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office 2007 :The windows installer service cannot update one or more protected windows

17 Dec

I am trying to install Office 2007 onto a clean install of Windows XP (on a friends eee PC – it is really a sweet little laptop.. anyway), I get the error above about protected files. Here is the solution. (This may have happened because in optimizing XP down, some files were deleted).

1. From Windows install disk goto E:\I386 folder and open open (Double click) on the FP40EXT.CAB file. It should open.

(or – if you do not have the disk, find a working XP computer and go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\40\bin).

2. find fp4autl.dll in the list and copy it (ctrl-c)

3. go to c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\40\bin and paste it (ctrl-v)

4. Restart the 2007 office install

Viola! (thanks guys over at http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=627360)

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Tags: eeepc, Hacks, troubleshooting

Sivaji_ch

This is best solution
Sankalp Das

thanx man perfect.I felt really screwed when after attempting everything I couldn't install damn office 2007 on my xp.this is really helpful.God bless u :)
Rycka1983

This solved my problem. Thank you!
Pravindoke

Thanks a lot it was successful

pravin
Hemenkabrawala

hello i m hemen from India
i m very thanks full to u who help me to install a new operating system and save a lots of time
Bappy roy

thanks year thank u very much. its very help full.
Dashingvirgo

Thank you, It resolved my problem.
Alicia

Thanks a lot!!!
Christine Yu

thank you sooooo much!!!! This resolution saved my grade my an F to an A!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH AGAIN!!!!
Alex

Thnx my friend! You Give me one day free
harrylim

thank you!!! this works!!
Mihai

THANKS!!! This solved the problem.
Anonymous

If you guys cant find fu4autl.dll you can download it here

http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.p...
Anonymous

If you guys cant find fu4autl.dll heres a download link to it

http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.p...
pawan1987

thanks man,,i installed xp from pendrive so i was facing problem
warren_ubungen

even the microsoft official website wasnt usefull but you hit the solution right on dude!!! million thanks man! and to whiskeyfish for the download!!! you guys are awesome!!!
Leo

thank you very much, it resolve the error.
Rahul

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veryyyyyyy much
nasir2hussain

thanks dude, it worked,keep giving us solutions like this,i am greatefull to u.

thanks again
nasir
ugtoy

thank you so much.. speechless..
jeromebruno

Thanks Ben... You are a genius.
whiskeyfish

If you don't have a Windows disc you can download the file here
http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.p...
It worked for me but I don't know if it is a trusted site.
ashok sharma

Thanks, I was in deep trouble when i was install office 2007 i hace done it thank you very much
ashoksharma

Thanks, I was in deep trouble when i was install office 2007 i hace done it thank you very much
softwareumacid

thanks man.
hhuams

thanks ...... your guide is very helpful. thanks onece again
Name

wow! Thanks buddy! This fixed the issue on a Acer Aspire one (a751h) I was working on. Couldn't get the damn thing to install XP to begin with then this crap for office came up :(
I got XP installed with "wintoflash" and all looked good. When I tried to install office it gave me that same error. I went through all of Microsofts suggestions and nothing, no luck :(
but then I find your blog and your solution... and it works! Installed just fine!
Thanks buddy I owe you a free lunch :)
-Rene
killerbytes

thanks very much!
warachot

Not found fp4autl.dll in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\40\bin

How to fix this?
Sajan

Hello Ben,

Thank you very much for your valuable information for fixing this error.
You are awesome!!!!
Regards,
Sajan.
ozzz

Hey, it works.... thanx Ben Shoemate.
holycutes

thanks,, ya

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warning

the best... your the man thanks for that....
Yu Sini

Thankyuuuu...Very muaccchhh...!!!
Mike

Chalk up another "Thank you, that solved my problem !" response !
Other websites are claiming that the Microsoft Office Clean-up Tool can solve this problem, but that did nothing for me. The problem was a result of the "fp4autl.dll" not existing on my PC. Yet, why does Microsoft hide the cause of this problem in the Event Viewer, rather than, at the very least, writing it to the Log file it creates ?

It's amazing how many of us seem to have exactly the same ridiculous problem installing Office 2007, and even now, in the middle of 2009, Microsoft still hasn't updated the installer.

Is it any wonder Apple users mock us ?
Gudel

Great Work, I'm facing the same problem, and with this solution my problem solved
aris

sorry i found it.thanks
aris

please upload the dll here. i didnt find it in my xp cab file
Mustakim Talukder

Thanks
Asif Sajjad

Man slute to you
I will always remember you

Regards
Ajay Kandari

thank you very much your words did work
thanks once again
nick

you sir are a genius and a scholar thank you very my much this has been kicking my metophorical ass for about a fortnight
Andy

Worked on my eee PC 900 XP Vanilla install, thanks.
Swapnil

You are really awesome. This trick worked straight away. I am impressed.
AP

Thanks buddy

I manged to get the file from XP CD and it worked great.

Need your approval if I can post the same on my blog with this address refrence.

Thanks
AP
AP

Hey buddy,

in my xp machien I dont have any dll file in this C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\40\ folder.

is there any other way. dont have xp cd.
Xpsolutions

Thanks for this solution. Had a hard time installing MSOffice 07 but soon as I found this page and followed the instructions given, Installation went on smooth. THANKS once again!.
Leviathan

Thanx Man!!!
This was very useful information for me
Thank you again
see ya'
Ian Hulme

What a star!!! - I had the same problem and this fix worked.

THANKS.
Matt

Thank you very much, I was trying to get office to install in a virtual machine, but it would not play along nicely. After following your workaround everything is flying. thanks!

Ben Shoemate

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