Windows Installer starts up with applications

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I ran an installation of Office 2007 perfectly fine for a few months. After
I needed Visio, I installed it. This is when I started to get an "Office
2007 is being configured" Windows Installer dialog when starting any Office
app. It usually took a long time to complete.

After trying to fix this (I do not remember exactly what I did), this dialog
also started to show up with *any* application that used Windows Installer.
This problem magically fixed itself whenever I removed Office 2007 & Visio.
When I reinstall any Office product separately, the problem continues
(although the "Office 2007 is being configured" changes to whatever product
I installed, if not the whole suite).

I did a clean install of Office 2007 (following some instructions in the
Microsoft KB: don't have the link anymore). I checked if I had any add-ins
that could cause the problem. I didn't find anything. The problem continued.

Then, I thought, why not install a copy of Office 2003 I had? To my
surprise, it had the exact same problem: this time its obviously "Office
2003 is being configured", though (at this point, I didn't have an Office
2007 installation).

I've tried the Windows Installer Cleanup utility. I've tried reinstalling
Visio and running a repair install (didn't work, obviously). I'm really
desperate on fixing this. Any tips?

This now happens when I install my copy of Expression Web, too (when Office
isn't installed). I'm on Vista Ultimate x64 SP1.

 

[Peter Foldes]

See the following

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

 

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"I've tried the Windows Installer Cleanup utility."