In the past few hours at the office I have had 3 PCs now needed to have office 2000 pro re-installed on Windows 2000 workstations. They all lose the installation source. When I try and start up an application they say that the instalation source cannot be found and it needs to be re-installed. These were not even network installs. How can 3 seperate computers lose this in the short time frame?
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Office 2000 needs re-install on multiple PCs! Virus?
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If you installed Office from a network share (like you copied the CD to a share and then installed it from there) then that could be the source of your problem, but you say that it was not a network install...
The other thing is the updates. If you install SP1A and / or SP3, it will look for the source CD when you log in with a non-existant profile into a computer and launch an office product.
"In space, nobody can hear you click..."
The other thing is the updates. If you install SP1A and / or SP3, it will look for the source CD when you log in with a non-existant profile into a computer and launch an office product.
"In space, nobody can hear you click..."
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Well, it has been months since the installed, maybe almost a year. I think 2 of the three may have been network installs, but I can gaurauntee that the 3rd was not. I have not added a SP for months either. This was completely random. They all started within an hour. All the users had used office all day, and non had even rebooted.
It also took MS Project with it on one PC, something that was installed seperately over a year ago.
It also took MS Project with it on one PC, something that was installed seperately over a year ago.
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