Xp Pro And Proplus.msi

[fromthisdrive]

Hi i'm new here but i'm hoping someone will help.

I recently upgraded my version of XP Home to XP Pro as i wanted to make use of the Internet Information Server for some University coursework. However, after upgrading i now cannot use Office 2000, which was already installed. After the upgrade, all of the Office 2000 shortcuts dissapeared, and on running directly from the .exe i get an error message asking me to locate PROPLUS.MSI for Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage. I dont have my office CD with me since i am away at uni. Yet i need to get my work done!

If anyone could help me solve this problem i would me most grateful.

Many thanks

Ben

[tguy]

The problem probably stems from the upgrade and your profile possibly changing. If you have not already done so, try logging in with your old profile to see if that works.

Not sure why an Office 2000 installation would be looking for an OfficeXP with Frontpage CD but there may be some components like Frontpage Server Extensions that got installed when you installed IIS that require the .cab files. In any event, I would see if Mom and Dad can send you a copy of the Office CD as there may be no other way to get around the problem without updating or reinstalling Office.

[firefoxthebomb]

This happens when you upgrade your OS from either win98, ME, 2000, xp home to the winxp pro version. It is normal, you will need the office cd so that it can grab some files it needs to replace in order to work. No way around that.

[soldier1st]

the program is asking for that file,it needs the office 2000 disk before it can find it.it will give that error if it cannot find the file it needs.