Why Is This Happening?

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Torry

I have recently upgraded to Windows XP Home Edition.
From time to time a window pops up that tells me that it
is trying to install Office 2000. The bar shows that
something is being loaded for a few moments, then another
window opens that tells me that the feature that I am
trying to use is not available, please insert your Office
2000 disk into the drive.

This appears to happen randomly and at times that I am
not aware that I am trying to use an Office 2000
feature. For example, this last occured when I
attempeted to search for a file using the search
feature. I have had Office 2000 installed for several
years and never had this happen when I was using Windows
98SE.

So far this appears to only be an annoyance, but I would
like to know what is going on.
 
Torry said:
I have recently upgraded to Windows XP Home Edition.
From time to time a window pops up that tells me that it
is trying to install Office 2000. The bar shows that
something is being loaded for a few moments, then another
window opens that tells me that the feature that I am
trying to use is not available, please insert your Office
2000 disk into the drive.

This appears to happen randomly and at times that I am
not aware that I am trying to use an Office 2000
feature. For example, this last occured when I
attempeted to search for a file using the search
feature. I have had Office 2000 installed for several
years and never had this happen when I was using Windows
98SE.

So far this appears to only be an annoyance, but I would
like to know what is going on.
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When you're asked to put your Office 2000 CD in the drive, do you?
If not, try giving it what it wants next time.

Also, do you have FindFast enabled? That is an Office feature that the
search function is probably trying to use. It'll also be trying to index
your files when you're not doing anything, hence the seemingly random
requests for your Office 2000 CD.
 
I've seen this happen when Office was not installed to run all from the
computer. I would re-install Office, do a Custom install and select to
Run All From My Computer for both CD1 and CD2 installations.

Steve
 
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