Service Pack installation to an OFF-line computer

[Guest]

I need to install Service Pack 1 (or 2) to my Fiance's computer (which does
not have Internet Access). I downloaded SP 1 to my computer, copied it to
disk and loaded that to her machine.

When I ran the file, I got the message "The Expected Version of the Product
was not found on Your System."

Note: I am running Windows XP Home Edition, and her's is XP Professional.

This is classic Catch-22 - I need the SP to get her computer On-line, but I
can't get her On-line till I load the SP....... (sigh) Thank you for your
help and advice.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I need to install Service Pack 1 (or 2) to my Fiance's computer (which does
not have Internet Access). I downloaded SP 1 to my computer, copied it to
disk and loaded that to her machine.

When I ran the file, I got the message "The Expected Version of the Product
was not found on Your System."

Note: I am running Windows XP Home Edition, and her's is XP Professional.

And you are apparently try to install an *Office* XP Service Pack, not
a Windows XP one, to his computer. Since he doesn't have Office XP
installed, the installation fails with that message.

By the way, you should certainly be installing Windows XP *SP2*, not
SP1.