outlfltr.msp

[Daolas]

I'm having issues with reinstalling microsoft office 2003 onto my laptop. When i attempt to install, I get an Idiot message that reads:


The feature that you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.

Click OK to try again or enter enter an alternate path to the folder containing the installation package "OUTLFLTR.MSP"

I've tried looking online for some assistance, but I can't make any sense of it.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Dao.

 

[cd1_christine]

Questions...

Are you installing from CD? Is this a fresh install, or installing more components to an Office install that's already on your computer?
This error typically occurs when one of two things happens:

1. You're trying to stop yourself from going insane by installing an Office Assistant other than Clippy, (or some other component that's not in the default install) but you're not using the CD you installed from originally. If it's the exact same version, you'll be OK with a different CD, but there were about 10-15 different versions of, for example, Office 2000, and you can't use any other version. This even gets as annoying as "Office 2000 Premium" not being the same as "Office 2000 Premium." Way beyond the Basic, Student & Teacher, Small Business, etc. type of thing.

2. You're installing from a network drive, possibly at work, and the network drive has disappeared because the server crashed. Or possibly some other reason, but the network drive is gone...that's the important part.

 

[SubNebGuy]

here's what I'd do.

make sure add/remove programs has NO office versions/components installed

then, in C:\program files\ delete the microsoft office\ directory. wipe it clean for a fresh install.

next, check C:\WINDOWS\Installer\ for Office installer packages. this is tedious cuz you have hover over each file, or right click, properies each file to see what is what.
also, C:\WINDOWS\Installer is a hidden system folder, so you have to enable viewing those under Tools, Folder Options, View.

It does in fact sound like its looking for a location that doesn't exist to pull a few files over.