OS: Windows XP Pro
App: Microsoft Outlook 2003

Problem: My Outlook suddenly stopped functioning. When I try to launch it,
I receive an error message that says "preparing to install" then I get a
message that says, "Operation failed due to installation problem. Restart
Outlook and try again." I tried to start the "OSE" service in the
Administrative Tools / Services / Office Source Engine. I configured the
startup type to "automatic" and the the "service status" to start, but to no
avail. Outlook still wont install and repair. What am I doing wrong? How
did it just suddenly stop functioning?

Any advice or help will be appreciated. Thank you

Go to Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs and select Microsoft Office (version) 2003. Click on Change. On the next screen, select repair. Ensure you have your Office 2003 disk handy.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:

| OS: Windows XP Pro
| App: Microsoft Outlook 2003
|
| Problem: My Outlook suddenly stopped functioning. When I try to
| launch it, I receive an error message that says "preparing to
| install" then I get a message that says, "Operation failed due to
| installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again." I tried to
| start the "OSE" service in the Administrative Tools / Services /
| Office Source Engine. I configured the startup type to "automatic"
| and the the "service status" to start, but to no avail. Outlook
| still wont install and repair. What am I doing wrong? How did it
| just suddenly stop functioning?
|
| Any advice or help will be appreciated. Thank you

I followed your advice but I received a message that said, "installation
ended prematurely because of an error" and then it says "fatal error during
installation". All of my other office applications work fine. I designated
the repair to uninstall Outlook only but I receive the same message. Should
I remove office from my computer and reinstall? What will happen to all of
my office files while doing so? Please help. I need a resolution. I use
my applications for work. Thank you

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
...
Go to Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs and select Microsoft Office
(version) 2003. Click on Change. On the next screen, select repair.
Ensure you have your Office 2003 disk handy.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:

| OS: Windows XP Pro
| App: Microsoft Outlook 2003
|
| Problem: My Outlook suddenly stopped functioning. When I try to
| launch it, I receive an error message that says "preparing to
| install" then I get a message that says, "Operation failed due to
| installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again." I tried to
| start the "OSE" service in the Administrative Tools / Services /
| Office Source Engine. I configured the startup type to "automatic"
| and the the "service status" to start, but to no avail. Outlook
| still wont install and repair. What am I doing wrong? How did it
| just suddenly stop functioning?
|
| Any advice or help will be appreciated. Thank you

Did I say anything about uninstalling Outlook? I said to use the repair option. What happens if you go back and try it again, this time following the directions I posted?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:

| I followed your advice but I received a message that said,
| "installation ended prematurely because of an error" and then it says
| "fatal error during installation". All of my other office
| applications work fine. I designated the repair to uninstall Outlook
| only but I receive the same message. Should I remove office from my
| computer and reinstall? What will happen to all of my office files
| while doing so? Please help. I need a resolution. I use my
| applications for work. Thank you
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
| ...
| Go to Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs and select Microsoft Office
| (version) 2003. Click on Change. On the next screen, select repair.
| Ensure you have your Office 2003 disk handy.
|
| --�
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| reading.
|
| After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:
|
|| OS: Windows XP Pro
|| App: Microsoft Outlook 2003
||
|| Problem: My Outlook suddenly stopped functioning. When I try to
|| launch it, I receive an error message that says "preparing to
|| install" then I get a message that says, "Operation failed due to
|| installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again." I tried to
|| start the "OSE" service in the Administrative Tools / Services /
|| Office Source Engine. I configured the startup type to "automatic"
|| and the the "service status" to start, but to no avail. Outlook
|| still wont install and repair. What am I doing wrong? How did it
|| just suddenly stop functioning?
||
|| Any advice or help will be appreciated. Thank you

Youre kind of an idiot smart ass arent you? Did you read my reply??? I
told you that I followed your advice. I attempted to do the REPAIR OPTION
but TO NO AVAIL. I continue to receive error messages.
If anyone ELSE other than MILLY STAPLES can help me, I would appreciate it.
She seems to have an anal obstruction which seems to impair her ability to
dispense advice.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
...
Did I say anything about uninstalling Outlook? I said to use the repair
option. What happens if you go back and try it again, this time following
the directions I posted?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:

| I followed your advice but I received a message that said,
| "installation ended prematurely because of an error" and then it says
| "fatal error during installation". All of my other office
| applications work fine. I designated the repair to uninstall Outlook
| only but I receive the same message. Should I remove office from my
| computer and reinstall? What will happen to all of my office files
| while doing so? Please help. I need a resolution. I use my
| applications for work. Thank you
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
| ...
| Go to Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs and select Microsoft Office
| (version) 2003. Click on Change. On the next screen, select repair.
| Ensure you have your Office 2003 disk handy.
|
| --�
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| reading.
|
| After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:
|
|| OS: Windows XP Pro
|| App: Microsoft Outlook 2003
||
|| Problem: My Outlook suddenly stopped functioning. When I try to
|| launch it, I receive an error message that says "preparing to
|| install" then I get a message that says, "Operation failed due to
|| installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again." I tried to
|| start the "OSE" service in the Administrative Tools / Services /
|| Office Source Engine. I configured the startup type to "automatic"
|| and the the "service status" to start, but to no avail. Outlook
|| still wont install and repair. What am I doing wrong? How did it
|| just suddenly stop functioning?
||
|| Any advice or help will be appreciated. Thank you

Milly-

Where do you get off using that tone with me or anyone else?



"The Inquirer" wrote in message
...
Youre kind of an idiot smart ass arent you? Did you read my reply??? I
told you that I followed your advice. I attempted to do the REPAIR OPTION
but TO NO AVAIL. I continue to receive error messages.
If anyone ELSE other than MILLY STAPLES can help me, I would appreciate
it. She seems to have an anal obstruction which seems to impair her
ability to dispense advice.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
...
Did I say anything about uninstalling Outlook? I said to use the repair
option. What happens if you go back and try it again, this time following
the directions I posted?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:

| I followed your advice but I received a message that said,
| "installation ended prematurely because of an error" and then it says
| "fatal error during installation". All of my other office
| applications work fine. I designated the repair to uninstall Outlook
| only but I receive the same message. Should I remove office from my
| computer and reinstall? What will happen to all of my office files
| while doing so? Please help. I need a resolution. I use my
| applications for work. Thank you
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
| ...
| Go to Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs and select Microsoft Office
| (version) 2003. Click on Change. On the next screen, select repair.
| Ensure you have your Office 2003 disk handy.
|
| --�
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| reading.
|
| After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:
|
|| OS: Windows XP Pro
|| App: Microsoft Outlook 2003
||
|| Problem: My Outlook suddenly stopped functioning. When I try to
|| launch it, I receive an error message that says "preparing to
|| install" then I get a message that says, "Operation failed due to
|| installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again." I tried to
|| start the "OSE" service in the Administrative Tools / Services /
|| Office Source Engine. I configured the startup type to "automatic"
|| and the the "service status" to start, but to no avail. Outlook
|| still wont install and repair. What am I doing wrong? How did it
|| just suddenly stop functioning?
||
|| Any advice or help will be appreciated. Thank you

HA! You write a response like the one you did and you have the nerve to ask ME where I get off using that tone with you??? Go look in the mirror and repeat "I am an idiot."

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:

| Milly-
|
| Where do you get off using that tone with me or anyone else?
|
|
|
| "The Inquirer" wrote in message
| ...
|| Youre kind of an idiot smart ass arent you? Did you read my
|| reply??? I told you that I followed your advice. I attempted to do
|| the REPAIR OPTION but TO NO AVAIL. I continue to receive error
|| messages.
|| If anyone ELSE other than MILLY STAPLES can help me, I would
|| appreciate it. She seems to have an anal obstruction which seems to
|| impair her ability to dispense advice.
||
||
|| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
|| ...
|| Did I say anything about uninstalling Outlook? I said to use the
|| repair option. What happens if you go back and try it again, this
|| time following the directions I posted?
||
|| --�
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:
||
||| I followed your advice but I received a message that said,
||| "installation ended prematurely because of an error" and then it
||| says "fatal error during installation". All of my other office
||| applications work fine. I designated the repair to uninstall
||| Outlook only but I receive the same message. Should I remove
||| office from my computer and reinstall? What will happen to all of
||| my office files while doing so? Please help. I need a resolution.
||| I use my applications for work. Thank you
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
||| ...
||| Go to Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs and select Microsoft Office
||| (version) 2003. Click on Change. On the next screen, select
||| repair. Ensure you have your Office 2003 disk handy.
|||
||| --�
||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|||
||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
||| reading.
|||
||| After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:
|||
|||| OS: Windows XP Pro
|||| App: Microsoft Outlook 2003
||||
|||| Problem: My Outlook suddenly stopped functioning. When I try to
|||| launch it, I receive an error message that says "preparing to
|||| install" then I get a message that says, "Operation failed due to
|||| installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again." I tried to
|||| start the "OSE" service in the Administrative Tools / Services /
|||| Office Source Engine. I configured the startup type to "automatic"
|||| and the the "service status" to start, but to no avail. Outlook
|||| still wont install and repair. What am I doing wrong? How did it
|||| just suddenly stop functioning?
||||
|||| Any advice or help will be appreciated. Thank you

Now we have all grown up, can we have microsoft answer the question, please,
even pretty please?



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

HA! You write a response like the one you did and you have the nerve to ask ME where I get off using that tone with you??? Go look in the mirror and repeat "I am an idiot."

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
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After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:

| Milly-
|
| Where do you get off using that tone with me or anyone else?
|
|
|
| "The Inquirer" wrote in message
| ...
|| Youre kind of an idiot smart ass arent you? Did you read my
|| reply??? I told you that I followed your advice. I attempted to do
|| the REPAIR OPTION but TO NO AVAIL. I continue to receive error
|| messages.
|| If anyone ELSE other than MILLY STAPLES can help me, I would
|| appreciate it. She seems to have an anal obstruction which seems to
|| impair her ability to dispense advice.
||
||
|| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
|| ...
|| Did I say anything about uninstalling Outlook? I said to use the
|| repair option. What happens if you go back and try it again, this
|| time following the directions I posted?
||
|| --�
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:
||
||| I followed your advice but I received a message that said,
||| "installation ended prematurely because of an error" and then it
||| says "fatal error during installation". All of my other office
||| applications work fine. I designated the repair to uninstall
||| Outlook only but I receive the same message. Should I remove
||| office from my computer and reinstall? What will happen to all of
||| my office files while doing so? Please help. I need a resolution.
||| I use my applications for work. Thank you
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
||| ...
||| Go to Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs and select Microsoft Office
||| (version) 2003. Click on Change. On the next screen, select
||| repair. Ensure you have your Office 2003 disk handy.
|||
||| --�
||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|||
||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
||| reading.
|||
||| After furious head scratching, The Inquirer asked:
|||
|||| OS: Windows XP Pro
|||| App: Microsoft Outlook 2003
||||
|||| Problem: My Outlook suddenly stopped functioning. When I try to
|||| launch it, I receive an error message that says "preparing to
|||| install" then I get a message that says, "Operation failed due to
|||| installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again." I tried to
|||| start the "OSE" service in the Administrative Tools / Services /
|||| Office Source Engine. I configured the startup type to "automatic"
|||| and the the "service status" to start, but to no avail. Outlook
|||| still wont install and repair. What am I doing wrong? How did it
|||| just suddenly stop functioning?
||||
|||| Any advice or help will be appreciated. Thank you

On Dec 10, 8:24 pm, pakman wrote:

Now we have all grown up, can we have microsoft answer the question, please,
even pretty please?

"Microsoft" doesn't frequent Usenet. This is a peer-to-peer group.

pakman wrote:

Now we have all grown up, can we have microsoft answer the question,
please, even pretty please?

Microsoft people don't usually respond here. Except for a few rare
exceptions, Microsoft employees don't even read this newsgroup. It's not an
official Microsoft support channel. If you want Microsoft employyes to
answer a question or help with a problem, you must open a support incident
by calling or emailing them.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]