Try this (it was suggest to another poster with the same problem).
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It is mostly caused that the current user account doesn't have permission on
the Office registry key. Follow the steps below to see if it works.
#1
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Login as a local administrator account on the computer.
Start the Microsoft office 2007 applications (word 2007, excel 2007,
powerpoint 2007).
If the configuration pops up, wait it to be finished.
Logoff and logon your user account. Test the issue. What is the result?
If it doesn't work, go to next step.
#2
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1. Log on to the computer by using an Administrator user account.
2. Click Start > Run > type regedit, click OK.
3. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0
4. Click Permissions.
5. Click Users (Computer_name\Users), and then click to select the
Allow check box for the Full Control permission.
6. Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor.
7. Start an Office program. Wait for the configurating finished.
Restart the application. What is the result?
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
anamica said:
every time I click on outlook/word/excel the configuring microsoft office
standard window starts up, then the windows installer, repatedly, till i
click cancel, when finally these programs begin to open. what do i do to
fix
this please? i get a microsoft office bootstrapper error too.