Office 2010 SP1 Error: There is no disk in the drive...

Ran into an erorr while installing Service Pack 1 for Office 2010. IT was giving me the following error: "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \Device\Harddrisk1\DR1."

After trying this more times I still got the same error. Searching for this error I couldn't find a definite solution. Although many mentioned trying to unmap network drives and removing any removable media such as USB drives. Well I didn't have anything such thing used.

I did notice though after time that my printer had media card readers on it. I unplugged the USB Cord from the back of the printer. Re-tryed the SP1 install and it worked. So if you run across this issues I hope trying my solution works for you.

There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.

Today is a 2 for 1. Just had two problems I ran across today that I thought would be interesting to post.

After installing a new version of Volume Licensed Office 2010 and activating it. I then log out of the administrator account and log into the standard user. Open word and you will consistently get the above error each time you start word: "There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font." Now you hit OK and you are fine and can go about your business.

I have had this issue if I follow the above steps on over 20 computers. Doesn't matter if it is standard or Professional. I haven't tested 32bit but this shows up in the 64bit version.

The good news is all that it takes to resolve this problem is a restart. After a restart the problem is gone. The problem only shows it's self in the Word application of Office. Interesting.

Difference between standard and academic versions of Office 2010

So we use Office 2010 and purchase it through volume licensing. I had ordered academic licensing of Professional for my library. Due to some hiccup when I went to retrieve the keys at the computer so I could install it I realized they weren't available. I had already hauled away the other computer so I couldn't return it and she needed office.

I had an extra non academic 2010 Professional license so installed it and put in the key. A Week later I got the academic licensing and product and it appeared I could use the same media install. So I went into office and just changed the key to the academic key and it took it and remained activated.

This is nice and saved me lots of time. Also my portable drive doesn't have to store an additional install folder for office 2010. So the only differences in the two is the license keys you are issued. Nice.