trying to update a laptop with office 2002 sp2 to sp3 and check o.

[cpalan]

I try to uninstall Office and states a patch file is missing. Tried to
reinstall from network location and get the same message a patch file is
missing. This is on an XP Pro system SP2.

thanks,
Rob

 

[Goose[MS]]

Your Windows Installer (patching) information on your machine might be
corrupted, please read this article to see if the Cleanup Utility is useful
in your case:

Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301