MS office 2003

FluffySheep · 19 Oct 2008 at 21:08

I have a (legit) copy of office 2003 running on an XP laptop. Whenever I open any office part (word, excel, etc) it tries to install something but fails (as the office install CD is not in the drive, but even if it is present nothing installs). This also happens if I try to open a document directly but word (or whatever) is not open.

If I click cancel (to stop the install) word, excel, etc open up normal. I never get an error message or crashes, all parts of office appear to be present, so I am wonderring: how do I stop office from trying to install something else every time?

I installed office onto an XP desktop (then a vista desktop) with no problems, so I don't know what to do. Any suggstions?

Fluffy

pjansell · 19 Oct 2008 at 21:17

Sounds like it trying to finish the installation off and you don't have the necessary write/modify permissions to do so. Check your application event log, is there anything in there (error wise) that relates to ms office? Does it ask for a specific file, is there any kind of error message?

Craig321 · 19 Oct 2008 at 21:19

FluffySheep said:
I have a (legit) copy of office 2003 running on an XP laptop. Whenever I open any office part (word, excel, etc) it tries to install something but fails (as the office install CD is not in the drive, but even if it is present nothing installs). This also happens if I try to open a document directly but word (or whatever) is not open.

If I click cancel (to stop the install) word, excel, etc open up normal. I never get an error message or crashes, all parts of office appear to be present, so I am wonderring: how do I stop office from trying to install something else every time?

I installed office onto an XP desktop (then a vista desktop) with no problems, so I don't know what to do. Any suggstions?

Fluffy

Try reinstall maybe? Also, make sure you're not on a standard (non admin) account

pjansell · 19 Oct 2008 at 21:20

Could try a add/remove programs -- > repair before a reinstall if you haven't already?

Nanobot · 20 Oct 2008 at 14:00

Have/Do you remember ever running Disk Cleanup before? Most of the time, Office setup keeps files on C: to repair itself, and they can be removed when running Disk Cleanup.
Try Detect And Repair which is found in the Help menu of Word Excel etc.
Failing that, it does sound like preferably a complete uninstall and reinstall.