Re: "Preparing to Install" Message - Word 2007 - No Solution ?

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"kimwindsor@xxxxxxxxxxx" <kimwindsor@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1179393439.522133.146040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

On 12 May, 11:39, kimwind...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 12 May, 10:57, kimwind...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > On 12 May, 05:23, "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdsch...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > > Can you try these steps please (I think Bob Buckland provided them to
> > > you earlier already in a thread in office.setup):
> > > 1- Reregister MSIEXEC.
> > > 2- Uninstall Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise.
> > > 3- Take ownership and delete the HKCR\.pip registry key.
> > > 4- Install Office 2007 Enterprise again.
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> > > If it is a 64-bit version of the OS, the path will be a little different
> > > - HKCR\WOW6432Node\.pip.
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> > > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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> > > "kimwind...@xxxxxxxxxxx" <kimwind...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > >news:1178887247.274158.220390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
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> > > > On 11 May, 22:05, othersteve <othersteve.2qf...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > I have been searching for a solution to this -exact- problem all morning
> > > > > and last night. It is maddening. I haven't been through all the steps
> > > > > that you have, but I'm computer-savvy if anything (I do tech support on
> > > > > the side), and this problem has me -completely- dumbfounded. Office is a
> > > > > -necessary- part of my work, too. It's driving me absolutely batty.
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> > > > > The godforsaken "Windows Installer" window pops up -every time- an
> > > > > Office window is launched. Sometimes, it even launches twice, right
> > > > > overtop itself (obviously resulting in an error). I have tried
> > > > > repairing the installation, I have run Office Diagnostics, I have let
> > > > > it run its course and rebooted as instructed, I have reinstalled
> > > > > completely, using the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility to remove any
> > > > > traces of previous installations in the process... I've tried
> > > > > everything. I've got a Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, and a brand
> > > > > new PC, and man it eats up resources as well. It's quite possibly the
> > > > > most annoying problem I have ever experienced with my own PC.
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> > > > > I have never installed a previous version of Office on this computer,
> > > > > nor have I run Office 2007 beta on it. Office 2007 Enterprise is the
> > > > > -only- version of Office I have ever run on this PC.
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> > > > > Microsoft screwed -something- up -badly- here. If -anyone- has any idea
> > > > > what to do, please, please, -please- let us know.
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> > > > > Edit:
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> > > > > The information at this link seems to pertain to our situation as well.
> > > > > Perhaps it is not unique to Office 2007... but it still does not make
> > > > > any sense:
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> > > > >http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article08-103
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> > > > > Sounds like this is a legitimate, and quite substantial, flaw in
> > > > > Microsoft's software.
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> > > > > Steve
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> > > > > othersteve
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> > > > > othersteve's Profile:http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=25514
> > > > > View this thread:http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=743578
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> > > > >http://forums.techarena.in
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> > > > Well Steve, I'm sorry to say I actually took comfort in reading your
> > > > words !! I thought I was one of very few who was still battling at
> > > > this... at least if there's someone else out there then something
> > > > might get done. I found a few relevant links to the problem but
> > > > everything led to a dead-end. I agree with your statement "quite
> > > > possibly the most annoying problem" you've experienced. Never have I
> > > > spent so much time trying to work out an issue like this. I would
> > > > have been much better off re-installing Vista (as someone else did to
> > > > resolve the issue) but considering the amount of time I've spent now
> > > > attempting to fix this makes that a very horrible though on principle
> > > > alone!! Let's hope this is the start of a movement and we can grow
> > > > our hair back and live in peace :-) Yes, I am indeed very emotional
> > > > about this if you couldn't already tell ;-)- Hide quoted text -
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> > > - Show quoted text -
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> > I followed your steps Patrick but when I get to step 3 the registry
> > key does not exist... it is there prior to uninstalling O2007 but not
> > after. Nonetheless, I did the following:
> > - reregister MSIEXEC
> > - uninstall O2007
> > - complete manual removal steps
> > - run Windows Installer Clean-up Utility (just for insurance -
> > nothing office related was listed though)
> > - complete hdd and registry search for "office" related data and
> > deleted accordingly
> > - disable AVG Internet Security and disable internet
> > - reinstall O2007
> > After the reinstall the behaviour was still no different...so I took
> > ownership of the .pip key and deleted it while O2007 was still
> > installed. This still made no difference... the key is just re-
> > created after allowing the configuration process to run through (when
> > trying to load Word).
> > I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I have been seeing the following
> > message when opening Outlook - " 'microsoft vba for outlook add-in'
> > is not a valid Office add-in.".- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> I may be way off track here, but is it possible that another program
> is interfering with the installation or running of O2007 ? I'm
> racking my brain trying to think of what programs or drivers I've
> been
> installing since receiving the installer messages... maybe this is a
> wasted exercise but here are some of the installations I've played
> around with recently
> - various installations of modded .inf nVidia drivers from
> laptopvideo2go (modded drives are necessary as there is no support
> for
> Geforce Go 7900 GTX on Vista - manufacturers drivers - Clevo - are
> outdated and do not perform correctly)
> - adobe lightroom trial
> - mozilla thunderbird
> - Real VNC
> - Directx10- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Its been a few days without any much activity here so I'm guessing the
problem still is isolated in a sense? I was hoping that googling might
have yielded some more results by now but no such luck... thanks
anyway for the help everyone... the problem is still unresolved, my
only hope is that more people experience this and there is an update
or patch released to overcome it all...
Regards all,
Kim

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