Office 2007 configuring on each start up

Hi Can anyone tell me why when I start Office 2007 Word or Access , Office
2007 spends 5 minutes running the configuration - anyone know why please

thanks

You have Word and Access 2003 (or older) installed and it runs five mins
each after you worked last in those 2003 apps? Or in other words, Word &
Access configure itself always after you switch between versions
(applies to 2003 & 2007).

Bob I have had the exact same problem. I used the uninstall feature when it
asked, and then had problems getting 2007 to load. I system restored, have
all files on my computer from 2003, again installed only this time I had to
custon install 2007. However, Each day when I first begin Word configures.

Here is what solved this for me:

1. I noticed the following message in the event viewer:

Detection of product '{30120000-0026-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}', feature
'AlwaysInstalled', component '{90120000-0026-0000-0000-00413F67CB5F}'
failed. The resource 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Expression
\Office12\ID_00026.DPC' does not exist.

2. I had installed Expression Beta at some point and uninstalled it
before installing Office 2007 RTM
3. I searched the registry for 30120000-0026-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE
(from the error message above) and removed all keys/values with that
string.
4. All Office apps launch perfectly now.

I had the same problem with Word 2007 until I uninstalled Word 2003. Now,
Word 2007 starts normal.

I have the same problem, except that, when I sign on as Administrator, the
OFFICE programs start right up. I normally sign on as a "User" for security
reasons and the programs always go through the lengthy "configuration".

I don't have the "Expression" problem, and my registry does not contain the
long series that solved your problem. Any other ideas, ANYBODY?

I'm having this problem too - partially. Vista Ultimate, Office 2007
Ulitmate, and Office Sharepoint Designer 2007. Actually, for me the only
app that is doing this is Designer. Everything works, and there are no
messages in the event log that seem to have any relevance at all. It's just
that every damned time I start up Deisnger it goes into Office
Configuration.

BTW, I have NO pre-2007 Office applications installed.

I've been combing the NGs for hints about this and nobody ever seems to find
a resolution other than to completely reinstall Vista. Not what I'd call an
attractive alternative.

I may have found a fix, but I haven't tried it, I solved the problem by
taking the long way around about 2 days ago, I reinstalled xp and loaded
office 2007 then upgraded to vista ultimate.
but what I found that may work (someone please try and let me know)
go to: control pannel > administrator tools > local security policies,
expand it and go to security options, then at the top(in the right pane) you
will see "accounts: administrator account status" - it is set by default to
disabled so enable it then you may need to restart your PC.
hopefully this works
I stumbled onto this while trying to change the vista login screen to
classic.

I have Vista bussiness 64 k and Office 2007 enterprise when i have installed
office 2007 it have asked me for replace office 2003 and i have answer yes.

the problem is present with all programs plus:
excel (also warning for stdole.tlb)
groove also do not run

but Microsoft do not have a patch for this problems ?

you can try (this is the long way around fix):
NOTE: back up what ever data you want to keep, just incase vista descides to
over write it instead of placing in the c:/windows.old directory.
preform an upgrade from what you have to home premium (which I Know uill
let you install office, ane it will work right), then from home premium,
after you finish your install of office, then upgrade again to your Vista
bussiness.
Yes You will probably need to find a serial # for home premium, if the key
you currently have does not give you a list after entring the key displaying
all 64 bit versions of vista asking which one you want to install. note, you
do not need to activate it ( it probably won't let you activate , but you
will be able to at least get office installed and working proporly then you
just upgrade to your liscenced vision of vista.
I don't know why Ms Has this problem with certin vista releases and don't
have a fix for it, leaving every one who does have this problem to suffer
through it..

[canadianliving]

Your idea sounds intriguing, but I can't find the area of "local security policies" you mentioned below. I tried searching through the help files to find it, and I can't find any hints related to "administrator account status" in the Administrator Tools section of the control panel. If you or someone else can help out, this idea sounds like it would help with the never-ending "Please wait while Setup does something-or-other" messages whenever I try to open an Office 2007 program.

Thanks

[thesailor]

WHOOO HOOO!!! I SOLVED IT!!! At least for me!

I had exact same problems, as it seems MOST of you did too - but I had it with WINXP and Office 2003 Standard with Outlook Business Contact Manager (POS...)

After WEEKS of scratching my head - reading numerous message boards and trying EVERYTHING... I think I know now by heart all the techarena boards and all the same references to the same worthless MS tech support cases on so many of the various help boards out there with members all having the EXACT SAME PROBLEM really with no resolution...

"Windows Installer starts every time I open Office, Word, Outlook, etc"

I even went out - bought a new hard drive for my laptop AND a 1TB usb external drive to work it out with all these suggestion on these boards... I've restore my new drive so many time in the past week I can't believe it's still working!

OK - enough already Eric... what was the solution for you?

SIMPLE FOLKS -

1) FORGET EVERYTHING YOU READ - UNTIL YOU OPEN THE "EVENT VIEWER"
... brain fart - I should have know this from LONG ago... ALWAYS LOOK IN THE SYSTEM EVENT LOG - FIRST!!! Then if you can't figure it out - go after those hard to decipher program logs in all those other posts you read...

a)Right Click on "My Computer" icon on the desktop, select "MANAGE"

b)The Computer Management tool built in to XP opens - Click on the list on the left under "System Tools" on the "Event Viewer"

c)Since we're having problems with a particular application - why not click on "Application"

2) NOW - Look carefully at the displayed list of system events... look for the warning signs - the yellow triangle with a bang ( ! ) in the middle.

open each of them by double clicking on the line item anywhere... it will open a pop-up window that has that particular "Event Properties"

3) READ - READ and look at the "Description" section... I have several where it simply said something to the tune of

" Detection of product .... feature 'ProductNonBootFiles' failed during request for component ...."

skip these... figure 'em out if you want to... but move on.. its not what we were looking for...

I opened another and another - I began noticing that a lot of them were screaming at me the same bloody thing - here's a bit...

" Detection of product .... feature 'ProductNonBootFiles' failed. The resource 'c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\OPA11.BAK' does not exist.

Whoa... something to look into more... SO...

4) I simply browsed from mycomputer to the c: root folder - then on to the above highlighted directory where - sure enough, OPA11.BAK did not exist.. the computer is not lying...

EPIPHANY MOMENT - LOOK OUT...

OH CRAP! I remember backing up my hard drive with Acronis so that I could transfer all my info to a new hard drive... part of that backup process it asked if it could save space by not backing up temp files and bak files I think was included... SO - that may have been a reason this file was missing...

I, like a lot of fellow 'puter nerds out there seem to never have enough hard drive space for all I do... so I contantly run CCleaner and other drive space optimization tools - usually no problems...

I think somewhere along the lines I must have deleted the backup... which for some reason or another is now REQUIRED - someone please check with MS and verify this - that the .bak file is required now to be able to open any updated Office Suite programs...

I came to this conclusion BECAUSE... the next steps CURED my case...

5) Copy the DAT file in that folder. Right click the existing file in that folder - for me it was OPA11.DAT . COPY it to the same directory - and an exact copy is made - but it is named "COPY OF...DAT".

6) RENAME your new copy to OPA11.BAK

Voila! Problem Solved!

7) Open Word, Outlook, Excel - Smile happily and be glad you know Eric - thesailor - from Wichita, KS (I'm a real estate broker and investor now... If I can do it - you can do it... )

8) Get back to work... or become the hero for the office and take a lunch/smoke break.

I realize all our problems are nearly identical - and there are probably other things going on in a lot of the cases - but for heavens sake - look at the EVENT VIEWER and look what its telling you... would have saved me a week of no emails, stress beyond belief and loss of productivity...

I wonder how many hours are lost in the corporate environment on this one item... I found NO WHERE ELSE this solution...

I hope it works for you! I hope it is just this easy for you too!

If this helps anyone else - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE forward this post on and reply back here so we know it works for you too!

-Eric Henderson,
Broker Advantage Partners LLC Realty

By the way... SCAN FOR VIRUSES, KEYLoggers and RootKits!

this did force me to update secutity measures - I was convinced it was the malice of a virus or rootkit or SOMETHING.. it surely couldn't have been... me... or perhaps I just allowed the .bak to be deleted in haste of trying to save space... who knows... but in the process I updated a lot of my spyware tools, virus scanners and such - and indeed found an impressive amount of questionable items and a couple hidden (in zip files from crap I downloaded or in temp directories) trojans!

So - I'm working on a clean machine now, and OUTLOOK - my mortal enemy - is actually flying as it should..

Now... what was I doing... oh yeah - running by business and selling a ton of foreclosure homes... helping solve home owners' problems who are going into default on their mortgages and need help... I help them avoid and modify (FOR FREE of course) or help them sell as the case may warrant. Back to the real world and out busy life.

Nice work...yes the OPA*.DAT and OPA*.BAK are both required to be present in
the folder. Also, sorting the events by ID and focusing on the "1004" Event
ID's is helpful...

For Office2003 only and not for Office2007

Much more simpler

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301