Re: Fix for 12.1.1 error a version of the software required not fo

I ran this past the developer and he does not recommend using this method.

The issue is the checksum. I cannot endorse this workaround.

If anyone uses this method do so with caution!

-- 
Diane 



"Andrew Murton" wrote:

> Just had the same problem after using monolingual to strip out unwanted
> language files and code. However, after spending a few minutes looking
at the
> update package I have been able to find an effective solution that does
not
> require reinstallation. Here goes:
> 
> 1) Download the 12.1.1 update directly from Microsoft's Mactopia
website.
> 2) Mount the downloaded DMG file and copy the installer to your desktop.
> 3) Right-click the installer and select "show package contents"
> 4) Navigate to Office 2008 12.1.1
> Update/Contents/Resources/package_updatable and open the file in
TextEdit
> 5) Scroll to the bottom and find the line "found_valid_version=False"
> 6) Change False to True
> 7) Then delete all the text below until the start of "if not
> found_valid_version:" Making sure that line is not deleted!
> 8) Close the window, it will ask if you want to overwrite the file. Say
yes.
> 9) Close the finder window and then run the installer like normal.
> 
> Hopefully it should then work. Seems the problem was with the checksum -
by
> deleting that the installer goes without a problem.
> 
> Hope you find that useful!