Office 2004 won't install after Leopard install

Hi there,
So first of all, I've always had a problem with the Office 2004 CDs even running in my CD-ROM. Other CDs work fine, but not Office 2004 (and I've tried multiple copies). Even to install on Tiger, I had to sit there and just keep reinserting the CD when it wouldn't read and wait till the magical one time when it did and I could proceed with the install (my theory is that this particular line of CDs must achieve a specific temperature within my CDROM by spinning countless times before they'll be read )
I'm experiencing the same problem with Leopard. However, it's taking much longer for the CDROM to recognize the CD (only once so far in probably 60 tries). The big problem is that when it actually read the CD and loaded up the install file disk onto my desktop and I opened it the Office Setup Assistant was greyed out. When I clicked to activate it, I got an error message that read:
"You can't open the application 'Office Setup Assistant" because the Classic environment is no longer supported."
I have no idea what this means really. I tried looking some stuff up online about it and from what I can gather this is an issue with trying to run OS 9 apps on an OS X machine (could be wrong on that too). I've only ever had an OS X machine, so I'm not sure why I'm getting this message -- any ideas on why and how to resolve it?

I can clarify your error message for you. The Classic environment was essentially an OS9 emulator, in case you had to use an application that hadn't been upgraded for OSX. But the Apple OS no longer provides that support for OS9, so an OS9 app such as this Setup Assistant can't run at all under Leopard. But the Assistant isn't necessary-- it just saves you the trouble of going thru each Office app's Preferences and customizing your settings.
As for your CD problems, it sounds like Microsoft laid some crappy discs on you. Maybe you could exchange them?

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