Microsoft Office 2007 Patch Error on Windows Vista
I am trying to install some Office updates on Windows Vista Ultimate. I am getting a patch error when I am trying to perform a update. I am using Microsoft Office 2007. I got notification for some updates. Those were related to outlook. The download was proper but when I tried to install them there is a patch error on the screen. Is anyone getting the same error.
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I didn't have any success with any of the previous suggestions but did have success with exctracting the contents of the file (in my case the contents contained an .MSP file) and then applied the patch and it was successful.
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I'm too young to remember the dog Patches in the old folk song (!), but I felt I had to take the time to thank dlauber for his/her contributions in this thread.
I had been struggling for days to install any Office 2007 updates (both regular ones and SP2) since doing an upgrade from Office 2003 to Office 2007 Enterprise. I'm not sure whether the problems arose from the upgrade or from the fact that a version of OneNote 2007 had already been installed on my laptop. In any event, I was getting the "the detection failed this can be due to a corrupted installation database" error and had no success with any of the remedies suggested elsewhere such as inserting a writable CD/DVD, running Office diagnostics, using the Office Repair feature, etc.
However, the procedure of renaming the patch keys described by dlauber worked a treat. So, many thanks for taking the time to post that advice!
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Mate, you are a legend. This worked like a charm for me. Many thanks.
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dlauber is the BEAST! I've been trying since 15 Aug 08 to install the dumb Security update for Ppt 2007...It finally worked. I got all 3 Office installs to be successful but not the Vista one...I'm going to go back and try the fix again...also, what does it mean if a patch installs successfully and then either comes up on a later update as unsuccessful or keeps installing over a 2 week span?
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dlauber's fix worked for me also. Kudo's!
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Dlauber You are a GOD as your fix worked for me and was brilliantly explained and easy to follow. thank you sooo much
However imy spell check is still not working for Microsoft Word and its killing me and my reports lol
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However imy spell check is still not working for Microsoft Word and its killing me and my reports lol
If you want to verify Spelling and Grammar Checkers are on,
- First of all from the Tools menu, select Options.
- On the Options dialog, click the Spelling and Grammar tab.
- Check the boxes for Check spelling as you type and Check grammar as you type.
- Click OK.