I have a small but significant flaw in my knowledge which I need to resolve
before I continue with the task at hand.
To begin with, yes I understand that reformatting is a big decision and I
would like to assure the reader that I am not taking it lightly and it is in

Recently had disk crash. Fixed crash, but cannot install FP 2000. Get message
saying "This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package
exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to
verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch ...

I try to install ie7 but it tells me it can't find file iertutil.dll but when
i search my files I find like 5 files with that name why can't i download ie7
then?

My computer checked for updates. Don't have SP2 (which I need in order to
install Office Home and Student 2007 which I bought today).
Here is the message in the window:
Install Updates