Uninstall corrupt Office 2007

[jhw5]

Hi all-

My MS Update downloaded Office 2007 Service Pak 1. Since then, I have been
unable to open any MS Office tool. I tried to uninstall Office, but it says
it has become corrupted and cannot be uninstalled. I also tried the manual
uninstall suggestions on the MS help pages, but the computer won't let me do
any of their suggestions (I have admin rights).

I tried reinstalling with the CD, but it always encounters an error just
after starting.

TIA

 

[DL]

having 'Admin rights' is not neccessarily the same as logging on as the
Administrator, if this is a Vista PC suggest you ask in a Vista group with
regards the rights issue

 

[jhw5]

It only seems to be a rights issue when I try to manually uninstall. But
that doesn't seem to be the big issue. I will try the Vista group for
suggestions on manual uninstall.

The issue is I can't uninstall Office because it's become corrupted, and the
CD won't reinstall. Any suggestions?

 

[DL]

The account you are using doesnt appear to give you the neccessary rights,
that is the problem, that a Vista group may give guidence on.
So if you cannot manually uninstall you need to overcome the rights isssue,
in order to do so

 

[jhw5]

It seems that Office became corrupted. Although not recommended to do so on
Microsoft's webpage, I uninstalled using Windows Install Cleanup. It
uninstalled, and then I was able to install using the CD. Haven't had any
problems since, even after downloading the service pak again.

 

[helisgt]

I had the same issue and tried manul uninstall. It wouldn't do anything that
way. So i used the uninstall tool as well. I found out I not only had an OEM
trial Office 2007 but a Home and Student version as well on this computer.
The home and student version did not show up in the program install/uninstall
dialogue bix. I removed all copies and rebooted, reinstalled and everything
works now.

Thanks for your advice......