Can't install Office 2003 Standard Edition in Vista

I'm running Vista Business Edition on my computer. I was upgraded from XP Pro
to this current Vista setup. I had Office Pro 97 installed before doing
upgrade. Then I bought the Upgrade Office 2003 Standard Edition. It installed
great and was running fine until I tried to install the new SP3 for Office.
It keep giving me error 779 or error 1913. I could not get this problem to go
away. So, like a dummy I figured I would un-install Office 2003 and try to
re-install again. Now I get this message asking to verify the location of the
mapisvd.inf file in c:\windows\system32 directory. It's there. The problem is
I can't change it, delete and neither can the Office install program write to
it. How can I fix this problem and get Office re-installed? This is on my
business computer.

Okay, I did it!!!! I read down further on the list and found out about how to
take ownership of mapisvc.inf. I followed his instructions and I deleted that
file. I went back and to my amazment it installed all the way. I even got SP3
to install. So, that's how I fixed my problem.

"HarleyRider" wrote:

> I'm running Vista Business Edition on my computer. I was upgraded from XP Pro
> to this current Vista setup. I had Office Pro 97 installed before doing
> upgrade. Then I bought the Upgrade Office 2003 Standard Edition. It installed
> great and was running fine until I tried to install the new SP3 for Office.
> It keep giving me error 779 or error 1913. I could not get this problem to go
> away. So, like a dummy I figured I would un-install Office 2003 and try to
> re-install again. Now I get this message asking to verify the location of the
> mapisvd.inf file in c:\windows\system32 directory. It's there. The problem is
> I can't change it, delete and neither can the Office install program write to
> it. How can I fix this problem and get Office re-installed? This is on my
> business computer.

Good on you. You went and looked for an answer yourself.

You are using this newsgroup as it should be used!

And thanks for posting back that you were successful

"HarleyRider" wrote:

> Okay, I did it!!!! I read down further on the list and found out about how to
> take ownership of mapisvc.inf. I followed his instructions and I deleted that
> file. I went back and to my amazment it installed all the way. I even got SP3
> to install. So, that's how I fixed my problem.
>
> "HarleyRider" wrote:
>
> > I'm running Vista Business Edition on my computer. I was upgraded from XP Pro
> > to this current Vista setup. I had Office Pro 97 installed before doing
> > upgrade. Then I bought the Upgrade Office 2003 Standard Edition. It installed
> > great and was running fine until I tried to install the new SP3 for Office.
> > It keep giving me error 779 or error 1913. I could not get this problem to go
> > away. So, like a dummy I figured I would un-install Office 2003 and try to
> > re-install again. Now I get this message asking to verify the location of the
> > mapisvd.inf file in c:\windows\system32 directory. It's there. The problem is
> > I can't change it, delete and neither can the Office install program write to
> > it. How can I fix this problem and get Office re-installed? This is on my
> > business computer.

I just hope no one goes through what I went through. It seems that the
mapisvc.inf got corrupted some how and by deleting it I solved my problem.

"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Good on you. You went and looked for an answer yourself.
>
> You are using this newsgroup as it should be used!
>
> And thanks for posting back that you were successful
>
> "HarleyRider" wrote:
>
> > Okay, I did it!!!! I read down further on the list and found out about how to
> > take ownership of mapisvc.inf. I followed his instructions and I deleted that
> > file. I went back and to my amazment it installed all the way. I even got SP3
> > to install. So, that's how I fixed my problem.
> >
> > "HarleyRider" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm running Vista Business Edition on my computer. I was upgraded from XP Pro
> > > to this current Vista setup. I had Office Pro 97 installed before doing
> > > upgrade. Then I bought the Upgrade Office 2003 Standard Edition. It installed
> > > great and was running fine until I tried to install the new SP3 for Office.
> > > It keep giving me error 779 or error 1913. I could not get this problem to go
> > > away. So, like a dummy I figured I would un-install Office 2003 and try to
> > > re-install again. Now I get this message asking to verify the location of the
> > > mapisvd.inf file in c:\windows\system32 directory. It's there. The problem is
> > > I can't change it, delete and neither can the Office install program write to
> > > it. How can I fix this problem and get Office re-installed? This is on my
> > > business computer.