Office Pro 2003 SP2 Update failure - my solution

As many have come to discover, I also had errors when attempting to install
the newly-released SP2 update for Office 2003. In my case, PcOnPoint was
overly zealous in removing a registry entry that is required by the Office
2003 Setup Program.

You can find instructions in KB884298 on re-creating the registry "path" key
that has to point to the original installation source, which, in my case, was
'd:\english\office_system\officepro2003.'

Once I created this 'path' registry entry, all was well installing the new
update.

Hope this helps someone.
--
Lowery

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 19:03:02 -0700, Lowery <>
wrote:

>As many have come to discover, I also had errors when attempting to install
>the newly-released SP2 update for Office 2003. In my case, PcOnPoint was
>overly zealous in removing a registry entry that is required by the Office
>2003 Setup Program.
>
>You can find instructions in KB884298 on re-creating the registry "path" key
>that has to point to the original installation source, which, in my case, was
>'d:\english\office_system\officepro2003.'
>
>Once I created this 'path' registry entry, all was well installing the new
>update.
>
>Hope this helps someone.


Rejoice!!
I did EXACTLY as you wrote; d/loaded the KB's; edited my registry
(very carefully after doing a backup) and it WORKED!
FYI, I use Registry 1st Aid an a regular basis.
I went into it upon completing the regedit correction and added my
entire E:\ drive (CD-ROM) to the exception list.
Your suggestion/solution solved many questions I've had.
OT: Kodak EasyShare software would occassionaly crash and I had to
reinstall. I didn't know it was looking at my E:\drive.
Same for some other graphics software I use.
Long story short.....I shoulda' read the WARNING!

Thanks so much for heading me in the right direction.

Grant Ames
New York State

Thanks, Lowery.
After two weeks of frustration, this worked for me. I didn't even need the
original installation CDs. For me, all I had to do was add string values to
the two GUID values listed in the Sources subkey. I named them Path, and gave
them a value of D:\ . Then I connected to the MS site, and the upgrades
installed perfectly. Note: I also use PcOnPoint. It apparently removed these.
I hope it didn't remove anything else I need.

Mike

"Lowery" wrote:

> As many have come to discover, I also had errors when attempting to install
> the newly-released SP2 update for Office 2003. In my case, PcOnPoint was
> overly zealous in removing a registry entry that is required by the Office
> 2003 Setup Program.
>
> You can find instructions in KB884298 on re-creating the registry "path" key
> that has to point to the original installation source, which, in my case, was
> 'd:\english\office_system\officepro2003.'
>
> Once I created this 'path' registry entry, all was well installing the new
> update.
>
> Hope this helps someone.
> --
> Lowery