Thank you Sujatha K. As I stated, the re-installation CD Dell provided does not work. (Probably due to its age). I am disappointed Dell can offer no option other than to contact Microsoft, for software that I purchased from Dell. That said, I was able to resolve the problem on my own. It seems that XP's Data Execution Prevention (DEP) was responsible for my Office problem. In my investigations, I noticed that DEP was grayed out in System Properties>Advanced tab>Performance>Settings>Data Execution Prevention tab. I was able to re-enable DEP by editing my boot.ini. All Office programs now work.
None of the Office programs will open. Each tells me that the program "has encountered a problem and needs to close". I can open existing Word and Excel files, but cannot create new ones. How to re-install this program on an 8 year old XP/SP3 system? It came pre-installed from Dell. I have the original CD, but it seems to be physically blemished, and does not complete a repair or re-install. I have the product key from Dell (Microsoft Office SBE 2003 with BCM). Does Dell offer this program for download? Can I download if from Microsoft, and use the activation key supplied by Dell?
Microsoft Office 2003 Fails