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Att: Gary S. Terhune - MS Office 2000 SR-1
Sorry, Gary, for bothering you, again!
My inquiry, regarding the problem with the installation of MS Office 2000 SR-1, installed in my Computer, was posted back in October 2006, in case you should you look for further details. The suggested solution appeared rather complex to me and I sort of abandoned the idea of doing something about my problem. I re-read some of your comments and noted something that should be rehashed, I think. I must have mislead you in thinking that the Version that is installed in my Computer is MS Office Pro, rather than Office 2000 SR-1. The only CDs that I have are for Office Pro. The computer in trouble was purchase in 1999 from a Computer outfit, that has since relocated or ceased to exist. The CD for Office SR-1 were not provided. This was your reply: (At that time, I had 2 computers on hand. Note that, the one you call Computer 1 ("good" Office install), no longer usable for other problems, had the Office Pro. Computer 2, the troubled one, now in use, has Office SR-1.) ***** Gary S. Terhune 11/10/2006 10:09 AM PST 1. You can't use the Office 2000 CD from Computer 1 ("good" Office install) on Computer 2 ("troubled" install.) It is a downgrade and won't be accepted. All you can do would be to uninstall Office Pro from the troubled machine and then install a brand new setup from the non-Pro version you have (which would be, incidentally, in contravention of the license and may cause you problems with activation if it's been only recently installed or reactivated on the "good" machine). 2. Without the CD for Office 2000 Professional for Computer 2, you won't be able to do much of anything to fix the problem, install/uninstall/repair the installation (or components thereof), or even Update, probably. Not even worth downloading Updates or Service Packs. Service Pack CDs are available for Office XP (2002) and Office 2003, but are no longer available for Office 2000. If you were to obtain an installation CD for that machine, allowing you to Add/Remove Components or Repair, then it would still be difficult or impossible to get SPs over dial-up due to their size. In that case I'd recommend finding someone with high-bandwidth and use their machine to D/L and burn the SPs and other Updates to CD. However, lacking the original installation CD, that isn't worth the trouble. -- Gary S. Terhune ***** Gary, recently, I attempted at uninstalling Office SR-1, but it is not possible. The system asks for Office Standard SR-1 disk and it specifically looks for DATA1.MSI, for starters, I suppose. It won’t accept the one in the CD for the Office Pro. Is there something that can be done to uninstall that SR-1 Version? Thanks! |
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Gary S. Terhune - MS Office 2000 SR-1
Hmmm...
I'm just now getting back into the swing of things after I burned out during my marathon computer rebuild session back on the 23rd (hit a wall, lost my nerve... something that happens to me on occasion). Putting a new Asus P5B plus other new components into my old box. But it's late, now, and I'll need to review the old thread to figure out exactly what we're talking about. For the moment, I don't think my advice will change much, though. I'm pretty sure you need to have the original installation files for the Office application (and I mean the *exact* ones used, since the product key is involved, I think) in order to apply certain updates or to Repair the installation. If you don't have those original installation files, I'm fairly certain that your only option is to uninstall it completely and use whatever installation files you *do* have, if possible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm BAP wrote: Sorry, Gary, for bothering you, again! My inquiry, regarding the problem with the installation of MS Office 2000 SR-1, installed in my Computer, was posted back in October 2006, in case you should you look for further details. The suggested solution appeared rather complex to me and I sort of abandoned the idea of doing something about my problem. I re-read some of your comments and noted something that should be rehashed, I think. I must have mislead you in thinking that the Version that is installed in my Computer is MS Office Pro, rather than Office 2000 SR-1. The only CDs that I have are for Office Pro. The computer in trouble was purchase in 1999 from a Computer outfit, that has since relocated or ceased to exist. The CD for Office SR-1 were not provided. This was your reply: (At that time, I had 2 computers on hand. Note that, the one you call Computer 1 ("good" Office install), no longer usable for other problems, had the Office Pro. Computer 2, the troubled one, now in use, has Office SR-1.) ***** Gary S. Terhune 11/10/2006 10:09 AM PST 1. You can't use the Office 2000 CD from Computer 1 ("good" Office install) on Computer 2 ("troubled" install.) It is a downgrade and won't be accepted. All you can do would be to uninstall Office Pro from the troubled machine and then install a brand new setup from the non-Pro version you have (which would be, incidentally, in contravention of the license and may cause you problems with activation if it's been only recently installed or reactivated on the "good" machine). 2. Without the CD for Office 2000 Professional for Computer 2, you won't be able to do much of anything to fix the problem, install/uninstall/repair the installation (or components thereof), or even Update, probably. Not even worth downloading Updates or Service Packs. Service Pack CDs are available for Office XP (2002) and Office 2003, but are no longer available for Office 2000. If you were to obtain an installation CD for that machine, allowing you to Add/Remove Components or Repair, then it would still be difficult or impossible to get SPs over dial-up due to their size. In that case I'd recommend finding someone with high-bandwidth and use their machine to D/L and burn the SPs and other Updates to CD. However, lacking the original installation CD, that isn't worth the trouble. |
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Gary S. Terhune - MS Office 2000 SR-1
Quite impressed by your activities, Gary! My wish for 2007 would be that I
could acquire a miniscule amount of your knowledge in Computer matters! To help(?) in hashing over old stuff, I could say that the only CDs that I have are for MS Office Pro, meant for another computer not in operation. The one installed in the Computer that I use is MS Office Standard SR-1 without any original CD(s). If you recall from the old posts, as you suggested, I managed to copy the contents of the Pro Version in another Folder, but, when I activated the Setup from that Folder, things did not work out as expected. So, I sort of gave up. Recently, I thought to uninstall the SR-1 Version and install the Pro Version, but the system will not let me. It insists that I supply a disk where, presumably, it can find DATA1.msi and, without it, it refuses to uninstall it. My question...is there another way to uninstall MS Office 2000 SR-1 Standard, besides going thru the standard method...Settings/Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs? Thanks for your time! Happy 2007 to you and all! "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Hmmm... I'm just now getting back into the swing of things after I burned out during my marathon computer rebuild session back on the 23rd (hit a wall, lost my nerve... something that happens to me on occasion). Putting a new Asus P5B plus other new components into my old box. But it's late, now, and I'll need to review the old thread to figure out exactly what we're talking about. For the moment, I don't think my advice will change much, though. I'm pretty sure you need to have the original installation files for the Office application (and I mean the *exact* ones used, since the product key is involved, I think) in order to apply certain updates or to Repair the installation. If you don't have those original installation files, I'm fairly certain that your only option is to uninstall it completely and use whatever installation files you *do* have, if possible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm BAP wrote: Sorry, Gary, for bothering you, again! My inquiry, regarding the problem with the installation of MS Office 2000 SR-1, installed in my Computer, was posted back in October 2006, in case you should you look for further details. The suggested solution appeared rather complex to me and I sort of abandoned the idea of doing something about my problem. I re-read some of your comments and noted something that should be rehashed, I think. I must have mislead you in thinking that the Version that is installed in my Computer is MS Office Pro, rather than Office 2000 SR-1. The only CDs that I have are for Office Pro. The computer in trouble was purchase in 1999 from a Computer outfit, that has since relocated or ceased to exist. The CD for Office SR-1 were not provided. This was your reply: (At that time, I had 2 computers on hand. Note that, the one you call Computer 1 ("good" Office install), no longer usable for other problems, had the Office Pro. Computer 2, the troubled one, now in use, has Office SR-1.) ***** Gary S. Terhune 11/10/2006 10:09 AM PST 1. You can't use the Office 2000 CD from Computer 1 ("good" Office install) on Computer 2 ("troubled" install.) It is a downgrade and won't be accepted. All you can do would be to uninstall Office Pro from the troubled machine and then install a brand new setup from the non-Pro version you have (which would be, incidentally, in contravention of the license and may cause you problems with activation if it's been only recently installed or reactivated on the "good" machine). 2. Without the CD for Office 2000 Professional for Computer 2, you won't be able to do much of anything to fix the problem, install/uninstall/repair the installation (or components thereof), or even Update, probably. Not even worth downloading Updates or Service Packs. Service Pack CDs are available for Office XP (2002) and Office 2003, but are no longer available for Office 2000. If you were to obtain an installation CD for that machine, allowing you to Add/Remove Components or Repair, then it would still be difficult or impossible to get SPs over dial-up due to their size. In that case I'd recommend finding someone with high-bandwidth and use their machine to D/L and burn the SPs and other Updates to CD. However, lacking the original installation CD, that isn't worth the trouble. |
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Ideas (unfortunately, I have Office XP or later installed on my machines, so
the ideas may not make any sense at all): 1. Have you searched for that DATA1.MSI file on your system? I presume you have, but can't recall if you mentioned that. 2. Search for a file named OFFCLN.EXE. Unfortunately, you probably don't have it on your system, but it's worth a shot. It's a stand-alone Office "clean up" utility. Might even try looking on the CD you have and seeing if it's there. If so, try running it from that CD. 3. These articles will help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329369/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839438/en-us -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "BAP" wrote in message ... Quite impressed by your activities, Gary! My wish for 2007 would be that I could acquire a miniscule amount of your knowledge in Computer matters! To help(?) in hashing over old stuff, I could say that the only CDs that I have are for MS Office Pro, meant for another computer not in operation. The one installed in the Computer that I use is MS Office Standard SR-1 without any original CD(s). If you recall from the old posts, as you suggested, I managed to copy the contents of the Pro Version in another Folder, but, when I activated the Setup from that Folder, things did not work out as expected. So, I sort of gave up. Recently, I thought to uninstall the SR-1 Version and install the Pro Version, but the system will not let me. It insists that I supply a disk where, presumably, it can find DATA1.msi and, without it, it refuses to uninstall it. My question...is there another way to uninstall MS Office 2000 SR-1 Standard, besides going thru the standard method...Settings/Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs? Thanks for your time! Happy 2007 to you and all! "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Hmmm... I'm just now getting back into the swing of things after I burned out during my marathon computer rebuild session back on the 23rd (hit a wall, lost my nerve... something that happens to me on occasion). Putting a new Asus P5B plus other new components into my old box. But it's late, now, and I'll need to review the old thread to figure out exactly what we're talking about. For the moment, I don't think my advice will change much, though. I'm pretty sure you need to have the original installation files for the Office application (and I mean the *exact* ones used, since the product key is involved, I think) in order to apply certain updates or to Repair the installation. If you don't have those original installation files, I'm fairly certain that your only option is to uninstall it completely and use whatever installation files you *do* have, if possible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm BAP wrote: Sorry, Gary, for bothering you, again! My inquiry, regarding the problem with the installation of MS Office 2000 SR-1, installed in my Computer, was posted back in October 2006, in case you should you look for further details. The suggested solution appeared rather complex to me and I sort of abandoned the idea of doing something about my problem. I re-read some of your comments and noted something that should be rehashed, I think. I must have mislead you in thinking that the Version that is installed in my Computer is MS Office Pro, rather than Office 2000 SR-1. The only CDs that I have are for Office Pro. The computer in trouble was purchase in 1999 from a Computer outfit, that has since relocated or ceased to exist. The CD for Office SR-1 were not provided. This was your reply: (At that time, I had 2 computers on hand. Note that, the one you call Computer 1 ("good" Office install), no longer usable for other problems, had the Office Pro. Computer 2, the troubled one, now in use, has Office SR-1.) ***** Gary S. Terhune 11/10/2006 10:09 AM PST 1. You can't use the Office 2000 CD from Computer 1 ("good" Office install) on Computer 2 ("troubled" install.) It is a downgrade and won't be accepted. All you can do would be to uninstall Office Pro from the troubled machine and then install a brand new setup from the non-Pro version you have (which would be, incidentally, in contravention of the license and may cause you problems with activation if it's been only recently installed or reactivated on the "good" machine). 2. Without the CD for Office 2000 Professional for Computer 2, you won't be able to do much of anything to fix the problem, install/uninstall/repair the installation (or components thereof), or even Update, probably. Not even worth downloading Updates or Service Packs. Service Pack CDs are available for Office XP (2002) and Office 2003, but are no longer available for Office 2000. If you were to obtain an installation CD for that machine, allowing you to Add/Remove Components or Repair, then it would still be difficult or impossible to get SPs over dial-up due to their size. In that case I'd recommend finding someone with high-bandwidth and use their machine to D/L and burn the SPs and other Updates to CD. However, lacking the original installation CD, that isn't worth the trouble. |
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Gary S. Terhune - MS Office 2000 SR-1
Thank you for your patience, Gary!
The DATA1.MSI file is not in the MS Office Folder of my system. It is, however, in the folder where I was able to copy the contents of MS Office 2000 Pro’s CD, but that version is found unacceptable. You might recall that, since the only response I could get was periodic grunts from the Office Pro, when its CD was inserted in the Drive, you suggested to copy its contents to a folder. I could not do that on the troubled machine, but I could on another machine (now gone) and, subsequently, burn the contents on a CD and transfer all successfully to my (troubled) Computer. To re-iterate, the version of DATA1.MSI in that Folder is not acceptable. However, in that same Folder, there is a file shown as OFFCLN9.EXE, not quite the same as OFFCLN.EXE, you show. I tried to execute it from that location and it appeared to want to go, at least up to the options it gave. Briefly, these we 1. Remove files not needed---2. Let me decide what to remove -- 3. Completely remove all older applications. I did mot go any further, not knowing what it may have led it to. I read the articles you mentioned and follow the directions for checking the registry. I was surprised to see the number of references to the SR-1 Version. There are 6 entries showing the same contents on the right and left panels, respectfully, Office Version and (User Information) Folder name(?)- with a long alphanumeric ID, while searching for MS OFFICE 2000 in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entversion\Uninstall. At any rate, my current question is if it would be OK to proceed with OFFCLN9.EXE and if it might be OK to delete the repetitive entries from the Registry, the hard way or by using RegSeeker Version 1.35. Thank you and sincere wishes! *** "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Ideas (unfortunately, I have Office XP or later installed on my machines, so the ideas may not make any sense at all): 1. Have you searched for that DATA1.MSI file on your system? I presume you have, but can't recall if you mentioned that. 2. Search for a file named OFFCLN.EXE. Unfortunately, you probably don't have it on your system, but it's worth a shot. It's a stand-alone Office "clean up" utility. Might even try looking on the CD you have and seeing if it's there. If so, try running it from that CD. 3. These articles will help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329369/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839438/en-us -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "BAP" wrote in message ... Quite impressed by your activities, Gary! My wish for 2007 would be that I could acquire a miniscule amount of your knowledge in Computer matters! To help(?) in hashing over old stuff, I could say that the only CDs that I have are for MS Office Pro, meant for another computer not in operation. The one installed in the Computer that I use is MS Office Standard SR-1 without any original CD(s). If you recall from the old posts, as you suggested, I managed to copy the contents of the Pro Version in another Folder, but, when I activated the Setup from that Folder, things did not work out as expected. So, I sort of gave up. Recently, I thought to uninstall the SR-1 Version and install the Pro Version, but the system will not let me. It insists that I supply a disk where, presumably, it can find DATA1.msi and, without it, it refuses to uninstall it. My question...is there another way to uninstall MS Office 2000 SR-1 Standard, besides going thru the standard method...Settings/Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs? Thanks for your time! Happy 2007 to you and all! "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Hmmm... I'm just now getting back into the swing of things after I burned out during my marathon computer rebuild session back on the 23rd (hit a wall, lost my nerve... something that happens to me on occasion). Putting a new Asus P5B plus other new components into my old box. But it's late, now, and I'll need to review the old thread to figure out exactly what we're talking about. For the moment, I don't think my advice will change much, though. I'm pretty sure you need to have the original installation files for the Office application (and I mean the *exact* ones used, since the product key is involved, I think) in order to apply certain updates or to Repair the installation. If you don't have those original installation files, I'm fairly certain that your only option is to uninstall it completely and use whatever installation files you *do* have, if possible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm BAP wrote: Sorry, Gary, for bothering you, again! My inquiry, regarding the problem with the installation of MS Office 2000 SR-1, installed in my Computer, was posted back in October 2006, in case you should you look for further details. The suggested solution appeared rather complex to me and I sort of abandoned the idea of doing something about my problem. I re-read some of your comments and noted something that should be rehashed, I think. I must have mislead you in thinking that the Version that is installed in my Computer is MS Office Pro, rather than Office 2000 SR-1. The only CDs that I have are for Office Pro. The computer in trouble was purchase in 1999 from a Computer outfit, that has since relocated or ceased to exist. The CD for Office SR-1 were not provided. This was your reply: (At that time, I had 2 computers on hand. Note that, the one you call Computer 1 ("good" Office install), no longer usable for other problems, had the Office Pro. Computer 2, the troubled one, now in use, has Office SR-1.) ***** Gary S. Terhune 11/10/2006 10:09 AM PST 1. You can't use the Office 2000 CD from Computer 1 ("good" Office install) on Computer 2 ("troubled" install.) It is a downgrade and won't be accepted. All you can do would be to uninstall Office Pro from the troubled machine and then install a brand new setup from the non-Pro version you have (which would be, incidentally, in contravention of the license and may cause you problems with activation if it's been only recently installed or reactivated on the "good" machine). 2. Without the CD for Office 2000 Professional for Computer 2, you won't be able to do much of anything to fix the problem, install/uninstall/repair the installation (or components thereof), or even Update, probably. Not even worth downloading Updates or Service Packs. Service Pack CDs are available for Office XP (2002) and Office 2003, but are no longer available for Office 2000. If you were to obtain an installation CD for that machine, allowing you to Add/Remove Components or Repair, then it would still be difficult or impossible to get SPs over dial-up due to their size. In that case I'd recommend finding someone with high-bandwidth and use their machine to D/L and burn the SPs and other Updates to CD. However, lacking the original installation CD, that isn't worth the trouble. |
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I am very sorry, Gary! Just read about your pending surgery procedure and
feel badly for having bothered you with my latest post regarding my miniscule computer problem. Hopefully my ignorance might cheer you up and that you will, soon, be back in good health. Sorry! "BAP" wrote: Thank you for your patience, Gary! The DATA1.MSI file is not in the MS Office Folder of my system. It is, however, in the folder where I was able to copy the contents of MS Office 2000 Pro’s CD, but that version is found unacceptable. You might recall that, since the only response I could get was periodic grunts from the Office Pro, when its CD was inserted in the Drive, you suggested to copy its contents to a folder. I could not do that on the troubled machine, but I could on another machine (now gone) and, subsequently, burn the contents on a CD and transfer all successfully to my (troubled) Computer. To re-iterate, the version of DATA1.MSI in that Folder is not acceptable. However, in that same Folder, there is a file shown as OFFCLN9.EXE, not quite the same as OFFCLN.EXE, you show. I tried to execute it from that location and it appeared to want to go, at least up to the options it gave. Briefly, these we 1. Remove files not needed---2. Let me decide what to remove -- 3. Completely remove all older applications. I did mot go any further, not knowing what it may have led it to. I read the articles you mentioned and follow the directions for checking the registry. I was surprised to see the number of references to the SR-1 Version. There are 6 entries showing the same contents on the right and left panels, respectfully, Office Version and (User Information) Folder name(?)- with a long alphanumeric ID, while searching for MS OFFICE 2000 in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entversion\Uninstall. At any rate, my current question is if it would be OK to proceed with OFFCLN9.EXE and if it might be OK to delete the repetitive entries from the Registry, the hard way or by using RegSeeker Version 1.35. Thank you and sincere wishes! *** "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Ideas (unfortunately, I have Office XP or later installed on my machines, so the ideas may not make any sense at all): 1. Have you searched for that DATA1.MSI file on your system? I presume you have, but can't recall if you mentioned that. 2. Search for a file named OFFCLN.EXE. Unfortunately, you probably don't have it on your system, but it's worth a shot. It's a stand-alone Office "clean up" utility. Might even try looking on the CD you have and seeing if it's there. If so, try running it from that CD. 3. These articles will help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329369/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839438/en-us -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "BAP" wrote in message ... Quite impressed by your activities, Gary! My wish for 2007 would be that I could acquire a miniscule amount of your knowledge in Computer matters! To help(?) in hashing over old stuff, I could say that the only CDs that I have are for MS Office Pro, meant for another computer not in operation. The one installed in the Computer that I use is MS Office Standard SR-1 without any original CD(s). If you recall from the old posts, as you suggested, I managed to copy the contents of the Pro Version in another Folder, but, when I activated the Setup from that Folder, things did not work out as expected. So, I sort of gave up. Recently, I thought to uninstall the SR-1 Version and install the Pro Version, but the system will not let me. It insists that I supply a disk where, presumably, it can find DATA1.msi and, without it, it refuses to uninstall it. My question...is there another way to uninstall MS Office 2000 SR-1 Standard, besides going thru the standard method...Settings/Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs? Thanks for your time! Happy 2007 to you and all! "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Hmmm... I'm just now getting back into the swing of things after I burned out during my marathon computer rebuild session back on the 23rd (hit a wall, lost my nerve... something that happens to me on occasion). Putting a new Asus P5B plus other new components into my old box. But it's late, now, and I'll need to review the old thread to figure out exactly what we're talking about. For the moment, I don't think my advice will change much, though. I'm pretty sure you need to have the original installation files for the Office application (and I mean the *exact* ones used, since the product key is involved, I think) in order to apply certain updates or to Repair the installation. If you don't have those original installation files, I'm fairly certain that your only option is to uninstall it completely and use whatever installation files you *do* have, if possible. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm BAP wrote: Sorry, Gary, for bothering you, again! My inquiry, regarding the problem with the installation of MS Office 2000 SR-1, installed in my Computer, was posted back in October 2006, in case you should you look for further details. The suggested solution appeared rather complex to me and I sort of abandoned the idea of doing something about my problem. I re-read some of your comments and noted something that should be rehashed, I think. I must have mislead you in thinking that the Version that is installed in my Computer is MS Office Pro, rather than Office 2000 SR-1. The only CDs that I have are for Office Pro. The computer in trouble was purchase in 1999 from a Computer outfit, that has since relocated or ceased to exist. The CD for Office SR-1 were not provided. This was your reply: (At that time, I had 2 computers on hand. Note that, the one you call Computer 1 ("good" Office install), no longer usable for other problems, had the Office Pro. Computer 2, the troubled one, now in use, has Office SR-1.) ***** Gary S. Terhune 11/10/2006 10:09 AM PST 1. You can't use the Office 2000 CD from Computer 1 ("good" Office install) on Computer 2 ("troubled" install.) It is a downgrade and won't be accepted. All you can do would be to uninstall Office Pro from the troubled machine and then install a brand new setup from the non-Pro version you have (which would be, incidentally, in contravention of the license and may cause you problems with activation if it's been only recently installed or reactivated on the "good" machine). 2. Without the CD for Office 2000 Professional for Computer 2, you won't be able to do much of anything to fix the problem, install/uninstall/repair the installation (or components thereof), or even Update, probably. Not even worth downloading Updates or Service Packs. Service Pack CDs are available for Office XP (2002) and Office 2003, but are no longer available for Office 2000. If you were to obtain an installation CD for that machine, allowing you to Add/Remove Components or Repair, then it would still be difficult or impossible to get SPs over dial-up due to their size. In that case I'd recommend finding someone with high-bandwidth and use their machine to D/L and burn the SPs and other Updates to CD. However, lacking the original installation CD, that isn't worth the trouble. |
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Ah, BAP, perhaps re-open/post this discussion, to the others in the group.
We all try to avoid stepping into posts directly referenced to specific individuals. -- MEB _______________ "BAP" wrote in message ... | I am very sorry, Gary! Just read about your pending surgery procedure and | feel badly for having bothered you with my latest post regarding my miniscule | computer problem. Hopefully my ignorance might cheer you up and that you | will, soon, be back in good health. Sorry! | | | "BAP" wrote: | | ?Thank you for your patience, Gary! | | The DATA1.MSI file is not in the MS Office Folder of my system. It is, | however, in the folder where I was able to copy the contents of MS Office | 2000 Pro's CD, but that version is found unacceptable. | You might recall that, since the only response I could get was periodic | grunts from the Office Pro, when its CD was inserted in the Drive, you | suggested to copy its contents to a folder. I could not do that on the | troubled machine, but I could on another machine (now gone) and, | subsequently, burn the contents on a CD and transfer all successfully to my | (troubled) Computer. | To re-iterate, the version of DATA1.MSI in that Folder is not acceptable. | However, in that same Folder, there is a file shown as OFFCLN9.EXE, not quite | the same as OFFCLN.EXE, you show. I tried to execute it from that location | and it appeared to want to go, at least up to the options it gave. Briefly, | these we 1. Remove files not needed---2. Let me | decide what to remove -- 3. Completely remove all older applications. | I did mot go any further, not knowing what it may have led it to. | I read the articles you mentioned and follow the directions for checking the | registry. I was surprised to see the number of references to the SR-1 | Version. There are 6 entries showing the same contents on the right and left | panels, respectfully, Office Version and (User Information) | Folder name(?)- with a long alphanumeric ID, while searching for MS OFFICE | 2000 in: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entversion\Uninstall. | At any rate, my current question is if it would be OK to proceed with | OFFCLN9.EXE and if it might be OK to delete the repetitive entries from the | Registry, the hard way or by using RegSeeker Version 1.35. | Thank you and sincere wishes! | *** | | "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: | | Ideas (unfortunately, I have Office XP or later installed on my machines, so | the ideas may not make any sense at all): | | 1. Have you searched for that DATA1.MSI file on your system? I presume you | have, but can't recall if you mentioned that. | | 2. Search for a file named OFFCLN.EXE. Unfortunately, you probably don't | have it on your system, but it's worth a shot. It's a stand-alone Office | "clean up" utility. Might even try looking on the CD you have and seeing if | it's there. If so, try running it from that CD. | | 3. These articles will help: | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329369/en-us | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839438/en-us | | -- | | Gary S. Terhune | MS-MVP Shell/User | http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm | http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm | | "BAP" wrote in message | ... | Quite impressed by your activities, Gary! My wish for 2007 would be that I | could acquire a miniscule amount of your knowledge in Computer matters! | To help(?) in hashing over old stuff, I could say that the only CDs that I | have are for MS Office Pro, meant for another computer not in operation. | The | one installed in the Computer that I use is MS Office Standard SR-1 | without | any original CD(s). If you recall from the old posts, as you suggested, I | managed to copy the contents of the Pro Version in another Folder, but, | when | I activated the Setup from that Folder, things did not work out as | expected. | So, I sort of gave up. Recently, I thought to uninstall the SR-1 Version | and | install the Pro Version, but the system will not let me. It insists that I | supply a disk where, presumably, it can | find DATA1.msi and, without it, it refuses to uninstall it. | My question...is there another way to uninstall MS Office 2000 SR-1 | Standard, besides going thru the standard method...Settings/Control | Panel/Add-Remove Programs? | Thanks for your time! | Happy 2007 to you and all! | | | "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: | | Hmmm... | | I'm just now getting back into the swing of things after I burned out | during | my marathon computer rebuild session back on the 23rd (hit a wall, lost | my | nerve... something that happens to me on occasion). Putting a new Asus | P5B | plus other new components into my old box. But it's late, now, and I'll | need | to review the old thread to figure out exactly what we're talking about. | For | the moment, I don't think my advice will change much, though. I'm pretty | sure you need to have the original installation files for the Office | application (and I mean the *exact* ones used, since the product key is | involved, I think) in order to apply certain updates or to Repair the | installation. | | If you don't have those original installation files, I'm fairly certain | that | your only option is to uninstall it completely and use whatever | installation | files you *do* have, if possible. | | -- | | Gary S. Terhune | MS-MVP Shell/User | http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm | http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm | | BAP wrote: | Sorry, Gary, for bothering you, again! | My inquiry, regarding the problem with the installation of MS Office | 2000 SR-1, installed in my Computer, was posted back in October 2006, | in case you should you look for further details. The suggested | solution appeared rather complex to me and I sort of abandoned the | idea of doing something about my problem. I re-read some of your | comments and noted something that should be rehashed, I think. I | must have mislead you in thinking that the Version that is installed | in my Computer is MS Office Pro, rather than Office | 2000 SR-1. The only CDs that I have are for Office Pro. The computer | in trouble was purchase in 1999 from a Computer outfit, that has | since relocated or ceased to exist. The CD for Office SR-1 were not | provided. | This was your reply: | (At that time, I had 2 computers on hand. Note that, the one you call | Computer 1 ("good" Office install), no longer usable for other | problems, had the Office Pro. Computer 2, the troubled one, now in | use, has Office SR-1.) ***** | Gary S. Terhune 11/10/2006 10:09 AM PST | | 1. You can't use the Office 2000 CD from Computer 1 ("good" Office | install) on Computer 2 ("troubled" install.) It is a downgrade and | won't be accepted. All you can do would be to uninstall Office Pro | from the troubled machine and then install a brand new setup from the | non-Pro version | you have (which would be, incidentally, in contravention of the | license and may cause you problems with activation if it's been only | recently installed or reactivated on the "good" machine). | | 2. Without the CD for Office 2000 Professional for Computer 2, you | won't be able to do much of anything to fix the problem, | install/uninstall/repair the installation (or components thereof), or | even Update, probably. Not even worth downloading Updates or Service | Packs. Service Pack | CDs are available for Office XP (2002) and Office 2003, but are no | longer available for Office 2000. If you were to obtain an | installation CD for that machine, allowing you to Add/Remove | Components or Repair, then it would still be difficult or impossible | to get SPs over dial-up due to their size. In that case I'd recommend | finding someone with high-bandwidth and use their machine to D/L and | burn the SPs and other Updates to CD. However, lacking the original | installation CD, that isn't worth the trouble. | | | | | | |
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MEB, I called that post to the attention of Gary because he was the one
who, back in October ‘06, patiently, continued with suggestions in order to help me out of my problem. It is unlikely that Gary would object to my re-opening the discussion under a new subject name, perhaps, 'Unable to uninstall MS Office 2000 SR-1 Std'. I will try to summarize the primary points and pursue that task, if necessary. Thank you for your interest! "MEB" wrote: Ah, BAP, perhaps re-open/post this discussion, to the others in the group. We all try to avoid stepping into posts directly referenced to specific individuals. -- MEB _______________ "BAP" wrote in message ... | I am very sorry, Gary! Just read about your pending surgery procedure and | feel badly for having bothered you with my latest post regarding my miniscule | computer problem. Hopefully my ignorance might cheer you up and that you | will, soon, be back in good health. Sorry! | | | "BAP" wrote: | | ?Thank you for your patience, Gary! | | The DATA1.MSI file is not in the MS Office Folder of my system. It is, | however, in the folder where I was able to copy the contents of MS Office | 2000 Pro's CD, but that version is found unacceptable. | You might recall that, since the only response I could get was periodic | grunts from the Office Pro, when its CD was inserted in the Drive, you | suggested to copy its contents to a folder. I could not do that on the | troubled machine, but I could on another machine (now gone) and, | subsequently, burn the contents on a CD and transfer all successfully to my | (troubled) Computer. | To re-iterate, the version of DATA1.MSI in that Folder is not acceptable. | However, in that same Folder, there is a file shown as OFFCLN9.EXE, not quite | the same as OFFCLN.EXE, you show. I tried to execute it from that location | and it appeared to want to go, at least up to the options it gave. Briefly, | these we 1. Remove files not needed---2. Let me | decide what to remove -- 3. Completely remove all older applications. | I did mot go any further, not knowing what it may have led it to. | I read the articles you mentioned and follow the directions for checking the | registry. I was surprised to see the number of references to the SR-1 | Version. There are 6 entries showing the same contents on the right and left | panels, respectfully, Office Version and (User Information) | Folder name(?)- with a long alphanumeric ID, while searching for MS OFFICE | 2000 in: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entversion\Uninstall. | At any rate, my current question is if it would be OK to proceed with | OFFCLN9.EXE and if it might be OK to delete the repetitive entries from the | Registry, the hard way or by using RegSeeker Version 1.35. | Thank you and sincere wishes! | *** | | "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: | | Ideas (unfortunately, I have Office XP or later installed on my machines, so | the ideas may not make any sense at all): | | 1. Have you searched for that DATA1.MSI file on your system? I presume you | have, but can't recall if you mentioned that. | | 2. Search for a file named OFFCLN.EXE. Unfortunately, you probably don't | have it on your system, but it's worth a shot. It's a stand-alone Office | "clean up" utility. Might even try looking on the CD you have and seeing if | it's there. If so, try running it from that CD. | | 3. These articles will help: | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329369/en-us | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839438/en-us | | -- | | Gary S. Terhune | MS-MVP Shell/User | http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm | http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm | | "BAP" wrote in message | ... | Quite impressed by your activities, Gary! My wish for 2007 would be that I | could acquire a miniscule amount of your knowledge in Computer matters! | To help(?) in hashing over old stuff, I could say that the only CDs that I | have are for MS Office Pro, meant for another computer not in operation. | The | one installed in the Computer that I use is MS Office Standard SR-1 | without | any original CD(s). If you recall from the old posts, as you suggested, I | managed to copy the contents of the Pro Version in another Folder, but, | when | I activated the Setup from that Folder, things did not work out as | expected. | So, I sort of gave up. Recently, I thought to uninstall the SR-1 Version | and | install the Pro Version, but the system will not let me. It insists that I | supply a disk where, presumably, it can | find DATA1.msi and, without it, it refuses to uninstall it. | My question...is there another way to uninstall MS Office 2000 SR-1 | Standard, besides going thru the standard method...Settings/Control | Panel/Add-Remove Programs? | Thanks for your time! | Happy 2007 to you and all! | | | "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: | | Hmmm... | | I'm just now getting back into the swing of things after I burned out | during | my marathon computer rebuild session back on the 23rd (hit a wall, lost | my | nerve... something that happens to me on occasion). Putting a new Asus | P5B | plus other new components into my old box. But it's late, now, and I'll | need | to review the old thread to figure out exactly what we're talking about. | For | the moment, I don't think my advice will change much, though. I'm pretty | sure you need to have the original installation files for the Office | application (and I mean the *exact* ones used, since the product key is | involved, I think) in order to apply certain updates or to Repair the | installation. | | If you don't have those original installation files, I'm fairly certain | that | your only option is to uninstall it completely and use whatever | installation | files you *do* have, if possible. | | -- | | Gary S. Terhune | MS-MVP Shell/User | http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm | http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm | | BAP wrote: | Sorry, Gary, for bothering you, again! | My inquiry, regarding the problem with the installation of MS Office | 2000 SR-1, installed in my Computer, was posted back in October 2006, | in case you should you look for further details. The suggested | solution appeared rather complex to me and I sort of abandoned the | idea of doing something about my problem. I re-read some of your | comments and noted something that should be rehashed, I think. I | must have mislead you in thinking that the Version that is installed | in my Computer is MS Office Pro, rather than Office | 2000 SR-1. The only CDs that I have are for Office Pro. The computer | in trouble was purchase in 1999 from a Computer outfit, that has | since relocated or ceased to exist. The CD for Office SR-1 were not | provided. | This was your reply: | (At that time, I had 2 computers on hand. Note that, the one you call | Computer 1 ("good" Office install), no longer usable for other | problems, had the Office Pro. Computer 2, the troubled one, now in | use, has Office SR-1.) ***** | Gary S. Terhune 11/10/2006 10:09 AM PST | | 1. You can't use the Office 2000 CD from Computer 1 ("good" Office | install) on Computer 2 ("troubled" install.) It is a downgrade and | won't be accepted. All you can do would be to uninstall Office Pro | from the troubled machine and then install a brand new setup from the | non-Pro version | you have (which would be, incidentally, in contravention of the | license and may cause you problems with activation if it's been only | recently installed or reactivated on the "good" machine). | | 2. Without the CD for Office 2000 Professional for Computer 2, you | won't be able to do much of anything to fix the problem, | install/uninstall/repair the installation (or components thereof), or | even Update, probably. Not even worth downloading Updates or Service | Packs. Service Pack | CDs are available for Office XP (2002) and Office 2003, but are no | longer available for Office 2000. If you were to obtain an | installation CD for that machine, allowing you to Add/Remove | Components or Repair, then it would still be difficult or impossible | to get SPs over dial-up due to their size. In that case I'd recommend | finding someone with high-bandwidth and use their machine to D/L and | burn the SPs and other Updates to CD. However, lacking the original | installation CD, that isn't worth the trouble. | | | | | | |
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BAP wrote: MEB, I called that post to the attention of Gary because he was the one who, back in October ‘06, patiently, continued with suggestions in order to help me out of my problem. It is unlikely that Gary would object to my re-opening the discussion under a new subject name, perhaps, 'Unable to uninstall MS Office 2000 SR-1 Std'. I will try to summarize the primary points and pursue that task, if necessary. Thank you for your interest! If you have some other version of Office handy with the CD key, there is a Microsoft utility to remove all versions of Office 2K: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239938 I haven't had to do this recently, but in the past when trying to deal with Microsoft's reluctance to let people casually uninstall its stuff (you know full well that there isn't a singel legitmate reason for requiring a CD for an uninstall), I would use use JV16 to remove the program from the registry and then just manually delete the its folder(s) from the C:\Program Files folder and from the C:\Windows\Application Data folder (if also there). I would use that Microsoft removal tool last. The last freeware version of JV16 can be found he http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categor...owertools.html -BC |
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"BC" wrote in message oups.com... BAP wrote: | ?MEB, I called that post to the attention of Gary because he was the one | who, back in October '06, patiently, continued with suggestions in order to | help me out of my problem. It is unlikely that Gary would object to my | re-opening the discussion under a new subject name, perhaps, 'Unable to | uninstall MS Office 2000 SR-1 Std'. | I will try to summarize the primary points and pursue that task, if | necessary. Thank you for your interest! | | If you have some other version of Office handy with the | CD key, there is a Microsoft utility to remove all versions | of Office 2K: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239938 | | I haven't had to do this recently, but in the past when | trying to deal with Microsoft's reluctance to let people | casually uninstall its stuff (you know full well that there | isn't a singel legitmate reason for requiring a CD for an | uninstall), I would use use JV16 to remove the program | from the registry and then just manually delete the its | folder(s) from the C:\Program Files folder and from the | C:\Windows\Application Data folder (if also there). | I would use that Microsoft removal tool last. The last | freeware version of JV16 can be found he | http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categor...owertools.html |-BC Since you brought it up, I recently downloaded and have installed this program [from another site]. Much better program than the original RegCleaner which he produced. Uniquely, he even declares that his old program was crappy coding, and needed fixed [in the FAQ, included], how often do we see anyone doing that. The increase in tools is nice, though one MUST still know what one is doing for proper use. The file tool, temp files, and batch activities could be useful to many, for various reasons. I think though, that we should find out a little more from him before we direct him to use other programs. Though I monitored the other previous discussion, I don't remember all the details. BTW: had to manually add the quotes to your message... -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/ BLOG http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/ Public Notice or the "real world" "Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happen." Winston Churchill Or to put it another way: Morpheus can offer you the two pills; but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one. _______________ |
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