Office XP Problems After Installing New Drive

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Brian

Hello!

I upgraded to a new hard drive and did an exact copy from old drive to new
drive. Everything works flawlessly except Office XP.

First, if I try to go in ADD / REMOVE programs to select change to do a
repair, it is looking in a path for some files that I can't seem to find.

Then, if I try to reinstall from the CD ROM, the WINDOWS INSTALLER program
will give me this message:

THE INSTALLATION SOURCE FOR THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE. VERIFY THAT THE
SOURCE EXISTS AND THAT YOU CAN ACCESS IT.

I have the original install CD-ROM in front of me and can't either repair or
reinstall. Suggestions?

Thanks,
Brian
 
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garfield-n-odie

Office does not like to be copied from one hard drive to another,
because that is one method a software pirate might use in order
to bypass the Office activation process. If you have your Office
XP CD and the 25-digit product key, then:
1. Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 and install it.
2. Use the utility to delete the Windows Installer registry
entry for Office XP.
3. Reboot.
4. Uninstall Office XP by clicking on Start | Control Panel |
Add or Remove Programs | Microsoft Office XP | Remove.
5. Reinstall Office XP from the original CD.
 
G

garfield-n-odie

Office does not like to be copied from one hard drive to another,
because that is one method a software pirate might use in order
to bypass the Office activation process. If you have your Office
XP CD and the 25-digit product key, then:
1. Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 and install it.
2. Use the utility to delete the Windows Installer registry
entry for Office XP.
3. Reboot.
4. Uninstall Office XP by clicking on Start | Control Panel |
Add or Remove Programs | Microsoft Office XP | Remove.
5. Reinstall Office XP from the original CD.
 
G

garfield-n-odie

Office does not like to be copied from one hard drive to another,
because that is one method a software pirate might use in order
to bypass the Office activation process. If you have your Office
XP CD and the 25-digit product key, then:
1. Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 and install it.
2. Use the utility to delete the Windows Installer registry
entry for Office XP.
3. Reboot.
4. Uninstall Office XP by clicking on Start | Control Panel |
Add or Remove Programs | Microsoft Office XP | Remove.
5. Reinstall Office XP from the original CD.
 
G

garfield-n-odie

Office does not like to be copied from one hard drive to another,
because that is one method a software pirate might use in order
to bypass the Office activation process. If you have your Office
XP CD and the 25-digit product key, then:
1. Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 and install it.
2. Use the utility to delete the Windows Installer registry
entry for Office XP.
3. Reboot.
4. Uninstall Office XP by clicking on Start | Control Panel |
Add or Remove Programs | Microsoft Office XP | Remove.
5. Reinstall Office XP from the original CD.
 
G

garfield-n-odie

Office does not like to be copied from one hard drive to another,
because that is one method a software pirate might use in order
to bypass the Office activation process. If you have your Office
XP CD and the 25-digit product key, then:
1. Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 and install it.
2. Use the utility to delete the Windows Installer registry
entry for Office XP.
3. Reboot.
4. Uninstall Office XP by clicking on Start | Control Panel |
Add or Remove Programs | Microsoft Office XP | Remove.
5. Reinstall Office XP from the original CD.
 
G

garfield-n-odie

Office does not like to be copied from one hard drive to another,
because that is one method a software pirate might use in order
to bypass the Office activation process. If you have your Office
XP CD and the 25-digit product key, then:
1. Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 and install it.
2. Use the utility to delete the Windows Installer registry
entry for Office XP.
3. Reboot.
4. Uninstall Office XP by clicking on Start | Control Panel |
Add or Remove Programs | Microsoft Office XP | Remove.
5. Reinstall Office XP from the original CD.
 
G

garfield-n-odie

Office does not like to be copied from one hard drive to another,
because that is one method a software pirate might use in order
to bypass the Office activation process. If you have your Office
XP CD and the 25-digit product key, then:
1. Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 and install it.
2. Use the utility to delete the Windows Installer registry
entry for Office XP.
3. Reboot.
4. Uninstall Office XP by clicking on Start | Control Panel |
Add or Remove Programs | Microsoft Office XP | Remove.
5. Reinstall Office XP from the original CD.
 
G

garfield-n-odie

Office does not like to be copied from one hard drive to another,
because that is one method a software pirate might use in order
to bypass the Office activation process. If you have your Office
XP CD and the 25-digit product key, then:
1. Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 and install it.
2. Use the utility to delete the Windows Installer registry
entry for Office XP.
3. Reboot.
4. Uninstall Office XP by clicking on Start | Control Panel |
Add or Remove Programs | Microsoft Office XP | Remove.
5. Reinstall Office XP from the original CD.
 
G

garfield-n-odie

Office does not like to be copied from one hard drive to another,
because that is one method a software pirate might use in order
to bypass the Office activation process. If you have your Office
XP CD and the 25-digit product key, then:
1. Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 and install it.
2. Use the utility to delete the Windows Installer registry
entry for Office XP.
3. Reboot.
4. Uninstall Office XP by clicking on Start | Control Panel |
Add or Remove Programs | Microsoft Office XP | Remove.
5. Reinstall Office XP from the original CD.
 

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