SouthernDancer23

Thank you for the advice. Just finished trying it and it didn't solve the
problem.....Back to square one.

"Doug" wrote:

> Did you try right clicking the setup application and use "run as
> administrator" when you installed Office 2007? If not, start over. Remove
> any other office installs and try it again. Office 2007 should just ask for
> the CD from Office 2000 as proof of upgrade eligibility. Not saying that
> this is a surefire fix for you but it has worked for me whenever I had
> installation problems.
>
> Doug
>
> "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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