You cannot remove service packs for Office 2003 products (873125)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Students and Teachers Edition 2003

INTRODUCTION

When you try to remove a Microsoft Office 2003 service pack from your computer and revert to your original installation of Office 2003, you cannot remove the service pack.

MORE INFORMATION

For example, when you click Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 in the Currently installed programs and updates list of the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, the Remove button does not appear. This behavior occurs by design in Office 2003 service packs. If the service pack was removed, your Office 2003 installation may be left in an unstable state.

To remove Office 2003 service packs from your computer, you must remove all the Office 2003 programs and then reinstall all the Office 2003 programs from your original Office 2003 CD-ROM.

To remove the Office 2003 programs from your computer, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
  3. In the Currently installed programs list, click the Microsoft Office 2003 edition that you have installed, and then click Remove.
  4. Click Yes when you are prompted to remove Office 2003 from your computer.
Note If you have other Office 2003 programs installed on your computer as stand-alone programs (not installed as part of the Office 2003 suite), you may also have to remove those programs.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/27/2006
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