After re-reading your problem, you *could* get another download of SR-1 and
try to install that.  I heartily endorse installing service releases and
service packs for Microsoft.  They fix lots and lots of annoying Office
tendencies, including some crashing.

You get a huge Data1.msi from the download, and from then on all changes to
Office have to be done by pointing at this data1.msi, not the cd (until you
replace it with a later service pack if one is released by Microsoft).
Tom Turak

-----Original Message-----
From: Will Stephenson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:15 AM


   "whenever I try to use any program in Microsoft office suite, I get the
following message--The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other
removable disk that is not available. Insert the Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1
Professional disk and click OK.  When I insert the CD and click OK, I get
this message: This patch package could not be opened.  Verify that the patch
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify this is a valid windows installer patch package."

Hello! This may not be relevant, but I have found that the *disk* that the
program asks for is not always the right one. Use the original Office 2000
disk when it asks for the SR-1 disk and see if that works. Best of luck!

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