Unable to Install Office 2003

I'm unable to install Office 03 on my newest laptop. Nothing happens when I
load the disc - the LED stays on and nothing is displayed in the cd directory
- it's as if there's no cd in the drive at all. The disc is fne because the
directory displays when I insert it into other machines

I don't currently have any versions of office on this machine. I suspect
it's because I've installed it on 3 other machines (the max), but one of the
other laptops has died and is unusable, so I'd like to put it on the one I
just purchased.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

Does other CD's work in the laptop CD drive??

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"Radian" <Radian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C775A432-F7B8-454D-BC0D-349F096D02A9@microsoft.com...
> I'm unable to install Office 03 on my newest laptop. Nothing happens when I
> load the disc - the LED stays on and nothing is displayed in the cd directory
> - it's as if there's no cd in the drive at all. The disc is fne because the
> directory displays when I insert it into other machines
>
> I don't currently have any versions of office on this machine. I suspect
> it's because I've installed it on 3 other machines (the max), but one of the
> other laptops has died and is unusable, so I'd like to put it on the one I
> just purchased.
>
> Any advice would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

Your laptop is failing to read the Office 2003 install CD. It has nothing
to do with licensing. Do other CDs work in the laptop? If you have a local
area network you can insert the CD into another computer, share it from
there, map it as a network drive from the laptop, and then install
successfully.

Earle

"Radian" <Radian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C775A432-F7B8-454D-BC0D-349F096D02A9@microsoft.com...
> I'm unable to install Office 03 on my newest laptop. Nothing happens when
> I
> load the disc - the LED stays on and nothing is displayed in the cd
> directory
> - it's as if there's no cd in the drive at all. The disc is fne because
> the
> directory displays when I insert it into other machines
>
> I don't currently have any versions of office on this machine. I suspect
> it's because I've installed it on 3 other machines (the max), but one of
> the
> other laptops has died and is unusable, so I'd like to put it on the one I
> just purchased.
>
> Any advice would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

New Laptop?
It appears to have a hardware problem that requires rectifying under the
warranty

"Radian" <Radian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C775A432-F7B8-454D-BC0D-349F096D02A9@microsoft.com...
> I'm unable to install Office 03 on my newest laptop. Nothing happens when
> I
> load the disc - the LED stays on and nothing is displayed in the cd
> directory
> - it's as if there's no cd in the drive at all. The disc is fne because
> the
> directory displays when I insert it into other machines
>
> I don't currently have any versions of office on this machine. I suspect
> it's because I've installed it on 3 other machines (the max), but one of
> the
> other laptops has died and is unusable, so I'd like to put it on the one I
> just purchased.
>
> Any advice would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!