[ms office - 2007] installing office 2k7 after sp3

[RabbieBurns]

Just did a fresh install of a sp3 slipstreamed XP pro OEM on my eee900. Install went fine, full install no nlite or anything.

 

Cannot seem to get Office 2007 to install. Every time it says

 

the windows installer service cannot update one or more protected windows files

 

Doesnt even let me install any of the individual programs from office or anything.. same error..

 

Any ideas?

[EduTech]

Have you tried updating windows first and then once theres no more updates installing office 2k7?

 

James

[RabbieBurns]

seems just .net framework is the only thing missing, well that and media player 11.

 

Will install them and then see how it goes. Cheers

[EduTech]

Ok no problem, Let me know how it goes.

 

Have a few more idea's left yet =]

 

James.

[EduTech]

If that does not succeed try this.

 

1. From Windows install disk, or c:\i386 that may have been set up in an OEM install, open (Double click) on the FP40EXT.CAB file. It should open.

 

2. find fp4autl.dll in the list

 

3. double click and select extract to c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\40\bin

 

4. Restart the 2007 office install

 

Let me know if that works

 

Jame.

[RabbieBurns]

found that trick from google and was one of the first things i tried..

 

didnt work.. as soon as i copied the file accross windows popped up saying to put in my xp cd and it would fix the file that had just been created on the system, so I chose to ignore that and let the new file stay. The office install failed this time with a different error.

 

Cant remember the exact message

[EduTech]

guess you might of come accross is was worth a bash,

 

You know somthing i am stumped, i installed a fresh copy of XP on a machine the other day along with Office 2k7 no problem.

 

format machine again and attempt to install it again lol.

 

I will scratch my head if i think of anything will let u know

 

Sorry i couldn't help

 

James.

[RabbieBurns]

was it sp3 slipstreamed cd you used?

 

Im going to do a vmware install using the same CD on another machine and see if the same thing happens.

 

Thanks for your ideas

[EduTech]

Yea i slipstreamed it myself, as i remember doing it.

 

Yea try it on a VM probs your best bet and if it works then hopfully formatting the machine again should fix it

 

Let me know how u get on

 

James.

[RabbieBurns]

OK im not really sure what I did to fix it, but Ive got it installed.

 

After copying accross that file, and getting the error that windows protected files had changed, and the install failing, i rebooted, and then deleted that file. Windows again said a protected file had changed, so I popped in the xp3 cd and cclicked fix. Left the CD in the drive while running the setup, and it just worked.

 

Bizarre.

 

And suprisingly, it runs pretty fast and smoothe on the eee900

[EduTech]

Wicked, glad you got it sorted.

 

James.