Several Office programs installed; will not uninstall

Hello -

I have a list of several office programs installed on my Windows Vista
laptop. Here is the list:

-MS Office Home and Student 2007
-MS Office Small Business 2007 (I have the upgrade CD)
-MS Office Professional Edition 2003
-MS Office Standard 2007

With Home & Student 2007, I get this message when attempting to install:
"Setup could not find any available products to install. Please contact your
system administrator". Alright then, its saying this but what I want to do is
take it off!

As for Small Business 2007, I do NOT have any programs that are part of this
version of office installed at all. I am not even sure how it got installed
in the first place. When I try to uninstall it from Add & Remove, this is the
error I get: "This product installation has been corrupted. Run setup again
from the CD, DVD, or other original installation source. When I put in the
upgrade CD of Small Business, I get the same message and I also am not able
to uninstall from the CD. So this is what I have going on...not able to
uninstall any of this and really start from scratch, office wise. Any help
would be much appreciated! Thanks.

Now, if possible, I would also like to start from scratch but I do not mean
wiping out my computer; I am referring to attempt to uninstall every bit of
Office and then installing the preferred version that I would like to have.
--
Take Care,
Jordan Montgomery

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928218/en-us

"Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3@aol.com> wrote in message
news:83F0BA04-07CE-4982-8010-1D3A457AC893@microsoft.com...
> Hello -
>
> I have a list of several office programs installed on my Windows Vista
> laptop. Here is the list:
>
> -MS Office Home and Student 2007
> -MS Office Small Business 2007 (I have the upgrade CD)
> -MS Office Professional Edition 2003
> -MS Office Standard 2007
>
> With Home & Student 2007, I get this message when attempting to install:
> "Setup could not find any available products to install. Please contact
> your
> system administrator". Alright then, its saying this but what I want to do
> is
> take it off!
>
> As for Small Business 2007, I do NOT have any programs that are part of
> this
> version of office installed at all. I am not even sure how it got
> installed
> in the first place. When I try to uninstall it from Add & Remove, this is
> the
> error I get: "This product installation has been corrupted. Run setup
> again
> from the CD, DVD, or other original installation source. When I put in the
> upgrade CD of Small Business, I get the same message and I also am not
> able
> to uninstall from the CD. So this is what I have going on...not able to
> uninstall any of this and really start from scratch, office wise. Any help
> would be much appreciated! Thanks.
>
> Now, if possible, I would also like to start from scratch but I do not
> mean
> wiping out my computer; I am referring to attempt to uninstall every bit
> of
> Office and then installing the preferred version that I would like to
> have.
> --
> Take Care,
> Jordan Montgomery

I have followed the steps that were in the link you had posted on here.
However, starting at Step 2 of "Remove any remaining 2007 Microsoft Office
installation folders", I cannot delete the "Office12" folder because it needs
"administrative privilages" but everything is set as an administrator. How
should I go about deleting the "Office12" folder?
--
Take Care,
Jordan Montgomery


"DL" wrote:

> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928218/en-us
>
> "Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:83F0BA04-07CE-4982-8010-1D3A457AC893@microsoft.com...
> > Hello -
> >
> > I have a list of several office programs installed on my Windows Vista
> > laptop. Here is the list:
> >
> > -MS Office Home and Student 2007
> > -MS Office Small Business 2007 (I have the upgrade CD)
> > -MS Office Professional Edition 2003
> > -MS Office Standard 2007
> >
> > With Home & Student 2007, I get this message when attempting to install:
> > "Setup could not find any available products to install. Please contact
> > your
> > system administrator". Alright then, its saying this but what I want to do
> > is
> > take it off!
> >
> > As for Small Business 2007, I do NOT have any programs that are part of
> > this
> > version of office installed at all. I am not even sure how it got
> > installed
> > in the first place. When I try to uninstall it from Add & Remove, this is
> > the
> > error I get: "This product installation has been corrupted. Run setup
> > again
> > from the CD, DVD, or other original installation source. When I put in the
> > upgrade CD of Small Business, I get the same message and I also am not
> > able
> > to uninstall from the CD. So this is what I have going on...not able to
> > uninstall any of this and really start from scratch, office wise. Any help
> > would be much appreciated! Thanks.
> >
> > Now, if possible, I would also like to start from scratch but I do not
> > mean
> > wiping out my computer; I am referring to attempt to uninstall every bit
> > of
> > Office and then installing the preferred version that I would like to
> > have.
> > --
> > Take Care,
> > Jordan Montgomery
>
>
>

What is your o/s?

"Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3@aol.com> wrote in message
news:9A993C7F-6158-4B30-A937-A7C34C03F6CA@microsoft.com...
>I have followed the steps that were in the link you had posted on here.
> However, starting at Step 2 of "Remove any remaining 2007 Microsoft Office
> installation folders", I cannot delete the "Office12" folder because it
> needs
> "administrative privilages" but everything is set as an administrator. How
> should I go about deleting the "Office12" folder?
> --
> Take Care,
> Jordan Montgomery
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928218/en-us
>>
>> "Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:83F0BA04-07CE-4982-8010-1D3A457AC893@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello -
>> >
>> > I have a list of several office programs installed on my Windows Vista
>> > laptop. Here is the list:
>> >
>> > -MS Office Home and Student 2007
>> > -MS Office Small Business 2007 (I have the upgrade CD)
>> > -MS Office Professional Edition 2003
>> > -MS Office Standard 2007
>> >
>> > With Home & Student 2007, I get this message when attempting to
>> > install:
>> > "Setup could not find any available products to install. Please contact
>> > your
>> > system administrator". Alright then, its saying this but what I want to
>> > do
>> > is
>> > take it off!
>> >
>> > As for Small Business 2007, I do NOT have any programs that are part of
>> > this
>> > version of office installed at all. I am not even sure how it got
>> > installed
>> > in the first place. When I try to uninstall it from Add & Remove, this
>> > is
>> > the
>> > error I get: "This product installation has been corrupted. Run setup
>> > again
>> > from the CD, DVD, or other original installation source. When I put in
>> > the
>> > upgrade CD of Small Business, I get the same message and I also am not
>> > able
>> > to uninstall from the CD. So this is what I have going on...not able to
>> > uninstall any of this and really start from scratch, office wise. Any
>> > help
>> > would be much appreciated! Thanks.
>> >
>> > Now, if possible, I would also like to start from scratch but I do not
>> > mean
>> > wiping out my computer; I am referring to attempt to uninstall every
>> > bit
>> > of
>> > Office and then installing the preferred version that I would like to
>> > have.
>> > --
>> > Take Care,
>> > Jordan Montgomery
>>
>>
>>

Vista Home Premium is what my OS is. Be advised, I believe a version of Home
& Student has been included on my laptop (Toshiba) this is also giving me
problems.
--
Take Care,
Jordan Montgomery


"DL" wrote:

> What is your o/s?
>
> "Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:9A993C7F-6158-4B30-A937-A7C34C03F6CA@microsoft.com...
> >I have followed the steps that were in the link you had posted on here.
> > However, starting at Step 2 of "Remove any remaining 2007 Microsoft Office
> > installation folders", I cannot delete the "Office12" folder because it
> > needs
> > "administrative privilages" but everything is set as an administrator. How
> > should I go about deleting the "Office12" folder?
> > --
> > Take Care,
> > Jordan Montgomery
> >
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928218/en-us
> >>
> >> "Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3@aol.com> wrote in message
> >> news:83F0BA04-07CE-4982-8010-1D3A457AC893@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hello -
> >> >
> >> > I have a list of several office programs installed on my Windows Vista
> >> > laptop. Here is the list:
> >> >
> >> > -MS Office Home and Student 2007
> >> > -MS Office Small Business 2007 (I have the upgrade CD)
> >> > -MS Office Professional Edition 2003
> >> > -MS Office Standard 2007
> >> >
> >> > With Home & Student 2007, I get this message when attempting to
> >> > install:
> >> > "Setup could not find any available products to install. Please contact
> >> > your
> >> > system administrator". Alright then, its saying this but what I want to
> >> > do
> >> > is
> >> > take it off!
> >> >
> >> > As for Small Business 2007, I do NOT have any programs that are part of
> >> > this
> >> > version of office installed at all. I am not even sure how it got
> >> > installed
> >> > in the first place. When I try to uninstall it from Add & Remove, this
> >> > is
> >> > the
> >> > error I get: "This product installation has been corrupted. Run setup
> >> > again
> >> > from the CD, DVD, or other original installation source. When I put in
> >> > the
> >> > upgrade CD of Small Business, I get the same message and I also am not
> >> > able
> >> > to uninstall from the CD. So this is what I have going on...not able to
> >> > uninstall any of this and really start from scratch, office wise. Any
> >> > help
> >> > would be much appreciated! Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > Now, if possible, I would also like to start from scratch but I do not
> >> > mean
> >> > wiping out my computer; I am referring to attempt to uninstall every
> >> > bit
> >> > of
> >> > Office and then installing the preferred version that I would like to
> >> > have.
> >> > --
> >> > Take Care,
> >> > Jordan Montgomery
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

You have a mish mash of office products installed, as to why whoever did
this, who knows. It maybe that one of the versions is also a trial.
I'm not totally up to speed with Vista, having Administrative privileges,
may not be the same as logging on as an Administrator, or running as
administrator.
You might get advice on a Vista group as how to run as an Administrator - I
believe its a permissions issue

"Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3@aol.com> wrote in message
news:D7C43229-E073-49DB-99F1-9D9937E0150E@microsoft.com...
> Vista Home Premium is what my OS is. Be advised, I believe a version of
> Home
> & Student has been included on my laptop (Toshiba) this is also giving me
> problems.
> --
> Take Care,
> Jordan Montgomery
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> What is your o/s?
>>
>> "Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:9A993C7F-6158-4B30-A937-A7C34C03F6CA@microsoft.com...
>> >I have followed the steps that were in the link you had posted on here.
>> > However, starting at Step 2 of "Remove any remaining 2007 Microsoft
>> > Office
>> > installation folders", I cannot delete the "Office12" folder because it
>> > needs
>> > "administrative privilages" but everything is set as an administrator.
>> > How
>> > should I go about deleting the "Office12" folder?
>> > --
>> > Take Care,
>> > Jordan Montgomery
>> >
>> >
>> > "DL" wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928218/en-us
>> >>
>> >> "Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3@aol.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:83F0BA04-07CE-4982-8010-1D3A457AC893@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hello -
>> >> >
>> >> > I have a list of several office programs installed on my Windows
>> >> > Vista
>> >> > laptop. Here is the list:
>> >> >
>> >> > -MS Office Home and Student 2007
>> >> > -MS Office Small Business 2007 (I have the upgrade CD)
>> >> > -MS Office Professional Edition 2003
>> >> > -MS Office Standard 2007
>> >> >
>> >> > With Home & Student 2007, I get this message when attempting to
>> >> > install:
>> >> > "Setup could not find any available products to install. Please
>> >> > contact
>> >> > your
>> >> > system administrator". Alright then, its saying this but what I want
>> >> > to
>> >> > do
>> >> > is
>> >> > take it off!
>> >> >
>> >> > As for Small Business 2007, I do NOT have any programs that are part
>> >> > of
>> >> > this
>> >> > version of office installed at all. I am not even sure how it got
>> >> > installed
>> >> > in the first place. When I try to uninstall it from Add & Remove,
>> >> > this
>> >> > is
>> >> > the
>> >> > error I get: "This product installation has been corrupted. Run
>> >> > setup
>> >> > again
>> >> > from the CD, DVD, or other original installation source. When I put
>> >> > in
>> >> > the
>> >> > upgrade CD of Small Business, I get the same message and I also am
>> >> > not
>> >> > able
>> >> > to uninstall from the CD. So this is what I have going on...not able
>> >> > to
>> >> > uninstall any of this and really start from scratch, office wise.
>> >> > Any
>> >> > help
>> >> > would be much appreciated! Thanks.
>> >> >
>> >> > Now, if possible, I would also like to start from scratch but I do
>> >> > not
>> >> > mean
>> >> > wiping out my computer; I am referring to attempt to uninstall every
>> >> > bit
>> >> > of
>> >> > Office and then installing the preferred version that I would like
>> >> > to
>> >> > have.
>> >> > --
>> >> > Take Care,
>> >> > Jordan Montgomery
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>