The fix to the problem is very simple as it turns out - simply run the following commands by typing it into the Start/Run command box. Use the line with Office 11.0 if you have Office 2003 installed and Office 12.0 if you have Office 2007 installed. You can use both if you have both installed: reg add HKCU Software Microsoft Office 11.0 Word Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1 reg add HKCU Software Microsoft Office 12.0 Word Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1 That is it. Office 2007 might want to have one more spin round the block with it's configuration dialog box, but that should be it. I'm not sure if this fix will work with Windows 7, but I know it works with XP & Vista. Hope this helps.

Each time I click an Internet shortcut Windows Installer pops up onto the screen instead. Windows Installer Keeps Popping up? 2007 at 2:51PM. Windows & Office Installer Keeps Popping Up Windows. Uninstall your current Office and reinstall and you might consider Office 2007 trial if you want to get a look.

I didn't see any error regarding MS Office in the Event Viewer, and sure enough, your procedure didn't seem to work for me. I'm running the Win7 Enterprise Trial right now, and it seems that for all the Win7 releases so far, the easiest way to get Office to work again is to rename the setup file as something else, so the reconfiguration process isn't even started. The one disadvantage of this is that you cannot uninstall the program before renaming the file back to the original name, but people rarely uninstall it anyways. Updates continue to work, but after Service Pack updates for Office, the setup file seems to be restored, so the procedure would have to be redone after another Office service pack is installed. To find the setup file involved in this mess, go to the following location (for x86 computers): C: Program Files Common Files microsoft shared OFFICE12 Office Setup Controller Or, for x64 computers: C: Program Files (x86) Common Files microsoft shared OFFICE12 Office Setup Controller Next, simply rename SETUP.EXE. I made it NOSETUP.exe just for laughs. This procedure has worked for me every time without fail, so hopefully it will work for others as well.

I would suggest running as administrator (after uninstall and restart), but that didn't help me (for Vista Home 32bit and Office 2007 Enterprise). There used to be a version of Office (2007 Student) on this computer, which may be part of the problem: when there are a few install traces lingering around (which may not be removed by uninstall or registry entries may be missed (when using a reg cleaner or looking around manually)). Gta Vice City Mod here. Once installed, I even tried running Word (as an example) as administrator, but didn't help. Nor did creating a new profile and running Word (as an example). I'm thinking about clean slate.tried the repair function (in 'uninstall or change program' control panel) and rebooted, but that didn't help. Found an article about conflicting office versions,, which suggested adding DWORD key 'NoReReg' with a value of '1' inside HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Office 12.0 Word Options.