I Downloaded and installed the Cleanup Utility.
I Ran the program.
I Looked and Looked for an entry for MS Office unsuccessfully.
It is not there to Highlight, remove and/nor Reboot.
No blank entry, nor one which is just gobbledy. Nothing out of the ordinary that should not be there (to be removed). Nothing identifiable as a corrupted install in Add/Remove Programs to uninstall. Believe I stared it all down comprehensively. Yes, I have CDs shipped with the computer in July 2007. Nothing appears predominately in need of deletion from my system. I downloaded the free registry cleaner, EasyCleaner,
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm. I then clicked 'run' in the resulting display window after downloaded. The display window then vanished without further notification. Attempted three (3) times saving and runnning immediately. Same message upon attempting to install MS Office 2003. "WINDOWS INSTALLER-Error Opening Installation log file. Verify that the specified log file exists and is writable.
2 last desperate options. You will need your installation CD for both
1. Start/Run and type in
sfc /scannow (there is a space before /)
OK
It will run and not give a report at the end. You just have to check if problem is fixed.
If that does not help try a "Repair" of XP
A repair won't lose any data, other than Service Pack (if not on CD), any Windows Updates and unsigned drivers, which will need to be re-installed afterwards.
Stay offline to do a repair and do not go online again without a firewall enabled. After repairing XP, install Service Pack (if necessary), firewall and then you must install all Critical Updates next.
How to Repair XP
Boot up with the XP CD in the drive and let Setup run. Go past the first "R" repair option by pressing Enter just as if you're doing a clean install and you'll eventually come to an option to "Repair an existing installation". Select this one.
"Start/Run, type in sfc /scannow, OK" did not work. +The program informed me it could not find four (4) other .dll files on my 'new' XP OS disk from DELL.
I am going to do some reseach reading on the registry, and look under some other rocks before I get into the "Repair" mode. Installing Operating Systems (~from scratch) has taken days for me in the past.
dunedin
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February 27th, 2007 10:00
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=290301
Run the program.
Look for a entry for MS Office
Highlight it and get the program to remove it.
Reboot
elliotttg31
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February 27th, 2007 11:00
I Ran the program.
I Looked and Looked for an entry for MS Office unsuccessfully.
It is not there to Highlight, remove and/nor Reboot.
dunedin
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February 27th, 2007 12:00
Just in case you have a corrupted install have a look for it in Add/Remove Programs and uninstall it
elliotttg31
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February 27th, 2007 17:00
elliotttg31
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February 27th, 2007 17:00
dunedin
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February 27th, 2007 18:00
msiexec /unregister
OK
msiexec /regserver
OK
elliotttg31
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February 27th, 2007 19:00
dunedin
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February 27th, 2007 20:00
elliotttg31
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February 28th, 2007 14:00
dunedin
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February 28th, 2007 15:00
sfc /scannow (there is a space before /)
OK
Stay offline to do a repair and do not go online again without a firewall enabled. After repairing XP, install Service Pack (if necessary), firewall and then you must install all Critical Updates next.
Boot up with the XP CD in the drive and let Setup run. Go past the first "R" repair option by pressing Enter just as if you're doing a clean install and you'll eventually come to an option to "Repair an existing installation". Select this one.
Scroll way down page to
Windows Installation CD - Repair Current Installation
elliotttg31
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February 28th, 2007 23:00