office 2007 fails to be installed

hi there,

I have downloaded office 2007 free 60-day trial and when I double click on
the imstallation file I get the msg:"the installation of this package failed".

the OS is xp home sp2, its a new pc, dualcore, everything is fine besides
this thing. what should I do for this to work? I have tried downloading the
file 3 times, all files have faled to initialize.

please help me!!

At what point do you get that error message? Does it appear as soon as you
double-click on the install/setup file or does it appear after the install
process has been running for a while?

Do you have another version of Office already installed?

Lastly, I remember reading back in the beta days of Office 2007 that someone
suggested to burn the install file to a disk and run it from there. That
person was getting the same error message as you are. Not sure why that
would work but if you have a burner, it wouldn't cost much to give it a go.

Tim

"רועי" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E653FA98-6972-401A-9EE9-B41E016F56BC@microsoft.com...
> hi there,
>
> I have downloaded office 2007 free 60-day trial and when I double click on
> the imstallation file I get the msg:"the installation of this package
> failed".
>
> the OS is xp home sp2, its a new pc, dualcore, everything is fine besides
> this thing. what should I do for this to work? I have tried downloading
> the
> file 3 times, all files have faled to initialize.
>
> please help me!!

Have same problem, did try to burn to CD and uninstall earlier ver of Office,
no luck. I get the error when I try to run the X12-30196.exe

"Tim" wrote:

> At what point do you get that error message? Does it appear as soon as you
> double-click on the install/setup file or does it appear after the install
> process has been running for a while?
>
> Do you have another version of Office already installed?
>
> Lastly, I remember reading back in the beta days of Office 2007 that someone
> suggested to burn the install file to a disk and run it from there. That
> person was getting the same error message as you are. Not sure why that
> would work but if you have a burner, it wouldn't cost much to give it a go.
>
> Tim
>
> "רועי" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E653FA98-6972-401A-9EE9-B41E016F56BC@microsoft.com...
> > hi there,
> >
> > I have downloaded office 2007 free 60-day trial and when I double click on
> > the imstallation file I get the msg:"the installation of this package
> > failed".
> >
> > the OS is xp home sp2, its a new pc, dualcore, everything is fine besides
> > this thing. what should I do for this to work? I have tried downloading
> > the
> > file 3 times, all files have faled to initialize.
> >
> > please help me!!
>

Also tried with Windows 2008 Server with same result, downloaded 2 times,
have exceeded my download linit

"saxen" wrote:

> Have same problem, did try to burn to CD and uninstall earlier ver of Office,
> no luck. I get the error when I try to run the X12-30196.exe
>
> "Tim" wrote:
>
> > At what point do you get that error message? Does it appear as soon as you
> > double-click on the install/setup file or does it appear after the install
> > process has been running for a while?
> >
> > Do you have another version of Office already installed?
> >
> > Lastly, I remember reading back in the beta days of Office 2007 that someone
> > suggested to burn the install file to a disk and run it from there. That
> > person was getting the same error message as you are. Not sure why that
> > would work but if you have a burner, it wouldn't cost much to give it a go.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > "רועי" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E653FA98-6972-401A-9EE9-B41E016F56BC@microsoft.com...
> > > hi there,
> > >
> > > I have downloaded office 2007 free 60-day trial and when I double click on
> > > the imstallation file I get the msg:"the installation of this package
> > > failed".
> > >
> > > the OS is xp home sp2, its a new pc, dualcore, everything is fine besides
> > > this thing. what should I do for this to work? I have tried downloading
> > > the
> > > file 3 times, all files have faled to initialize.
> > >
> > > please help me!!
> >

"רועי" wrote:

> hi there,
>
> I have downloaded office 2007 free 60-day trial and when I double click on
> the imstallation file I get the msg:"the installation of this package failed".
>
> the OS is xp home sp2, its a new pc, dualcore, everything is fine besides
> this thing. what should I do for this to work? I have tried downloading the
> file 3 times, all files have faled to initialize.
>
> please help me!!

I have the same problem installing Office free 60-day trial. However when I
click on the file x12-30196 it will install for a bit and then I get an error
message cant find owp52a.tmp. What is this? When i download the file to my
desktop I will get a error instantly "the installation of this package
failed". When I downloaded it to My Documents I get cannot find file
owp52a.tmp. I also get the same message from the trial version from the DVD
WHY? I really need help with this asap! I have tried everything from re
downloading it several times to following the direction from microsoft by
going to run typing cmd press ok and then typing commands in Dos. That didnt
work either. Can anyone help? Thank you

Robert.S
"רועי" wrote:

> hi there,
>
> I have downloaded office 2007 free 60-day trial and when I double click on
> the imstallation file I get the msg:"the installation of this package failed".
>
> the OS is xp home sp2, its a new pc, dualcore, everything is fine besides
> this thing. what should I do for this to work? I have tried downloading the
> file 3 times, all files have faled to initialize.
>
> please help me!!

This problem may occur when the temporary folder on the computer is
encrypted.

By default, the Microsoft Self-Extractor program extracts the installation
files for the update package to the %temp% folder. The program then runs the
update package's Setup program from this folder.

If the %temp% folder has been encrypted, and if you signed on to the
computer by using a standard user account, the update package's Setup program
cannot run. Encryption may have been enabled on this folder by the user or by
certain tools such as the Microsoft Encrypting File System Assistant (EFS
Assistant).
Back to the top

WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, you must download the update package for the
2007 Office suite, and then manually extract and run the update package's
Setup program. To do this, follow these steps.

Note These steps use the My Documents folder on the computer. If the My
Documents folder is also encrypted, use a different folder in these steps.1.
Download the 2007 Office update package to the My Documents folder on the
computer.
2. Open the My Documents folder, and then note the Microsoft Self-Extractor
file name.
3. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
4. Type cd "%userprofile%\My Documents" and then press ENTER.
5. Type Self-Extractor_filename.exe /extract:"%userprofile%\My Documents"
and then press ENTER.

This process extracts one or more .msp installation files for the 2007
Office update package.
6. Close the Command Line window.
7. In the My Documents folder, double-click each .msp file that you
extracted in step 5.

Note If an .msp file is for a component that is not part of the 2007 Office
suite that you installed, you receive the following warning message:
The update package cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service
because the program to be updated may be missing, or the update package may
update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be
updated exists on your computer and that you have the correct update package.

Hope this helps someone!!

"רועי" wrote:

> hi there,
>
> I have downloaded office 2007 free 60-day trial and when I double click on
> the imstallation file I get the msg:"the installation of this package failed".
>
> the OS is xp home sp2, its a new pc, dualcore, everything is fine besides
> this thing. what should I do for this to work? I have tried downloading the
> file 3 times, all files have faled to initialize.
>
> please help me!!