Weird "help" behavior!

[MrBill]

I recently installed MS Office 2003 Standard and have only one strange
problem: When I click Tools, Options, then the question mark (?) in
the upper right corner, a window opens that tells me that Office is
installing and configuring a new file(s). For the remainder of the
current session this file is in place and available immediately
whenever I need it. But if I close my program, then restart it,
clicking "Tools | Options | ?" will again reinstall the same file(s),
which is a big waste of my time. This problem is happening in both
Excel and Word, can anyone tell me how to fix it?

Thanks, Bill

 

[MrBill]

One of my game programs (Pretty Good Solitaire) also opens up the
Office 2003 install windows, even though Office isn't running at the
time. Can anyone help?