Go to the Knowledge Base (see my signature) and do a search on all
products using the error message in quotes: "Installation ended
prematurely because of an error "

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> I had install Office 2000 and i had update to
> Office 2000 SR-1 with the patch of Microsoft.
> When i try to reinstall Office 2000 from his cd
> i receive from the beggining the message:
> "Installation ended prematurely because of an error "
> What can i do ?