Thank you for the advice, however, the ReadMe files for that application say
that it will not work for Office 2007.
Theresa
"Peter Foldes" wrote:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
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> Peter
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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!
> >
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