Re: Office XP SP3 fails to install

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From: billydancer (billydancer_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:15:06 -0800

Hi. My temp folder certainly isn't full - just a few MB of stuff. There's
66GB of free disk space so I don't think shortage of space is the problem.
Also this is a very recent installation so things haven't had a chance to get
fragmented yet, but I'll try what you suggested.

Just a thought - my PC has an Athlon 64 processor with DEP enabled. Have any
issues relating to updates been found or reported on this platform?

"Susan Ramlet" wrote:

> Hi, billydancer,
>
> Is your temp folder full of stuff? You might try cleaning it out and
> re-running the update. Might not be a bad idea to to a scandisk and defrag
> if you haven't done one recently.
>
> --
> Susan Ramlet
> MVP - Office
>
> Please reply to the newsgroups where others may benefit.
>
>
> "billydancer" <billydancer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:37715D89-1A3D-4ED1-9CD4-B5220F54AE4B@microsoft.com...
> > I'm having difficulty installing SP3. On running the update I get an error
> > message that extracting the file failed due to low memory or a corrupt
> > Cabinet file. I've tried the full file and client downloads with similar
> > results. I certainly don't have any shortage of space for the swap file
> and
> > I assume the download image on the server isn't corrupt so do you have any
> > ideas about what the problem could be.
> >
> > Word 2002 is the only Office application I have - installed as part of
> > WorksSuite 2005. I'm running Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 installed.
>
>
>

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