Re: Microsoft Office 2007 Updater SP2

(crossposted to microsoft.public.windowsupdate)

oldman@old.net wrote:

>Additional information on this problem. I downloaded the SP2 file
>about 290 MB. Then I tried to run the install from the downloaded
>file. The update did some sort of compatibility check and said that
>the update failed, this can be due to a corrupted installation
>database. What needs to be done to clean this problem up? Do I need
>to uninstall office 2007 and start a fresh?
>
>Suggestions needed to fix this.
>
>\thanks.
>
>On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:18:00 -0700, oldman@old.net wrote:
>
>>My system is Vista Business and Office 2007. Today a set of updates
>>were downloaded one of which was for SP2 for office 2007. The update
>>failed several times with error 8007006E. The help with the failure
>>did not recommend what to do. has anyone had this problem and if so
>>how did you get the update to install. I did deselect the IE8 upgrade
>>for now.
>>
>>help appreciated.

Try inserting your Office 2007 CD into the appropriate drive bay before
attempting to install SP2 again.

Or try installing it manually:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...1-9db49b4ab6e5

How to troubleshoot failures updating your Office installation...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304498
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


[someone] wrote:
>> Additional information on this problem. I downloaded the SP2 file
>> about 290 MB. Then I tried to run the install from the downloaded
>> file. The update did some sort of compatibility check and said that
>> the update failed, this can be due to a corrupted installation
>> database. What needs to be done to clean this problem up? Do I need
>> to uninstall office 2007 and start a fresh?
>>
>>> My system is Vista Business and Office 2007. Today a set of updates
>>> were downloaded one of which was for SP2 for office 2007. The update
>>> failed several times with error 8007006E. The help with the failure
>>> did not recommend what to do. has anyone had this problem and if so
>>> how did you get the update to install. I did deselect the IE8 upgrade
>>> for now.
>>>
>>> help appreciated.