Microsoft KB Archive/299779

= OFF2000: Error Message During Installation: Installer Terminated Prematurely =

Article ID: 299779

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q299779



WARNING:This information is preliminary and has not been confirmed or tested by Microsoft. Use only with discretion.



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to install Microsoft Office, you may receive an error message similar to the following:

Installer terminated prematurely.

When you click OK, you receive the following error message:

The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you attempt to install CD2 of the Office 2000 CD-ROM package without restarting the computer after you install CD1.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, restart the computer after you install CD1, and then install CD2. If you receive the error message again, browse to the Knowledge Base article referenced in the &quot;More Information&quot; section of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about the installer terminating prematurely, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

292032 OFF2000: &quot;Installer Terminated Prematurely&quot; Error Message When You Use ! Logging Option

Additional query words: OFF2000

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB299779

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