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Microsoft Office 2003

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shaz

Flightless Bird
Hi
I have installed Office 2003 on my new laptop with Office 2007and Vista.
For some reason when I try to install the updates for 2003 I get the
following message: "the expected version of your product was not found".
Any idea what might be wrong?
 
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Susan Ramlet

Flightless Bird
Microsoft doesn't recommend running multiple versions at the same time. If
you do, it's generally suggested to install in release order: oldest to
newest. Thus, the update installer is probably confused.

Here's a super article by MVP Dian Chapman:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=762

Or it could be related to this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909074

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Susan Ramlet
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"shaz" <shaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8EB9B1F1-0007-47F5-AC72-A5AF226F5939@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> I have installed Office 2003 on my new laptop with Office 2007and Vista.
> For some reason when I try to install the updates for 2003 I get the
> following message: "the expected version of your product was not found".
> Any idea what might be wrong?
 
D

DL

Flightless Bird
And in any case, unless you paid extra for Office 2007 its probably a Trial

"shaz" <shaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8EB9B1F1-0007-47F5-AC72-A5AF226F5939@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> I have installed Office 2003 on my new laptop with Office 2007and Vista.
> For some reason when I try to install the updates for 2003 I get the
> following message: "the expected version of your product was not found".
> Any idea what might be wrong?
 
S

shaz

Flightless Bird
I have deleted Office 2003 from my laptop and installed it on my external
drive. However I still dont seem to be able to update it. Any ideas why?

"Susan Ramlet" wrote:

> Microsoft doesn't recommend running multiple versions at the same time. If
> you do, it's generally suggested to install in release order: oldest to
> newest. Thus, the update installer is probably confused.
>
> Here's a super article by MVP Dian Chapman:
> http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=762
>
> Or it could be related to this:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909074
>
> --
> Susan Ramlet
> --
> please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>
> "shaz" <shaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8EB9B1F1-0007-47F5-AC72-A5AF226F5939@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> > I have installed Office 2003 on my new laptop with Office 2007and Vista.
> > For some reason when I try to install the updates for 2003 I get the
> > following message: "the expected version of your product was not found".
> > Any idea what might be wrong?
>
 
S

Susan Ramlet

Flightless Bird
Because it's still installed on the same operating system, and the Windows
Installer is still confused.

Is Office 2007 the Trial, or did you purchase it?


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Susan Ramlet
--
please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

"shaz" <shaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:113C14E4-BE7D-4FF7-8C5B-91CBD55C6A20@microsoft.com...
> I have deleted Office 2003 from my laptop and installed it on my external
> drive. However I still dont seem to be able to update it. Any ideas why?
>
> "Susan Ramlet" wrote:
>
>> Microsoft doesn't recommend running multiple versions at the same time.
>> If
>> you do, it's generally suggested to install in release order: oldest to
>> newest. Thus, the update installer is probably confused.
>>
>> Here's a super article by MVP Dian Chapman:
>> http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=762
>>
>> Or it could be related to this:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909074
>>
>> --
>> Susan Ramlet
>> --
>> please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>
>> "shaz" <shaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8EB9B1F1-0007-47F5-AC72-A5AF226F5939@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi
>> > I have installed Office 2003 on my new laptop with Office 2007and
>> > Vista.
>> > For some reason when I try to install the updates for 2003 I get the
>> > following message: "the expected version of your product was not
>> > found".
>> > Any idea what might be wrong?
>>
 
B

Bob I

Flightless Bird
Because it wasn't designed to run from an external drive?

shaz wrote:

> I have deleted Office 2003 from my laptop and installed it on my external
> drive. However I still dont seem to be able to update it. Any ideas why?
>
> "Susan Ramlet" wrote:
>
>
>>Microsoft doesn't recommend running multiple versions at the same time. If
>>you do, it's generally suggested to install in release order: oldest to
>>newest. Thus, the update installer is probably confused.
>>
>>Here's a super article by MVP Dian Chapman:
>>http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=762
>>
>>Or it could be related to this:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909074
>>
>>--
>>Susan Ramlet
>>--
>>please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>
>>"shaz" <shaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:8EB9B1F1-0007-47F5-AC72-A5AF226F5939@microsoft.com...
>>
>>>Hi
>>>I have installed Office 2003 on my new laptop with Office 2007and Vista.
>>>For some reason when I try to install the updates for 2003 I get the
>>>following message: "the expected version of your product was not found".
>>>Any idea what might be wrong?
>>
 
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