Windows XP Service Pack 3 Install Issue

I too have had the same problems installing Service Pack 3 on my Windows XP
system, where I get an "Access Denied" message. The only reason I was even
attempting to install this update, is that my professor is using Office 2007
and his Word documents are saved as .docx -- I have Office 2003 and my Word
documents are saved as .doc Is there any other way to access the upgraded
version of Word without going through all this trouble????

One post will be sufficient, thank you.

Justski2it wrote:
> I too have had the same problems installing Service Pack 3 on my Windows
> XP
> system, where I get an "Access Denied" message. The only reason I was
> even
> attempting to install this update, is that my professor is using Office
> 2007
> and his Word documents are saved as .docx -- I have Office 2003 and my
> Word documents are saved as .doc Is there any other way to access the
> upgraded version of Word without going through all this trouble????

Word viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> One post will be sufficient, thank you.
>
> Justski2it wrote:
>> I too have had the same problems installing Service Pack 3 on my Windows
>> XP
>> system, where I get an "Access Denied" message. The only reason I was
>> even
>> attempting to install this update, is that my professor is using Office
>> 2007
>> and his Word documents are saved as .docx -- I have Office 2003 and my
>> Word documents are saved as .doc Is there any other way to access the
>> upgraded version of Word without going through all this trouble????
>