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I read this but am not sure how to do this . Is this from control panel. I thought this was a no no. I am new to all this but need to fix my problem as posted toady on the forum re 2003 not being able to un install. Thanks in advance Jeff

Ok after spending all day doing the house work one both these mahines. And finding some viruses and bad files. All cleaned still get the same message when I try to uninstall the Office 2003 suite. " This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exits and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer Patch Packet." Any clues. wacko.gif I am thinking of going into the regestry and deleting from there and the program but that is a pain and frought with danger I think

Ok after spending all day doing the house work one both these mahines. And finding some viruses and bad files. All cleaned still get the same message when I try to uninstall the Office 2003 suite. " This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exits and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer Patch Packet." Any clues. I am thinking of going into the regestry and deleting from there and the program but that is a pain and frought with danger I think \

My First Post And its a question. I have over the last 4 weeks reinstalled XP pro with 2 brand new HDD sata (1) 160g 2 partitions C: D: all for the OS and Progs. I run this machine as a stand alone 24/7 and have auto update running. Now last Sunday things started to go wrong that was strange to me "wanted to do a search the outline was there but nothing inside only the dog waiting for me. Also I noted that the System Mechanic Prog had the same problem I rang a friend to see what he thought tried the system restore but this just sits I rang microsoft to ask who to fix this but as they said the Reg # was an OEM I would have to go to the Company that sold the computer. Now on my Laptop the Office 2003 has stopped I have tried to uninstall it but it wont let me as it says " This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exits and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer Patch Packet. OK this situation seems strange I have tried to reinstall from the CD but get the same message ?? Also the wireless adaptor has been disconnected on the laptop and I have to reinstall every time I start the machine this is the pits. Now I cant see how I could have created these two problems. The Laptop is not used as often and I only turned it on when the Desktop started to fail. I just wonder if the Microsoft folk are doing things to create user problems. I have screen shots if needed. Hope someone can help here . Jeff