KB943985 MS Office Excel 2003 Update fails with error code 779

This happens on Windows Vista Business machine using Microsoft Update. It is
the first time I have had an Office 2003 update fail.

Any thoughs would be appriciated.

 

Oops forgot the specs.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/15/2008, 15:43:58
Machine name: XXXXXXX-PC
Operating System: Windows Vistaâ„¢ Business (6.0, Build 6000)
(6000.vista_gdr.071023-1545)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2
CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 934MB used, 3378MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

 

I have also tried to install Office 2003 Service Pack 3 and Security update
(KB943988)v2 and Outlook KB943649 and everyone of these updates fails to
install. Any one have any suggestions?

 

I had simlar to this 10 times - I turned off my 3rd. party firewall and and
anti-virus, turned on the Windows firewall and the next download attempt
worked fine.

 

You have to change the SACL of %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\mapisvc.inf. Take
ownership for the group Administrators and grant the permission to
change for Administrators. Then retry the installation of the Patch.

 

You mean the DACL, I presume? The DACL contains the permissions that control
access to an object, the SACL controls auditing.

Harry.

 

This was the straw that broke the camel's back... I am NOT an engineer, but
an end-user - and repeated attempts at getting this fixed once and for all,
pushed me towards the "other camp". I had to buy new Desktops and Laptop
anyway, so I took the plunge and said goodbye MS, Vista and everything else
MS... I am happy about my decision, even though I know I will be facing a
steep uphill with learning a completely new OS - with all the bugs included,
of course... So far... knock on wood - all seems to work... Garage sale
coming up, with a couple of darn nice PCs...