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When I try to install the office 2003 SP 1 (or 2 or 3) on a Virtual PC (2007) instance (using XP as OS) I get the message that it cannot get installed because Office 2003 is not installed. But of course I have installed Office 2003!!

I thought this was a Virtual PC 2007 related problem but I got the exact same behavior when I used VM Server i.e. a totally different virtualization product. So it must have something to do with the SP.

Then I thought that I could solve it by installing office 2003 on the host of the virtual instance (as well) to "trick" the Office 2003 SP 1 installer. But of course that did not work either.

How do I solve this?

Kallis

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Belongs on ServerFault.com – Richard May 13 at 11:04
Why on serverfault? Every non-programming question doesn't belong on serverfault! – Mehrdad May 13 at 11:04
I see you're a new user here. You might get a good answer at http;//serverfault.com – Nathan Fellman May 13 at 11:05
@Mehrdad: Because it's a sysadmin question. If it doesn't belong on serverfault, then it certainly doesn't belong on SO! – John Saunders May 13 at 11:05
@John: I understand. I mean it's not even sysadmin style. It's more like a PC problem question. ServerFault is for network related/sysadmin/IT pro questions. I think it neither belongs on SO nor SF. – Mehrdad May 13 at 11:07
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Not an issue related to virtualization. It's a messed up machine config for some reason or another, try to reproduce with a clean VM would be the first step in isolating the cause.

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Repair the Office 2003 install first.

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...or even (if you havent already) uninstall Office, restart VM, and reinstall Office if possible. In Control Panel check the 'show updates' box to view Windows and Office updates. – cop1152 Jun 7 at 11:49

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