Hi Saucy,
Thanks for the reply. I'd rather not wipe everything if possible, although
that may be what I end up doing. It seems only my microsoft programs are
giving me a hard time re-installing. Everything else has worked fine. I do
run as administrator when I go to install, so that hasn't helped any. The
error message I get is so vaque I bewildered that why they even bothered
putting one on. It only reads, "Microsoft office encountered an error." Then
it closes. This is the oem version that came with my recently puchased
laptop. Even Adobe CS2 installed without a hitch, you would think Office
would too.
Seener

"Saucy" wrote:

> "seener" <seener@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A0A6079-A103-4C4A-A16C-18F0F1BD5385@microsoft.com...
> > 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.
>
> 1. Hmm .. I'd clean install Vista.. i.e. wipe the harddrive (re-format
> etc.).
>
> 2. When going to install a program .. go to the CD/DVD and find the
> 'setup.exe' program or equivalent .. right-click on it and select "Run as an
> administrator" if that option appears.
>
> Saucy
>
>