>I had the same annoying problem that Jeff explained in detail. Using the
> Windows Installer Cleanup Tool and Selecting to uninstall ONLY the Windows
> 2007 Compatability Pack resolves the issue. All of my updates worked
> without
> issue. Thank you Peter.
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> See if this will help remove it
>>
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
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>>
>> "Jeff Hillman" <JeffHillman[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A067E876-C79D-433D-A031-FCBD434BA7E4[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > Add/Remove shows the Compatibility Pack, and under that, SP1 and 3
>> > security
>> > updates. The Compatibility Pack and the 3 updates all have Remove
>> > buttons to
>> > click, while SP1 does not.
>> >
>> > When I click the Remove button for Compatibility Pack or any of the 3
>> > Security updates, I get the same error message after about a minute of
>> > processing: "Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 is not
>> > installed on
>> > this machine. Setup can not continue" with an OK button.
>> >
>> > It seems that because the Office 2007 install removed Office 2003
>> > without
>> > removing the Compatibility Pack, I cannot now remove the Pack or any of
>> > its
>> > updates. I do not want to go through the process of uninstalling 2007,
>> > reinstalling Office 2003, then uninstalling the Compatibility pack,
>> > just to
>> > install Office 2007 again. I'm hoping someone figures this little
>> > loop-hole
>> > out and releases a non-office-version-detecting Uninstall for the
>> > Compatibility Pack so I can stop getting the errors with Automatic
>> > Updates
>> > every other week.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> And what does it show in the Add\Remove in Control Panel ???
>> >>
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>> >> Peter
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> "Jeff Hillman" <Jeff Hillman[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:B2D24CAF-601D-4469-9FF9-E8C0F70DEC4E[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >> >I recently installed Office 2007 Professional Plus over my old
>> >> >installation
>> >> > of Office 2003. Had no problems with that and Office 2007 has been
>> >> > running
>> >> > fine. During the last round of Updates from Automatic Updates, I
>> >> > received an
>> >> > error that "... Office 2003 Professional Edition is not
>> >> > installed..." and the
>> >> > update failed. When I looked in Add/Remove programs, I realized
>> >> > that the
>> >> > Compatibility Pack for Office 2007 was still installed and had not
>> >> > been
>> >> > installed by the Office 2007 installation.
>> >> >
>> >> > Now, when I click the Uninstall button within Add/Remove programs
>> >> > for the
>> >> > Compatibility Pack, I get the same "Office 2003 not installed" error
>> >> > and the
>> >> > Compatibility Pack will not uninstall. I continue to get the same
>> >> > error
>> >> > every time Automatic Updates tries to install a couple security
>> >> > updates,
>> >> > which is really annoying. Does anyone know of a way to get rid of
>> >> > the
>> >> > Compatibility Pack in this situation? I have seen a couple similar
>> >> > posts
>> >> > with this type of error, but none in this specific configuration.
>> >> >
>> >> > IMO, it seems odd that the Office 2007 installation does not remove
>> >> > the
>> >> > Compatibility Pack when it is cleaning up the Office 2003
>> >> > installation prior
>> >> > to installing itself.
>> >>
>> >>
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