Microsoft KB Archive/171633

= OFF97: Error Message: "Your Installation of Office Cannot Be Updated" =

Article ID: 171633

Article Last Modified on 2/9/2006

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Office 97 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

 Microsoft Windows 95

 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0</li></ul> </li></ul>

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This article was previously published under Q171633

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SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to run the Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1) Patch, you may receive the following error message:

The Patch has determined that your installation of Office cannot be updated at this time. Shutdown all running applications and re-run the patch, if the problem persists please consult the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://www.microsoft.com/kb.

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CAUSE
This problem may occur if you install a program that updates the following Office support files

Mso97.dll

Mso7enu.dll

and then attempt to run the original SR-1 Patch.

For example, the problem occurs if you have installed one of the versions of Microsoft Outlook that is listed at the beginning of this article. The newer versions of these files cannot be updated by the original SR-1 Patch.

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RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, download and run the updated Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Patch.

You can download the updated SR-1 Patch from the following address:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010449921033.aspx

Once you have downloaded the Patch, run it by double-clicking Sr1off97.exe. The Patch should work correctly even if you have installed either of the versions of Microsoft Outlook listed above.

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