Installing Office 2003 Service Pack 3

Please ignore my previous post. I am trying to install the Office 2003
Service Pack 3 and it fails. Please advise.

1. You cannot install an Office 2003 service pack
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884298
Installation Unsuccessful
The update cannot be applied.

2. How to troubleshoot failures updating your Office installation from the
Office Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304498
The Office Update site is currently experiencing some technical difficulties
and is unable to check for updates.
Error! The catalog cannot be displayed.
Installation unsuccessful.
The Office Update Catalog cannot be displayed.
The Office Update site is unable to check for updates on this computer.
Error 0x80070641
Error 0x51F
Error 0x530
Error 80070643

3. You are unexpectedly offered Office 2003 Service Pack 3 when you use
Microsoft Update, Office Update, or Automatic Updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943135

4. If you receive an error code 0x8024002D, then the installation failed to
install because the source was required.
Options –

Try installing Service Pack 3 with your Office 2003 CD in the installation
CD-ROM drive before trying to install.

Try downloading the full installation pack and installing
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...2-5e3c1132f206
NB - Full-file version update may request Office source files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840169/

Try and fix the problem -
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...402361033.aspx
"Enabling the local installation source".

Try repairing/reinstalling Office 2003 –
Description of the differences between repair and reinstall in Office XP and
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298027

KB articles about known problems -

After you install a Microsoft Office service pack, you are prompted
unexpectedly to restart the computer.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905726

After you install Office 2003 SP3, an add-in, ActiveX control, or COM add-in
may not work as expected in an Office 2003 program. The functionality of an
add-in, an ActiveX control, or a COM add-in is reduced, or the functionality
is blocked after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938814

Error message when you try to create a new MAPI form in Outlook 2003:
"contact the administrator"
After you install Office 2003 SP3, you may receive an error message when you
try to create a new MAPI form in Outlook 2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938816

After you install Office 2003 SP3, attachments that contain the .gadget
extension cannot be opened in Outlook 2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938811

After you install Office 2003 SP3, the Fast Saves feature does not work as
expected in Word 2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938808

After you install Office 2003 SP3, the Microsoft Office Document Imaging
program may not work as expected.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938813

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you may receive an error message when you
try to open or to save a file.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941636

After you install Office 2003 SP3, you cannot open some Microsoft Excel
workbooks that contain Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938806

After you install Office 2003 SP3, the version number of Office is no longer
saved in the properties of the document as expected.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938807



"Dman in Indiana" wrote:

> Please ignore my previous post. I am trying to install the Office 2003
> Service Pack 3 and it fails. Please advise.