Subject: Office XP can't access updates after Hard drive change

J

Joseph

Hi and thanks -

I am running XP Pro sp3 and Office Pro XP. My hard drive (WD 80GB) started
getting quriky, so I bought a new one (WD 120 GB), and cloned it using
Western Digital's Data Lifeguard. Now, all seems okay, except that my Office
is "qurky" - and it won't access officeupdate - after verifying that I am
indeed genuine, I get the error page below - see Note 1.

By "quriky", I mean that I get wierd little notes and messages. Everything
seems to work - at least basically - and there are no "unregistered installer
patches" (I don't really know what that means, but I ran a little MS program
called "OUCPR.exe"). For example., in Outlook, I get a message every time a
reminder comes up - see NOTE 2, below.

Other notes. I have run the repair option from the original Office XP
setup disk, I have run "Detect and repair" from a few of the applications'
help menus, and I have run a Norton Systemowrks' fixes (One Button Checup,
Windoctor) - all of which reported successful operations. I am the
administrator of my computer (the only user) and have administrator
privaleges. My computer is a 1999 Gateway P4, 1.2 G - it is old but in
perfect working order. I have 0.75 G RAM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

Joseph


NOTE 1
Office Update is unable to check for updates

The Office Update site is unable to check for updates on this computer. This
may be happening because of one of the following reasons . . .

You do not have administrative privileges for this computer.
There is a network problem and the detection catalog used by the Office
Update site failed to download. Go back to the Downloads home page and try
running detection again.
Windows Installer patch files (.MSP files) from previously applied Office
updates are missing from the \Windows\Installer hidden directory on your
computer. MSP files are stored on your computer after update installation
completes because they need to be referenced for future update operations. If
the files are missing you will not be able to apply Office updates. You may
also be unable to uninstall Office products as a result of the same problem.
Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for assistance.
You installed Office updates in the past and then upgraded from Windows
Installer version 1.0 to Windows Installer version 1.1. For more information
see the KB article Windows Installer May Prompt for Install Source if
Unavailable.


NOTE 2 - the Outlook reminder error message

A custom form could not be opened - Outlooj will use an Outlook form
instead. The form required to use this message can not be displayed.
Contact your administrator."
 

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