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by: mikeworld2 January 3, 2013 8:27 PM PST

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How to install MS Office 2003 CD in Ultrabook

by mikeworld2 - 1/3/13 8:27 PM

I've old MS-Office 2003 Student Edition CD. I like to install this in Lenovo Twist Ultrabook (which doesn't have CD/DVD drive). How can I do that?

I have product key for the MS-Office, but don't have another computer where I can copy the files from CD to USB.


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The best thing might be to bite the bullet and get an

by VAPCMD - 1/3/13 8:35 PM

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external CD-DVD burner. Using it now ...you can load Office and later you could use it for creating backups

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Re: CD

by Kees_B Moderator - 1/4/13 1:18 AM

In Reply to: How to install MS Office 2003 CD in Ultrabook by mikeworld2

If none of your friends of family members has a PC you can use to copy the files from CD to USB, and there's no public library or such to use a PC where you live, then you'll have to buy some hardware yourself. Could be an external drive or a complete PC. Your choice.

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Office 2003 installation: Error message

by mikeworld2 - 1/6/13 7:11 PM

In Reply to: Re: CD by Kees_B Moderator

Could burn the CD but now facing this issue:

Trying to install MS-Office Professional with Windows 8 professional.

Getting the error message after entering the product key.

"Microsoft office setup cannot continue because the installation source has been corrupted"

The product key is correct. Tried researching and saw this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/820930

(however the reference files have been changed)

Could someone help!


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You can buy external DVD/CD drives for $30

by wpgwpg - 1/6/13 7:44 PM

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External DVD/CD drives are available in most stores that sell computers for around $30, so spend the $30 and your problem's solved.

Good luck.


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Student Edition

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 1/6/13 8:15 PM

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Ouch. That version was a bit odd. Did you at least try it from a USB DVDRW drive?


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Office 2003 installation: Error message

by mikeworld2 - 1/6/13 9:06 PM

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Yes, tried it from USB too. Still the same error.


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Re: corrupt file

by Kees_B Moderator - 1/7/13 2:19 AM

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If the file on the original CD is corrupt, there's not much hope.
LibreOffice is a free download and for most of us an acceptable replacement for Office 2003.

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So the install fails?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 1/7/13 8:45 PM

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Try the old duplicate the CD trick.

Also, it won't run properly until you install Office 2003 SP3. Some folk think it failed to install because of that error when they run it.
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