WHen trying to install Pub.2000 on Win XP it needs 600+GB

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Jeremy - 31 May 2005 07:17 GMT

This is an older version yes, but it should still work. When trying to
install it tells me I do not have enough hard drive space (I have about 34GB
free) but the program tells me I need over 600 GB... yes that's GB. When I
select everything to install on first use in an attempt to trick the install
the first time I use it, it will not let me install telling me to "free up”
hard drive space. I just installed a 5gb game onto my computer so I know
space is not a problem. Ever the program itself TELLS me I have 34 gb free
but it need 600+. I select for everything to "run from cd" in the installer
and then it ONLY need 150+GB of free space to install. This is just silly
and annoying. This program cost good money back in the day and it seems
silly that I would have to get the 2003 version when this worked fine a
couple years ago. I hate having to upgrade EVERYTHING when a new Windows
comes out, I am a casual office user, papers, a few projects nothing big and
I feel hundreds of dollars every year or so is a little much.

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Mary Sauer - 31 May 2005 11:20 GMT

Some things to try
OFF2000: Disk Space Requirements Are Not Recalculated After Selecting Alternate
Installation Location
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;217468

Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

Does the message have an error number?

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> This is an older version yes, but it should still work. When trying to
> install it tells me I do not have enough hard drive space (I have about 34GB
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> comes out, I am a casual office user, papers, a few projects nothing big and
> I feel hundreds of dollars every year or so is a little much.

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Don Schmidt - 31 May 2005 13:58 GMT

Might help; Windows Installer 3.1 v2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482FC-5F56-4A38-B838
-DE776FD4138C&displaylang=en

I have Publisher 2000 on my Windows XP computer. No problem here. BTW get
the SRs.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/CD010699551033.aspx

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> This is an older version yes, but it should still work. When trying to
> install it tells me I do not have enough hard drive space (I have about
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> and
> I feel hundreds of dollars every year or so is a little much.

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