Full version of MS Office Pro 2007 won't install from CD on new PC

[Conrad]

I have a brand-new out-of-the-box Dell Inspiron with Windows 7. I have the
Full licensed version of Microsoft Office 2007 Professional on CD. Running
setup.exe from the CD gives me "Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 must be
installed before you can install Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business
Contact Manager. Install Outlook from CD 1, and then start this installation
again."
I read some posts about people getting the same message when installing a
trial or downloaded version (I am installing the FULL licensed version from
CD) or when upgrading, and the typical response was to remove old versions of
Office. So I uninstalled the trial PowerPoint and Works and any
Office-related program I can find. But I still get the same problem.
Again, I want to emphasize: Full licensed CD of MS Office can't get anywhere
with an out-of-the-box Dell Windows 7 PC. Amazing.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Conrad

You are really emphasizing FULL licensed version quite a few times and hence my
answer below


What is amazing is that Microsoft Office 2007 Professional with Business Contact
Manager Is a 2 CD package. 1st CD contains everything aside from the Business
Contact Manager which is on CD 2 and if you had CD 2 you would not be getting this
message as an issue. If you are installing a copy of a legal Microsoft Office 2007
Professional which is a copy then it will not go and you will have this issue since
whoever made the copy married both CD's into one.
A legal copy will have 2 different CD's. A copied one as yours on a single CD( Oh
well, you just experienced the issue) you will also find a problem on Activation
when using the license key which was probably used already.