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Windows Installer Configuration EVERY TIME!!!

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negleger

Flightless Bird
Ok, so I am sure this sounds pretty familiar. Every time I open an office
application, or an office document, I get a pop up of the windows installer
and it starts running some mystery configuration process. I have tried
uninstalling/reinstalling. I have tried repairing the registry permissions.
I have ripped all office traces out by force and done a clean install. I
have rebuilt the registry, modified it, added some conditional entries, but
to no avail. I have done it in the user account, and the built in
administrator account. I have done both custom and full installs. I have
googled, forumed, knowledge-based, and done every other form of research you
can imagine. I have found several "solutions" but none of them has worked.
I am at an absolute loss for any possible cause for this problem, let alone
how to fix it.

I'm running Office 2007, on a Dell Inspiron 1440 running Vista (32 bit) SP2.

Please help!
 
S

Susan Ramlet

Flightless Bird
Are you running multiple Office versions on this system, or older versions
of Office-family applications?

--
Susan Ramlet
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please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

"negleger" <negleger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1F1B40F2-54AE-4D05-8885-31A9982267EA@microsoft.com...
> Ok, so I am sure this sounds pretty familiar. Every time I open an office
> application, or an office document, I get a pop up of the windows
> installer
> and it starts running some mystery configuration process. I have tried
> uninstalling/reinstalling. I have tried repairing the registry
> permissions.
> I have ripped all office traces out by force and done a clean install. I
> have rebuilt the registry, modified it, added some conditional entries,
> but
> to no avail. I have done it in the user account, and the built in
> administrator account. I have done both custom and full installs. I have
> googled, forumed, knowledge-based, and done every other form of research
> you
> can imagine. I have found several "solutions" but none of them has
> worked.
> I am at an absolute loss for any possible cause for this problem, let
> alone
> how to fix it.
>
> I'm running Office 2007, on a Dell Inspiron 1440 running Vista (32 bit)
> SP2.
>
> Please help!
 
N

negleger

Flightless Bird
no, there are no other traces of any other versions of office. This is a new
computer that has only ever had 2007 installed. the only other trace of some
would the the compatibility patch, but i have since uninstalled and tried
everything in the aforementioned paragraph without this patch.

"Susan Ramlet" wrote:

> Are you running multiple Office versions on this system, or older versions
> of Office-family applications?
>
> --
> Susan Ramlet
> --
> please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>
> "negleger" <negleger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1F1B40F2-54AE-4D05-8885-31A9982267EA@microsoft.com...
> > Ok, so I am sure this sounds pretty familiar. Every time I open an office
> > application, or an office document, I get a pop up of the windows
> > installer
> > and it starts running some mystery configuration process. I have tried
> > uninstalling/reinstalling. I have tried repairing the registry
> > permissions.
> > I have ripped all office traces out by force and done a clean install. I
> > have rebuilt the registry, modified it, added some conditional entries,
> > but
> > to no avail. I have done it in the user account, and the built in
> > administrator account. I have done both custom and full installs. I have
> > googled, forumed, knowledge-based, and done every other form of research
> > you
> > can imagine. I have found several "solutions" but none of them has
> > worked.
> > I am at an absolute loss for any possible cause for this problem, let
> > alone
> > how to fix it.
> >
> > I'm running Office 2007, on a Dell Inspiron 1440 running Vista (32 bit)
> > SP2.
> >
> > Please help!

>
 
N

negleger

Flightless Bird
also, i inadvertently said that your post answered my question/solved my
problem. please disregard anything that says the issue has been fixed, it
has not, at least not yet.

"Susan Ramlet" wrote:

> Are you running multiple Office versions on this system, or older versions
> of Office-family applications?
>
> --
> Susan Ramlet
> --
> please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>
> "negleger" <negleger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1F1B40F2-54AE-4D05-8885-31A9982267EA@microsoft.com...
> > Ok, so I am sure this sounds pretty familiar. Every time I open an office
> > application, or an office document, I get a pop up of the windows
> > installer
> > and it starts running some mystery configuration process. I have tried
> > uninstalling/reinstalling. I have tried repairing the registry
> > permissions.
> > I have ripped all office traces out by force and done a clean install. I
> > have rebuilt the registry, modified it, added some conditional entries,
> > but
> > to no avail. I have done it in the user account, and the built in
> > administrator account. I have done both custom and full installs. I have
> > googled, forumed, knowledge-based, and done every other form of research
> > you
> > can imagine. I have found several "solutions" but none of them has
> > worked.
> > I am at an absolute loss for any possible cause for this problem, let
> > alone
> > how to fix it.
> >
> > I'm running Office 2007, on a Dell Inspiron 1440 running Vista (32 bit)
> > SP2.
> >
> > Please help!

>
 
S

Susan Ramlet

Flightless Bird
Did you have the Office 2007 Trial installed before you purchased a license?

If so, you might try to uninstall Office AND the activation assistant with
it, then re-install Office 2007.

--
Susan Ramlet
--
please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

"negleger" <negleger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B9F9BD1-E3A0-45A7-9F31-34EC18A7705F@microsoft.com...
> no, there are no other traces of any other versions of office. This is a
> new
> computer that has only ever had 2007 installed. the only other trace of
> some
> would the the compatibility patch, but i have since uninstalled and tried
> everything in the aforementioned paragraph without this patch.
>
> "Susan Ramlet" wrote:
>
>> Are you running multiple Office versions on this system, or older
>> versions
>> of Office-family applications?
>>
>> --
>> Susan Ramlet
>> --
>> please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>
>> "negleger" <negleger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1F1B40F2-54AE-4D05-8885-31A9982267EA@microsoft.com...
>> > Ok, so I am sure this sounds pretty familiar. Every time I open an
>> > office
>> > application, or an office document, I get a pop up of the windows
>> > installer
>> > and it starts running some mystery configuration process. I have tried
>> > uninstalling/reinstalling. I have tried repairing the registry
>> > permissions.
>> > I have ripped all office traces out by force and done a clean install.
>> > I
>> > have rebuilt the registry, modified it, added some conditional entries,
>> > but
>> > to no avail. I have done it in the user account, and the built in
>> > administrator account. I have done both custom and full installs. I
>> > have
>> > googled, forumed, knowledge-based, and done every other form of
>> > research
>> > you
>> > can imagine. I have found several "solutions" but none of them has
>> > worked.
>> > I am at an absolute loss for any possible cause for this problem, let
>> > alone
>> > how to fix it.
>> >
>> > I'm running Office 2007, on a Dell Inspiron 1440 running Vista (32 bit)
>> > SP2.
>> >
>> > Please help!

>>
 
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