Re: error code 78F

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Adding another possibility to try if you messed with your registry with a Reg Cleaning Tool.


1st Rename Office subkeys

Note: Removing the following registry keys may reset customized user
settings for your Microsoft Office programs.

1. Close all the applications.
2. Click on Start->Run, type in REGEDIT and click on OK.
3. Locate and select the following registry subkeys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0

4. Right click on 12.0 and rename them to Old12.
5. Close the Registry Editor.

2nd. Detect and Repair Office 2007


1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to and click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. Click Change/Remove Programs on the left pane.
4. Highlight Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2007 on the right pane
and click Change.
5. Insert the correct version of CD when it requires.
6. Select “Reinstall and Repair” and click Next.
7. Select “Detect and Repair errors in my Office installation”.
8. Click Install and wait the process to end.

3rd. Install the Updates


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"student" <student@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:69BB1477-039C-464D-8860-DD1E0D8BC0F7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Please help me, this windows update drives me crazy! When trying to installa
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1) using Windows Update it
fails all the time and I always receive the same error code 78F...!!! Please
help me, what can be wrong? I am using my sony vaio new laptop that is less
than one month old.
Hope to get som help from someone!!

Best regards

/Student
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