Office 07 Installation problems

[Nic-nic]

First off I bought a new computer with Windows 7. I uninstalled a store
bought copy of Office from my old one so that I could put it on my new one.
While trying to install, the product key works but once it starts installing,
the progress bar freezes. It will go a little and then won't move for hours.
Can someone help me please?

 

[Jeff Strickland]

First off I bought a new computer with Windows 7. I uninstalled a store
bought copy of Office from my old one so that I could put it on my new
one.
While trying to install, the product key works but once it starts
installing,
the progress bar freezes. It will go a little and then won't move for
hours.
Can someone help me please?

I'm not sure what that means.

Did you Uninstall the pre-loaded Free Version of Office, and the Activation
Assistant, before you attempted to install the stuff you have?

 

[Nic-nic]

I thought I was as clear as possible, Office will start installing but won't
finish because it completely freezes. I already uninstall the pre-loaded
version, but not the Activation Assistant. Is that necessary?

 

[Jeff Strickland]

Yes, it is required to Uninstall the Activation Assistant. Don't forget to
reboot after the uninstall is finished.

I have held for a very long time that MSoft stuff should uninstall other
MSoft stuff all by itself, but the MVPs don't seem to agree with me, and
MSoft continues its agenda of frustrating its customer base every chance it
gets.


Bottom line, if you have a retail copy of Office '07. There's no reason you
can't load it onto your new Win7 machine.

 

[Nic-nic]

So I downloaded CCleaner to completely uninstall the pre-loaded Office off my
computer, and restarted my computer several times, yet it will not load on
this computer at all and I do not understand. The progress bar will get at
least halfway now but will not finish. This is getting very frustrated and I
don't know what else to do.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

So I downloaded CCleaner to completely uninstall the pre-loaded Office off
my
computer, and restarted my computer several times, yet it will not load on
this computer at all and I do not understand. The progress bar will get at
least halfway now but will not finish. This is getting very frustrated and
I
don't know what else to do.

I had to wait for hours for something to load. Start the Install and go to
bed. Seriously.

I think (by what you just said) that you're not giving it enough time. I
know I thought it wasn't going to load (I remember it was an Office install,
but I can't be 100% sure on that point.) The Install went pretty quick, then
stopped at what looked to be about 60-ish percent and just sat there. I ran
an assortment of cleaners and looked for crap in the Reghistry -- I wish I
knew more about the Registry and the magic that it holds. I knew the stuff
should install, so I finally walked away, and the next morning it was done.