Windows Installer runs whenever a program starts

[Guest]

I installed Office Professional 2007 on my Windows XP SP2 system. All
patches and updates have been installed.

I have read through the posts in this newsgroup but have yet to find a
working solution.

Whenever I try to start an Office program, say Word, every time a dialog
box stating "Configuring Microsoft Office Professional 2007..." comes up.

To say this is irritating is putting it mildly.

I have tried the Windows Installer "Fix", it doesn't.
I have removed and reinstalled, as Administrator, Windows Office
Professional 2007 several times. This has not fixed the problem.

Also, other programs when starting up also call the Windows Installer.
Fortunately the startup time for them is only a few seconds. The Office
2007 programs take minutes to start and configure.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Ron Badour]

This question is probably best asked in an Office newsgroup where the
experts on that software hang out:

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...2ec-a5b6-4cc1-925d-0364c03e6da6&lang=en&cr=US

 

[Guest]

I tried the office.misc newsgroup but have received no answers.
I do not believe it is specifically tied to the installation of Office 2007.
All other programs including Windows XP SP2 also initially start the Windows
Installer program. I beleive the problem is associated with the Windows
Installer program itself; that is why I posted the message here also.

-- Ron Le Blanc

 

[Guest]

Solution found!

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886630/en-us