Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)
What works
Everything I have tested.
What does not
Sometimes the Office Assistant's dialog box is black.
There is an error message that hides behind the splash screen at startup: "An Error occured and this feature is no longer function properly. Please run Setup and select "Repair..." to restore this application." It must be closed for Word to open.
What was not tested
Any application other than Word.
Additional Comments
Must run "winetricks mfc42" for installer to work.
Microsoft Office 2000 Professional
Beginning with Wine 1.3.9, mfc42 is needed for the installer to complete. You can install it with winetricks.
In older versions of Wine, Office 2000 would not open because of the Registered Info Dialogue repeatedly prompting for the registration key. This problem was fixed as of 1.1.2. If you are using an older version of Wine (yes, this includes 1.0.1), upgrade to the latest development release.
If you need to stay with an older version of Wine for some reason, the following workaround posted by a user may help:
This is caused by incorrect entries being written to the Registry by Wine's version of msiexec.exe.
Here's the solution, but BE CAREFUL because you can cause damage by using regedit incorrectly.
SOLUTION:
1. Open a command prompt and type in the command regedit [under OpenSUSE this is globally known].
2. Navigate to the section HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and expand this branch.
3. You should see an entry for
{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7} or something very similar. Click
on this and look at the variable "DisplayName" in the right hand half
of the screen to check that it says "Microsoft Office 2000 xxxx" where
xxx is, for example, Premium.
4. If the value EstimatedSize does not exist, position the cursor
on the the key {00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7} [or whatever it
is] and click on Edit --> New --> DWORD Value
5. If the value EstimatedSize is 0, right-click on the text
EstimatedSize and choose Modify. In the pop-up window that appears,
type in the value fb4 and click on OK. The "Data" field should now show
0x00000fb4 (4020)
6. Navigate to the section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData
and expand this branch. You should see at least one key which
looks something like S-1-5-4 . If there is more than one entry, this
means that there is more than one user to be considered.
7. Expand the Products key for the user and you should see an entry which looks something like 904000001E872D116BF00006799C897E.
- This is a mutilated version of the value you worked with in step
(5) above. (I have no idea why Microsoft inverts chunks of the key.)
- If you see a value 90404.... this relates to disc 2.
- It's possible that the key may vary depending on the language
version that you're installing - I've only ever bought UK English
versions of Office.
8. Expand the entry for the key 904000001E872D116BF00006799C897E and click on the InstallProperties key.
9. Look at the values for RegCompany and RegOwner in the
right-hand half of the screen. If these do not contain the values that
you want, select the line, right-click and choose modify. Then type the
correct value in the pop-up window.
10. Close the Registry editor.
11. Try starting Word.
Guidelines for Submitting Test Reports
Specify exactly which edition of Office 2000 you tested (Standard,
Pro, etc.) This is crucial--bugs that affect one edition may not affect
others.
Specify exactly what type of install you tested (Typical, Custom, Minimal, etc.)
Limit
your report to the installer only. Reports on the performance of
individual apps should be filed under their respective AppDB entries.
Problems with running any of the apps should only be mentioned if it is
clear that it is due to a problem with the installer.
If you used any overrides during the install,
please list them and explain exactly what problem each override was
needed to solve.
