Yes .. you run in an admin account. But even so, when you go to run the
setup.exe from a CD or what-have-you, right-click and select 'Run as
administrator' instead of doing it the default way. It's just one of those
things .. especially with Microsoft stuff as they are playing with
permissions. You have to do it with Visual Studio now to get things to work
right and people are reporting that it solves problems some are having
installing Office.

If the option for 'Run as administrator' doesn't appear .. run the Command
Prompt by right-clicking and selecting 'Run as administrator' and then turn
around and launch the install program from the Command Prompt.

Saucy


"seener" <seener@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B22B0FB8-7900-445F-9429-B70F07726F34@microsoft.com...
> 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
>>
>>