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| 703409 | 2008-09-08 02:50:00 | Hi all I am having trouble trying to re-install a couple of Office 2000 components. The first thing is - that the CD will not Auto Run as it should do. The second thing is - when trying to install a component I first get a warning Error 1706 - No Valid Source.... I click OK, only to then get Error 1603 - A fatal error occurred during installation. Some help / advice to resolve these problems would be greatly appreciated. TIA Chris As a footnote - Windows Installer worked fine while doing a java update. |
nzchrise (1180) | ||
| 703410 | 2008-09-08 02:52:00 | Info here (support.microsoft.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 703411 | 2008-09-08 03:22:00 | Thanks, Speedy. Have tried that but CD still not auto start. I am running Windows XP. Chris |
nzchrise (1180) | ||
| 703412 | 2008-09-08 03:26:00 | Try this then (www.microsoft.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 703413 | 2008-09-08 04:40:00 | Tried the autoplay repair. It found one problem but could not fix it. Generated a log file, the last two lines being - Result: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem. >> Required action: The wizard found problems but cannot fix them -> None Tried a couple of other CDs and no problems with their Auto Play. Back to the drawing board Chris |
nzchrise (1180) | ||
| 703414 | 2008-09-08 06:21:00 | Quite often the auto play wont run by default on Office if the program is already installed. Easy way around it - with the CD in the drive, double click " My Computer" simply double click the CD drive it should run, if it doesn't then Right click the CD drive select Autoplay. If that doesn't kick it in the guts, select Explore / locate and double click the Setup.exe - it will then run and give you options on various tasks. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 703415 | 2008-09-08 08:52:00 | Thanks for the replies but I think I should clarify what I was doing to generate the Error 1706 and Error 1603. In Excel of Office 2000 i was trying to install the help wizard. I clicked help, show wizard. Because it wasn't installed the programme asked if i wanted to install it. I clicked OK, inserted Office 2000 CD and while it attempted the install the Error 1706 occured followed by Error 1603. I have tried re-installing, repair and installing the excel help. All run fine but still no wizard. It's not the Auto Play I'm too concerned about but rather the two errors as mentioned above. So... any further ideas to help resolve this would be appreciated Chris |
nzchrise (1180) | ||
| 703416 | 2008-09-08 09:09:00 | Try this then (support.microsoft.com) Have you checked google yourself to see if there are any fixes?? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 703417 | 2008-09-08 09:29:00 | Dont know if This here (rselby.net) will be of any help - relates to Error 1603 | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 703418 | 2008-09-08 23:40:00 | Try this then (support.microsoft.com) Have you checked google yourself to see if there are any fixes?? I tried the fix above.. it ran the re-install but I still can't install the help wizard in Excel. As a test, the wizard installed OK in Word, Access and Powerpoint. Yes, I have googled both Error 1706 and Error 1603.. lots of variations to the same as you have offered here. My thinking now is to perhaps 1. uninstall the Excel help and then reinstall or 2. uninstall Excel completely and reinstall. Am loath to do that since Excel is working fine.. my wife wants to use it and the Excel Help is missing the 'Answer' utility, it only displays the Help Contents. No Index either. Ah well.. guess I'll keep trying something. Chris |
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