Office used to work fine once upon a time, but for the last 6 months or so,
every time I open any Office product, Outlook, Work, Excel, I get a Windows
Installer saying that it's preparing to install, then them message to wait
while Windows configures Office 2000 SR-1 Small Business.
I've completely installed the Office suite (a number of times actually),
both on the C: drive and on another drive, each with the same results. I've
tried repairing it, along with everything else I can think of, but get the
same results. I've even gone to the point of double-checking that the
features I want are installed on my computer, not to be installed on first
use.
This is not a show-stopper...it's more of an annoyance having to wait for
the configuration to complete before the product pops up.
Office used to work fine once upon a time, but for the last 6 months or so,
every time I open any Office product, Outlook, Work, Excel, I get a Windows
Installer saying that it's preparing to install, then them message to wait
while Windows configures Office 2000 SR-1 Small Business.
I've completely installed the Office suite (a number of times actually),
both on the C: drive and on another drive, each with the same results. I've
tried repairing it, along with everything else I can think of, but get the
same results. I've even gone to the point of double-checking that the
features I want are installed on my computer, not to be installed on first
use.
This is not a show-stopper...it's more of an annoyance having to wait for
the configuration to complete before the product pops up.
Would this have anything to do with the fact that I can't install anything
with a '.msi' extension?
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
> Windows Installer Appears Every Time a Program Is Started
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;265194
>
> Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Mike in Grass Valley" wrote:
>
> Office used to work fine once upon a time, but for the last 6 months or so,
> every time I open any Office product, Outlook, Work, Excel, I get a Windows
> Installer saying that it's preparing to install, then them message to wait
> while Windows configures Office 2000 SR-1 Small Business.
>
> I've completely installed the Office suite (a number of times actually),
> both on the C: drive and on another drive, each with the same results. I've
> tried repairing it, along with everything else I can think of, but get the
> same results. I've even gone to the point of double-checking that the
> features I want are installed on my computer, not to be installed on first
> use.
>
> This is not a show-stopper...it's more of an annoyance having to wait for
> the configuration to complete before the product pops up.
>
> Any suggestions will definitely be appreciated.
Would this have anything to do with the fact that I can't install anything
with a '.msi' extension?
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
> Windows Installer Appears Every Time a Program Is Started
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;265194
>
> Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Mike in Grass Valley" wrote:
>
> Office used to work fine once upon a time, but for the last 6 months or so,
> every time I open any Office product, Outlook, Work, Excel, I get a Windows
> Installer saying that it's preparing to install, then them message to wait
> while Windows configures Office 2000 SR-1 Small Business.
>
> I've completely installed the Office suite (a number of times actually),
> both on the C: drive and on another drive, each with the same results. I've
> tried repairing it, along with everything else I can think of, but get the
> same results. I've even gone to the point of double-checking that the
> features I want are installed on my computer, not to be installed on first
> use.
>
> This is not a show-stopper...it's more of an annoyance having to wait for
> the configuration to complete before the product pops up.
>
> Any suggestions will definitely be appreciated.
I like you, am having this problem. From my research it appears as though
my problem may be due to having some office 2003 applications (just
frontpage) loaded with office 2007 loaded as well. Seems ol' mighty
Microsoft has once again provided us with a sub-par product.
Thanks bill...
~P
"Mike in Grass Valley" wrote:
> Neither of the links worked.
>
> Would this have anything to do with the fact that I can't install anything
> with a '.msi' extension?
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Windows Installer Appears Every Time a Program Is Started
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;265194
> >
> > Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Shell/User
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "Mike in Grass Valley" wrote:
> >
> > Office used to work fine once upon a time, but for the last 6 months or so,
> > every time I open any Office product, Outlook, Work, Excel, I get a Windows
> > Installer saying that it's preparing to install, then them message to wait
> > while Windows configures Office 2000 SR-1 Small Business.
> >
> > I've completely installed the Office suite (a number of times actually),
> > both on the C: drive and on another drive, each with the same results. I've
> > tried repairing it, along with everything else I can think of, but get the
> > same results. I've even gone to the point of double-checking that the
> > features I want are installed on my computer, not to be installed on first
> > use.
> >
> > This is not a show-stopper...it's more of an annoyance having to wait for
> > the configuration to complete before the product pops up.
> >
> > Any suggestions will definitely be appreciated.
Office 2000 want to install every time 
Linear Mode
