Office 2007 SP1 fails to install on Vista

Why does the SP1 update for Office 2007 fail to install on Vista?

Error Code: 78F


"WindowsUpdate_0000078F"
"WindowsUpdate_dt000"

PA
Wed Mar 26 09:35:13 PDT 2008

You receive an error message when you try to install the 2007 Microsoft
Office suite Service Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946691
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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dmnHippie wrote:
> Why does the SP1 update for Office 2007 fail to install on Vista?
>
> Error Code: 78F...

tori1978
Wed Mar 26 17:43:03 PDT 2008

so what are we supposed to do to overcome the error message? i get the same
thing. is SP1 important for those of us with Vista?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> You receive an error message when you try to install the 2007 Microsoft
> Office suite Service Pack 1:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946691
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> dmnHippie wrote:
> > Why does the SP1 update for Office 2007 fail to install on Vista?
> >
> > Error Code: 78F...
>
>

PA
Wed Mar 26 18:54:03 PDT 2008

See the Resolution or Work Arounds section of
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946691, dear.

tori1978 wrote:
> so what are we supposed to do to overcome the error message? i get the
> same
> thing. is SP1 important for those of us with Vista?
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You receive an error message when you try to install the 2007 Microsoft
>> Office suite Service Pack 1:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946691
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> dmnHippie wrote:
>>> Why does the SP1 update for Office 2007 fail to install on Vista?
>>>
>>> Error Code: 78F...