MS Office Standard Edition 2003 in Windows 7

I am trying to install a genuine copy of MS Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003, on my Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit OS laptop.

I get the error " The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-Rom ....
.... Insert the "Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003... " when I try and run Excel, for instance.

I insert the CD, MS office continues OK, and Excel works.

What I want to know is:
1. Why doesn't setup.exe install whatever it is in the first place? :confused
2. What is the "feature" that is missing. :confused
3. An uninstall and re-install doesn't fix it.
4. How can I solve this missing "feature".

It is a PITA to have to keep digging out the CD.

Hope you can help.
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Bazza

 

Couple of things you might try: install Office SP3, check for any updates via MS Update, then install the Office Compatibility Pack - from what I understand, it's important to install these in the correct order given.

I'll keep digging.

 

Had the same problem with office 2000. I updated my computer, w98, to xp. My fix was to copy the whole cd to a folder on the desktop. Then when the extra file was needed for the first time, and it ask for the cd, I changed where to look for the files....worked for me, might work for you......wobbles

 

That might be a simple patch, there, Wobbles!

If so, then this could be a path problem. Any virtuals or drives installed lately?

 

Thanks guys, for your suggestions.
I will run updates first and see what happens.
No changes to virtuals, or drives.
Bazza

 

I tried to install Office 2003 SP3 and it crashed at the same place (twice). :cry

See thumbnail.
I haven't contacted MS yet.
Any further ideas before I contact MS?

Bazza

 

You are running the installation in an administrator account, or elevated, right?

 

Yes collins, first time as normal user, second time as Administrator.
It crashed with the same error, both times. :cry

Bazza

 

Bazza, clean up everything you've tried, copy the contents of the Office CD to a folder, and run the .exe from there - this problem pops up a lot in forums about Win 7 vs. Office 2003.

Haven't been able to duplicate my search from before, where I found the MS article about the updates, but I did find this one, might help while I'm still digging.

 

I've gone ahead and installed MS Office 2003 and Office 2003 SP3 i(as Administrator) ignoring the error that cropped up in both.

All appears OK so far. :confused

Will run both Word and Excel over the next week or so and see what happens.

Bazza