Error 1913 for win.ini when installing Outlook 2007 on Vista computer

[rr70]

Hi, I wanted to install a new clean copy of both Office 2007 Home &
Student edition + Outlook 2007 on a Vista machine. Bought new full CDs
for both. I previously had trial copy of Office 2007 which expired and I
uninstalled it as the first step.

I have managed to get a clean installation of Office 2007 but have been
struggling for the last few days with the Outlook 2007 install.

I get the "Error 1913 - set up cannot update file C:\Windows\Win.ini.
Verify that the file exists and you have sufficient permissions to
update the file".

My pc is running Vista and I am logged in throughout as administrator
with full rights.

Steps I have done so far:
1. Using add \ remove programs (programs and features in vista);
removed activation assistant and ensured all its directories cleaned up
through explorer
2. Removed Microsoft Office 2007 Standard Trial version using
Add\Remove programs
3. Created a system restore point
5. Backed up registry using export
6. Deleted the stray registry entries for Microsoft Office Assistant
and Microsoft Office 2007 (Office 12) - did not change other Microsoft
programs like .NET services etc registry settings
7. Installed Office 2007 H&S and activated full copy.
8. Confirmed Office 2007 programs worked fine.

9. Tried installing Outlook 2007 - bought separately as not included in
H&S.
10. Setup goes through roughly 20% of process before I get the message
"Error 1913 - set up cannot update file C:\Windows\Win.ini. Verify that
the file exists and you have sufficient permissions to update the
file"!!

Troubleshooting I have tried based on internet searches are:
a. Turned user access control setting OFF and rebooted
b. confirmed there IS a Win.ini in C:\Windows - have ensured it is the
only copy. The read only attribute for win.ini is NOT set.
c. Renamed Win.ini to Win.old, rebooted and tried setup - same Error
1913 as before
d. Named it back to Win.ini, changed owner to admin \ myself instead of
system. ensured permissions were 'Full control' and everything was
checked. Ran setup again. Same error 1913 as before.
e. renamed old win.ini created a brand new one through command.com.
Still same error 1913!!

Cannot find any other pointers on tech forums for Outlook 2007 on vista
with Error 1913 for win.ini.

Is anyone able to assist with any suggestions as I have now run out of
ideas!! I do need access to Outlook urgently as I uninstalled the trial
version as well :-(

Any specific replies to my issue are highly appreciated, Many thanks.

 

[Bob I]

I don't find anything about Vista, but here is a workaround that was
supplied for XP if you couldn't install the Hotfix.
____________________________
To work around this problem, perform both of the following tasks:
Set the permissions of the Everyone group for the shared folder to
Change. To set these permissions, follow these steps:
In Windows Explorer, right-click the shared folder, and then click
Properties.
On the Sharing tab, click Permissions.
With the Everyone group selected, click to select the Allow check box
for the Change permission.
Set the NTFS file system permissions for the shared folder to Modify. To
set these permissions, follow these steps:
In Windows Explorer, right-click the shared folder and then click
Properties.
On the Security tab, select the Everyone group, and then click to select
the Allow check box for the Modify permission.
____________________________________