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"SouthernDancer23" <SouthernDancer23@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:87C8BBC6-A206-4E8E-9CFF-0276E63BF7D2@microsoft.com...
> Hello! I've posted the following under the Office forum but haven't received
> any answers there soooooo...I'm trying it here because I actually think it's
> more of an issue with Vista than with Office:
>
> I just installed the Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business as an upgrade to
> Microsoft Office 2000 Premium on Windows Vista Home Premium.
>
> The installation seemed to go just fine, however, every time any office 2007
> application (except Outlook which just 'magically' stopped doing it) opens I
> get "please wait while Windows configures Office Small Business 2007..."
> Excel gives me an error about stdole32.tlb (for me it only says stdole32.tlb
> and an ok button. Nothing about not being registered).
>
> Tons of articles on-line say that having two versions of Office installed on
> Vista might be causing the problem...so.....I uninstalled Office 2000 Premium
> and then ran the repair feature on the Office 2007 CD but the Office 2007
> programs are still throwing up the "please wait" windows. As this takes 3 -
> 5 minutes every single time I try to open one of these programs, it is
> driving me BONKERS! Once I get past this installer problem, the programs
> seem to work fine.
>
> Also, when I go into Set Default Programs in the Control Panel, the only one
> of the new Office 2007 programs that shows up is Outlook so it's obvious that
> Windows doesn't 'think' that the other programs (the ones throwing up the
> installer) are, in fact, actually installed.
>
> I thought I would do a clean install of Office 2007 but I purchased the
> upgrade so I have to have Office 2000 already installed for it to work. On
> advice from another forum, I tried uninstalling both Office 2000 and Office
> 2007 and then only reinstalling Office 2007, however, I'm still experiencing
> the same problems (except NOW Outlook is ALSO running the installer at each
> initiation). If there's a patch or, at the very least, a tech article that
> tells how to SOLVE the problem but I can't seem to find one.
>
> If anyone knows of a way to fix this issue, I would GREATLY appreciate your
> response.
>
> THANKS!
>