The update is looking for the Office XP disk not your WinXP disk.
Put your Office XP disk in the installation drive.
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"nicole" <nicole[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > My computer is trying to install the service pack 3 update for Office XP.
> It
> keeps saying to go to my XP disk and then tells me it can't find the file
> on
> my Windows XP Home edition (version 2002) disk to finish the installation.
> Then I tried downloading the service pack from the microsoft page that it
> said to use if the CD wasn't working - it still prompted for the CD and
> then
> can't find the file it needs to do the install.
>
> Any suggestions on what else I can do to get this service pack, as I am
> sure
> it is necessary for my computer.
>
> Nicole Greenwood
>
>
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