Problem Solving:Software
Troubleshooting
Office 2000
Despite assurances from Microsoft that Office 2000 would not ship until it was bug free,
users have been reporting problems and Microsoft has confirmed many of them as bugs.
By PCSA Staff
M
icrosoft
went
to
great
When you run the Setup program
ROM, or the network server from
lengths, in the run up to the
for Office or any stand alone Office
which you are installing Office.
Office 2000 launch, to ex
program, you may receive an error
Click OK. Click OK again to con
plain that this launch would be differ
message saying Insert Disk. The file
tinue installing.
ent from all others that had gone
CRSWPP.DLL on Web Publishing
before. Senior Microsoft people admit
Wizard disk cannot be found. Insert
Setup failed to locate a valid qualify
ted that, in the past, products had been
Web Publishing Wizard disk in the se
ing product on your machine
rushed out the door in order to meet
lected drive, and click OK . You may
launch dates and that, in some cases,
also receive the same error message
When you attempt to run Publisher
bugs had remained unfixed owing to
again, with files such as FLUPL.HLP,
2000 Setup from the Office CD ROM
lack of time. This time, promised Mi
PIPARSE.DLL, WPWIZ.EXE, FLUPL.
Disk 2, you may receive the message
crosoft, things would be different. Of
OCX, POSTWPP.DLL, WPWIZ.HLP,
Setup failed to locate a valid qualify
fice 2000, it was claimed, would not
FPWPP.DLL, WEBPOST.DLL, WPWI
ing product on your machine. Please
ship until the developers were happy
ZDLL.DLL, FTPWPP.DLL or WPWI
select the drive where a qualifying
that it was the most stable, bug free
Z.CNT.
product can be found . No matter
version of Office ever. Few of us be
This error will only occur, accord
what drive you select, Setup does not
lieved Microsoft, but we were pre
ing to Microsoft, if both of the follow
find a qualifying product, and you re
pared to sit back and watch with
ing conditions are true:
ceive the error Error 1608. Could not
interest.
find any previously installed compli
Well,
surprise
surprise,
bugs
G
You have a USRobotics 56K Voice
ant products on the machine for in
started coming to light almost as soon
Win modem, or 3Com USRobotics
stalling this product .
as Office 2000 hit the shelves. To its
V.90 PCI Telephony WinModem
This occurs because the product key
credit, Microsoft has published details
installed.
printed on the CD case incorrectly
on its Web site and in the Knowledge
G
After installing Office (all of it, or
identifies the CD as an upgrade ver
Base that assist users and support staff
just one app) you restart the com
sion. Contact Microsoft for a replace
with sorting out the problems.
puter and then install any other Of
ment key. In the US call (425) 635 7140.
This article, compiled from infor
fice app.
If you're outside the US, load any other
mation released by Microsoft, outlines
Office
2000
app,
select
some of the current Office 2000 bugs
It is confirmed as a bug in Office
Help/About/Tech Support and select
that affect users of Word, Excel and
2000. Although no fix is available at
Learn more about support outside
PowerPoint. Use it to keep yourself
present, there are three methods that
the United States and Canada .This
informed of current problems, or give
you can use as a workaround:
will list the number you need to call.
copies to users in order that they can
help themselves out of trouble.
1 Before installing a second Office
Workbook loads slowly the first time
At the time of writing, Microsoft
program, restart your computer a
has not yet announced an Office 2000
second time, once when prompted
When you open a file in Excel 2000
service pack. It is expected that one
by the Setup program and then
for the first time, the file may take more
will be released at some time in the
again when Setup is complete.
time than normal to load. This hap
future, and we will of course include it
2 When you receive the error mes
pens because, the first time you open a
on the PCSA CD ROM as soon as is
sage, click Cancel. Setup will then
file that was last saved in Excel 97, the
possible.
complete successfully.
file is completely recalculated. Once
3 When you receive the error mes
you have saved the file in Excel 2000,
Error on installing Office 2000 in
sage, Click Browse. Browse to the
the file will subsequently take less time
stages. DLL not found
IE5\EN folder on the Office CD
to open.
Update 130 (September 1999) page 9
File: P1138.1
PC Support Advisor
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