Re: Office update requires MS Word Disk???

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My laptop came with Works and I upgraded to Office Professional. I, too, get
that message various times. Now when it comes up I am going to try inserting
my Works 8 disk and see if that's what it wants. Thanks for the help.

"Susan Ramlet" wrote:

> Hi, kmgoff30,
>
> Word is part of Works. That's why the Windows Installer wants to have the
> Works CD when updating Office 2000, because it detects Word is there.
> Data1.msi exists on a variety of product CDs. When prompted, insert each
> disk in turn until the Windows Installer gets what it's looking for.
>
> No need to uninstall anything, as far as I can see from your inquiry.
>
> --
> Susan Ramlet
> MVP - Office
>
> Please reply to the newsgroups where others may benefit.
>
>
> "kmgoff30" <kmgoff30@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:31EFA8A4-1502-484D-A592-8E408AFFD2DE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Did anybody figure out how to solve this problem?
> >
> > "Jon Lodge" wrote:
> >
> > > It appears I may have the same or similar problem, but I am not clear
> how to
> > > solve it.
> > > I am trying to update Ofice 2000 with SP3 and get the same msg as ghost
> rider.
> > > I have the (2) Office2000 Small Business and the (1)Works 2000 disks,
> but in
> > > Add/Remove I can see that I have on my pc;
> > > Office 2000 SR-1 Disc 2;
> > > Office 2000 SR-1 Premium;
> > > Office 2000 SR-1 Small Business;
> > > Works 2000;
> > > (and also Outlook Express 5).
> > > What do I do? The installation process asks for the Office 2000 SR-1
> Premium
> > > disk to get data.msi file.
> > > I am worried about deleting programs and losing any asscociated data
> from my
> > > pc.........
> > > Thanks for any help. Very frustrated, Jon.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ghost Rider" wrote:
> > >
> > > > That was exactly the problem. I forgot Word came with the computer,
> so was
> > > > not installed with the rest of Office. Thank you Bob.
> > > >
> > > > "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Check in Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control
> > > > > panel to see if you have a separate listing for
> > > > > Microsoft Word. It may have been installed as
> > > > > part of a MS Works Suite package.
> > > > >
> > > > > Data1.msi was a common name for all MS Office 2000
> > > > > family products, but each product's Data1.msi is
> > > > > different.
> > > > >
> > > > > ========
> > > > > <<"Ghost Rider" <Ghost Rider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message
> > > > > news:8A7A3A57-EBBA-41E5-B396-3594F63090CC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > When I try to update Office 2000 with Service Pack 3, it always
> hangs on step
> > > > > 4 of 5.
> > > > >
> > > > > It asks me to insert the MS Word 2000 SR-1 disk. Of course, I
> bought Office
> > > > > 2000, not just Word 2000.
> > > > >
> > > > > If I hit the Browse button, it seems to want a file called
> Data1.MSI. A
> > > > > file with that name is in the root directory of my Office CD Rom
> installation
> > > > > disk, but when I select it, I get this error: "The file D:Data1.MSI
> is not a
> > > > > valid installation package for MS Word..."
> > > > >
> > > > > Don't want to have to buy Word just to update Office, since it's
> supposed to
> > > > > be included with Office.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can Microsoft fix the update?
> > > > >
> > > > > My system is a Dell Pentium 3, 1 GHz, running Windows 2000 Pro
> (Version 5.0,
> > > > > Service Pack 4, build 2195). My IE version is 6.0.2800.1106. >>
> > > > > --
> > > > > Let us know if this helped you,
> > > > >
> > > > > Bob Buckland ?:-)
> > > > > MS Office System Products MVP
> > > > >
> > > > > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
> > > > >
> > > > > Office 2003 Editions explained
> > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
>
>
>
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