Office 2000 - data1.msi

No you can not get the .MSI file anywhere legal without buying it, or at least we can not tell you where!
Is the O2K-P CD a upgrade or full install? And witch .MSI does it ask for? The OS or old Office MSI?

find a friend with the same version and burn it =]

if of course none of the above works

I disagree, Since the asker didnt reply to my questions theres nothing in this thread that is worthy a PAQ for answering the question!
I suggest delete and refund..

mattisflones.

Have you read my first linked document?

You asked:
"Which .MSI does it ask for? The OS or old Office MSI?".

Clearly the installation is asking for MS Office's DATA1.MSI file, because to my knowledge Windows 98 does not have a DATA1.MSI file on the CD and does not install one.

I suggested (about my linked .pdf file) "Reading about the significance of the file DATA1.MSI".

Page 2, centre column, 2nd paragraph.
Page 3, left column, section header "Administrative Install".

Note:  DATA1.MSI is NOT copied from the Office 2000 CD, but MUST be found before the installation can proceed.

This scenario is a common one experienced when Office SP updates like SP1 and SP2 are installed.  When installed by an administrator in a network setting, Office will work fine, but when run by a non admin, it keeps looking for DATA1.msi which is located in a directory that is either on a CD not at hand, or on the network where the non-admin user doesn't have access.

The MSI installer keeps running.  Often if you hit cancel enough times you can use Office, but many times not.  In THAT scenario, where DATA1.MSI can be copied to a folder C:\install  ,  the following .reg file would force it to look for it there:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\904000001E872D116BF00006799C897E\SourceList]
"PackageName"="DATA1.MSI"
"LastUsedSource"=hex(2):6e,00,3b,00,31,00,3b,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,49,00,6e,00,\
  73,00,74,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,5c,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\904000001E872D116BF00006799C897E\SourceList\Media]
"DiskPrompt"="Microsoft Office 2000 Premium"
"1"="O9PRMcd01;1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\904000001E872D116BF00006799C897E\SourceList\Net]
"1"=hex(2):63,00,3a,00,5c,00,49,00,6e,00,73,00,74,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,5c,00,\
  00,00

In THIS case, MikeM123 states "when trying to update Office 2000 premium, I get asked to insert original cd .... looking for file DATA1.MSI".

In my opinion, the question has been answered adequately by my comment.

"Don't you know anybody with an Office 2000 Premium CD?  If you have a licence, than you can legitimately use any CD you have acquired or borrowed".

 

So?, the asker does not return, therefore no solution is provided...  Since MS have not provided any solution to the asker theres got to be more to this and more info is needed... (Or else MS would have explained this..)

Thus, i dont see any reason for making this PAQ`d and searchable.
You have a good explaination witch should be PAQ`d in a string that is worth something to future searchers..

Thanks, mattisflones.  Man, you're up early.  What time is it in Oslo?  :-)

05:55... Yawn.. Cofee... Server crash... Dang.. 1,5 Hrs to fix it... uhh... :-)

Sorry bout the disagreement, i`m just fed up of crappy PAQ`s that dont give a question->solution process..

Hope you got the server fixed.  Actually, I just discovered an online resource branded as "MS Office 2000 SP2 DATA1.msi fix" and the downloadable .zip file contains DATA1.MSI.  Pity about the restrictions on passing such a url, but for good reason I suppose.

Got it yes! :-) As for the disagreement i withdraw it... Its worty a PAQ and the skie are blue and birds singing and everything is gooood... Hot town, summer in the city dumtidumtidum...
I would like that link if you could bother mail it to me... :-) Shhh...

Thank you, LeeTutor