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Cant uninstall Office 2000 and/or upgrade to 2003

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A. I cant run word or excel cause it's asking me for some file to install from the cd, i put the cd in and it says something like invalid key.
B. I try to upgrade to Office 2003 and bypass that file, i do both upgrade and full install and neither one of them worked.
C. I then tried to uninstall 2000 to do just a fresh full install of 2003 and it goes through the process, i close add/remove programs, go back in and its still there.

any help is appreciated....Thanks!

running windows 2000 pro, sp 4
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Check out Eraser2K from MS:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;239938
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Usually a Microsoft product won't complain about the product key being invalid unless it is some type of pirated software. I am not making any acusations though, as we all know that software can be faulty at times. Whether it is or isn't pirated software is your personal business, but if it is pirated, then don't expect too much out of it.
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Thanks guys, I'm going to try that erase2k and see if that works. I actually also found that there is a null file in my office 2000 folder in program files. that file can not be deleted and thats the reason I cant remove it. Thanks for the help!
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i tried the erase2k, i seemed to delete a decent amount, but when i tried to install my office 2003, it keeps getting stuck on the file x2550703.cab....says it cant find it on the cd and asks to point to that file. then i have to cancel it and it cant finish the install.
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try with xp cd, or choose the cd for complete installation of office
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