Most likely the Office 2007 is a "trail" version - usually active for 90 or
180 days. If so, consider if it is worth the effort to install.

What specifically was the error messge?

"seener" <seener@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello again,
> I have recently needed to reinstall vista after a power failure. I used my
> computers system recovery disk. After much ado I am running again. Vista
> moved my old windows to an old.windows directory. So, I started
> reintalling
> all my software. Adobe Creative Suite installed like a charm. my
> macromedia
> software, no proplems. Then came microsoft. My disk of office 2007 that
> came
> with the computer crashes about 3/4 into installation. The message that
> comes
> up is "Office 2007 encountered an error". Then it quits. Any suggestions
> from
> anyone? Or should I just go buy Wordperfect.