Tried to Detect/Repair MS Office 2003. After inserting disc, I keep getting
Error 1311, Source File not found. Verify that file exists and you can
access it.
D:\ZF561407.CAB
Tried searching and Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...d=2488&sid=492 gives a
workaround: Create Administrative Installation Point.
Looked CAIP up but am no wiser.
Is there an idiot's guide for this?

Not XP related, you should post in an office group.

"Smirnoff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Tried to Detect/Repair MS Office 2003. After inserting disc, I keep
> getting Error 1311, Source File not found. Verify that file exists and you
> can access it.
> D:\ZF561407.CAB
> Tried searching and Microsoft
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...d=2488&sid=492 gives
> a workaround: Create Administrative Installation Point.
> Looked CAIP up but am no wiser.
> Is there an idiot's guide for this?
>
>
>

Smirnoff wrote:
> Tried to Detect/Repair MS Office 2003. After inserting disc, I keep getting
> Error 1311, Source File not found. Verify that file exists and you can
> access it.
> D:\ZF561407.CAB
> Tried searching and Microsoft
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...d=2488&sid=492 gives a
> workaround: Create Administrative Installation Point.
> Looked CAIP up but am no wiser.
> Is there an idiot's guide for this?
>
>
>
Hi Smirnoff,

Was the original install done from the CD or from a directory on the
hard disk?

Some new machines that come with Office pre-installed actually
expect the install/repair to be done from the hard disk/directory
that the original install was done from. I know this is the case
with HP laptops and may be true with other manufacturers.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

"When hope is lost . . . the spirit dies."
-- Lao Tzu

C.Joseph Drayton wrote:
> Smirnoff wrote:
>> Tried to Detect/Repair MS Office 2003. After inserting disc, I keep
>> getting Error 1311, Source File not found. Verify that file exists and
>> you can access it.
>> D:\ZF561407.CAB
>> Tried searching and Microsoft
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...d=2488&sid=492
>> gives a workaround: Create Administrative Installation Point.
>> Looked CAIP up but am no wiser.
>> Is there an idiot's guide for this?
>>
>>
>>
> Hi Smirnoff,
>
> Was the original install done from the CD or from a directory on the
> hard disk?
>
> Some new machines that come with Office pre-installed actually
> expect the install/repair to be done from the hard disk/directory
> that the original install was done from. I know this is the case
> with HP laptops and may be true with other manufacturers.
>
> Ciao . . . C.Joseph
>
> "When hope is lost . . . the spirit dies."
> -- Lao Tzu


The problem was that Dell installed Office from an older disk, not the one
supplied with my machine. I used Widows Install Cleanup to remove all
traces of original install and then did a new install with supplied disk.
I did post the solution earlier.