
knowing this will help resolve it as well.
Thanks,
Ot

 

[Othello]

Folks,
Another possiblity is to kill the Install application from TaskMgr.exe. The
corresponding process is explorer.exe, so killing explorer essentially
reboots the windows manager.

I think I can also try uninstalling Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, but
these work arounds are not very good solutions. The most ideal solution is to
modify an ini office file switch or registry setting to prevent the feature
from triggering. How to do this? Also what feature causes this? Probably
knowing this will help resolve it as well.
Thanks,
Ot

 

[Othello]

Folks,
Another possiblity is to kill the Install application from TaskMgr.exe. The
corresponding process is explorer.exe, so killing explorer essentially
reboots the windows manager.

I think I can also try uninstalling Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, but
these work arounds are not very good solutions. The most ideal solution is to
modify an ini office file switch or registry setting to prevent the feature
from triggering. How to do this? Also what feature causes this? Probably
knowing this will help resolve it as well.
Thanks,
Ot

 

[Othello]

Folks,
Another possiblity is to kill the Install application from TaskMgr.exe. The
corresponding process is explorer.exe, so killing explorer essentially
reboots the windows manager.

I think I can also try uninstalling Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, but
these work arounds are not very good solutions. The most ideal solution is to
modify an ini office file switch or registry setting to prevent the feature
from triggering. How to do this? Also what feature causes this? Probably
knowing this will help resolve it as well.
Thanks,
Ot

 

[Othello]

Folks,
Another possiblity is to kill the Install application from TaskMgr.exe. The
corresponding process is explorer.exe, so killing explorer essentially
reboots the windows manager.

I think I can also try uninstalling Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, but
these work arounds are not very good solutions. The most ideal solution is to
modify an ini office file switch or registry setting to prevent the feature
from triggering. How to do this? Also what feature causes this? Probably
knowing this will help resolve it as well.
Thanks,
Ot

 

[Othello]

Folks,
Another possiblity is to kill the Install application from TaskMgr.exe. The
corresponding process is explorer.exe, so killing explorer essentially
reboots the windows manager.

I think I can also try uninstalling Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, but
these work arounds are not very good solutions. The most ideal solution is to
modify an ini office file switch or registry setting to prevent the feature
from triggering. How to do this? Also what feature causes this? Probably
knowing this will help resolve it as well.
Thanks,
Ot

 

[Othello]

Folks,
Another possiblity is to kill the Install application from TaskMgr.exe. The
corresponding process is explorer.exe, so killing explorer essentially
reboots the windows manager.

I think I can also try uninstalling Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, but
these work arounds are not very good solutions. The most ideal solution is to
modify an ini office file switch or registry setting to prevent the feature
from triggering. How to do this? Also what feature causes this? Probably
knowing this will help resolve it as well.
Thanks,
Ot