Avtrician,
I have a copy of Office 2000 Pro, and a copy of Office XP Pro. With both, I can elect to install some or all of the components.
I can state categorically that it is possible to install them without Access, Outlook and Frontpage.
Before you ask, this is work-related, building PC images - I didn't buy Office Pro and then not use it!
Blue Eagle - I have no experience of Office SBE, but I suspect that what might be happening is that when you attempt to install Office 2000, it searches the registry, finds the (later) versions you already have installed and believes that, as they are installed, it needs to "update" them. I can't see a way around that, though you might want to try the MS website and search the knowledgebase.
All I can suggest is that you uninstall Office SBE completely, then install O2K with the components you want, then install SBE over the top.
I can't guarantee that it would work, but it might.
SD