You receive an "Setup failed to locate a valid qualifying product on your machine" error message when you try to install Publisher 2000 from the Office 2000 Disc 2 CD-ROM
This article was previously published under Q231664 SYMPTOMS When you attempt to install Microsoft Publisher 2000 from
the Microsoft Office 2000 Disc 2 CD-ROM, you may receive following error
message: Setup failed to locate a valid qualifying
product on your machine. Please select the drive where a qualifying product can
be found. No matter which hard disk you select, Setup does not find
a qualifying product, and you receive the following error message:
Error 1608. Could not find any previously installed
compliant products on the machine for installing this product. When
you click OK, you receive the following error message:
Setup ended prematurely because of an error. CAUSE This behavior can occur if the product key provided to you
with the Microsoft Office 2000 Disc 2 CD-ROM is incorrect.
RESOLUTION To resolve this issue, please contact Microsoft Office
Technical Support to receive a valid product
key: No-charge assisted Personal Support by telephone is available only during Personal Support regular business hours. For more information, please see the following page on the World Wide Web: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance (http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance) If you are outside the United States, you can find the
appropriate support numbers for Microsoft Office Support in Office 2000 Help:
STATUSMicrosoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section. REFERENCES For more articles about how to troubleshoot specific errors
in Office Setup: Click here to view a list of Windows Installer Errors for Office 2000 articles (http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=lcid%3d1033&spid=2484&query=xlwinsetup%2band%2bkberrmsg&adv=&mode=s&cat=false) For more articles with general information about how to
troubleshoot Office errors: Click here to view a list of Office 2000 Troubleshooting articles (http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=lcid%3d1033&spid=2484&query=kbdtatshoot&adv=&mode=s&cat=false)
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