Re: SP3 XP

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From: jon (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:46:57 -0800

yes. in fact i have 2 CD drives and i had both 97 & XP in
each, then swapped them when the error sayying could not
find f:/office1.cab. i have searched hard discs, cd's and
cannot find that cab. the error num is 1311. worse - the
installation corrupted my office installation out and
rendered excel inoperative. worse still reinstalling did
not fix. the only way i couldd get excel back was to
reimage the PC!
cheers jon
>-----Original Message-----
>So, just to clarify, you inserted the Office 97 CD when
prompted for the cab
>file?
>
>--
>Susan Ramlet
>MVP - Microsoft Office
><<>>-<<>>-<<>>-<<>>-<<>>
>Please post responses to the newsgroups.
>
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:113c201c41018$879f7390$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> i have already done that. actually when you start the
>> update it asks for a file proret.msi - an installer
file.
>> it finds that starts doing some information gathering
and
>> then asks for the cab file - which is not there. the
disc
>> is an upgrade from office 97. when i installed XP some
13
>> months ago, i first installed 97, then upgraded XP over
>> the top.
>> thanks for you reply :) jon
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi, Jon,
>> >
>> >Was your Office installation an upgrade from a
previous
>> version? Do you
>> >have the CD from the previous version? If so, insert
it
>> when asked for the
>> >CDwith office1.cab on it.
>> >
>> >Does that work?
>> >
>> >--
>> >Susan Ramlet
>> >MVP - Microsoft Office
>> ><<>>-<<>>-<<>>-<<>>-<<>>
>> >Please post responses to the newsgroups.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Jon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:fe9a01c40d8c$89ad1220$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> i have installed SP3 on office XP no problem on a
win
>> 2k
>> >> box. sadly no such luck with office XP on winXP.
>> >> installation looks for a file office1.cab on the XP
>> CD. it
>> >> is not there! installation fails as a result. i
cannot
>> >> fathom why it would request a file on an original CD
>> that
>> >> is simply not there! any ideas?
>> >> cheers jon
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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