A friend has been trying to install Service Pack 3 on Windows XP Home, but gets a message that MS Word 2003 must be installed first. He already has Word 2003 installed on his system. Any suggestions on how to get around this issue?
A friend has been trying to install Service Pack 3 on Windows XP Home, but gets a message that MS Word 2003 must be installed first. He already has Word 2003 installed on his system. Any suggestions on how to get around this issue?

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What is the exact error message and have you tried installing in safe mode ?
Scott