'Phantom' Office install process for new user

[Guest Steve H]

On setting up a third user on our XPHome laptop, an unnecessary 'please wait

while Windows installs...' message cycle begins whenever an Office programme

is clicked. The process looks for the msi file on a network that does not

exist, but is not necessary in any case because if one simply cancels the

installer as soon as the pop up appears, the programmes load just fine.

 

There are quite a lot of references to similar messages found in searching,

but they seem to refer to fixes that don't apply in our case. Many refer to

downloading an 'Orctools.exe' file, which does not seem to be at the links

given; changing a registry value, that does not exist in our case; or

reinstalling Access - which seems a plainly weird thing to do!

 

Oddly, this problem has not occurred previously when setting up new users.

This user was initially set up as a 'User' account, but the problem still

persists if it is changed to an administrator.

It also persists when Office is set to be shared across the network.

 

How do I stop this unnecessary pop up?

 

Cheers,

 

S

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: 'Phantom' Office install process for new user

 

 

"Steve H" <steve_a_hawkins@hotSPAMmail.com> wrote in message

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> On setting up a third user on our XPHome laptop, an unnecessary 'please

> wait while Windows installs...' message cycle begins whenever an Office

> programme is clicked. The process looks for the msi file on a network

> that does not exist, but is not necessary in any case because if one

> simply cancels the installer as soon as the pop up appears, the programmes

> load just fine.

>

> There are quite a lot of references to similar messages found in

> searching, but they seem to refer to fixes that don't apply in our case.

> Many refer to downloading an 'Orctools.exe' file, which does not seem to

> be at the links given; changing a registry value, that does not exist in

> our case; or reinstalling Access - which seems a plainly weird thing to

> do!

>

> Oddly, this problem has not occurred previously when setting up new users.

> This user was initially set up as a 'User' account, but the problem still

> persists if it is changed to an administrator.

> It also persists when Office is set to be shared across the network.

>

> How do I stop this unnecessary pop up?

>

> Cheers,

>

> S

 

Since your problem relates to MS Office, the best place to

ask the question would be an MS Office newsgroup.

[Guest Steve H]

Re: 'Phantom' Office install process for new user

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

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>

> "Steve H" <steve_a_hawkins@hotSPAMmail.com> wrote in message

> news:edfJngXyIHA.4864@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> On setting up a third user on our XPHome laptop, an unnecessary 'please

>> wait while Windows installs...' message cycle begins whenever an Office

>> programme is clicked. The process looks for the msi file on a network

>> that does not exist, but is not necessary in any case because if one

>> simply cancels the installer as soon as the pop up appears, the

>> programmes load just fine.

>>

>> There are quite a lot of references to similar messages found in

>> searching, but they seem to refer to fixes that don't apply in our case.

>> Many refer to downloading an 'Orctools.exe' file, which does not seem to

>> be at the links given; changing a registry value, that does not exist in

>> our case; or reinstalling Access - which seems a plainly weird thing to

>> do!

>>

>> Oddly, this problem has not occurred previously when setting up new

>> users.

>> This user was initially set up as a 'User' account, but the problem still

>> persists if it is changed to an administrator.

>> It also persists when Office is set to be shared across the network.

>>

>> How do I stop this unnecessary pop up?

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>> S

>

> Since your problem relates to MS Office, the best place to

> ask the question would be an MS Office newsgroup.

 

Wasn't sure this was specifically an Office problem as it seems to relate to

one new profile set up in XPHome only. I will post the qestion there too

though.

 

S

>

[Guest Lem]

Re: 'Phantom' Office install process for new user

 

Steve H wrote:

> On setting up a third user on our XPHome laptop, an unnecessary 'please wait

> while Windows installs...' message cycle begins whenever an Office programme

> is clicked. The process looks for the msi file on a network that does not

> exist, but is not necessary in any case because if one simply cancels the

> installer as soon as the pop up appears, the programmes load just fine.

>

> There are quite a lot of references to similar messages found in searching,

> but they seem to refer to fixes that don't apply in our case. Many refer to

> downloading an 'Orctools.exe' file, which does not seem to be at the links

> given; changing a registry value, that does not exist in our case; or

> reinstalling Access - which seems a plainly weird thing to do!

>

> Oddly, this problem has not occurred previously when setting up new users.

> This user was initially set up as a 'User' account, but the problem still

> persists if it is changed to an administrator.

> It also persists when Office is set to be shared across the network.

>

> How do I stop this unnecessary pop up?

>

> Cheers,

>

> S

>

>

 

This usually happens when there are different versions of MS Office

applications installed (e.g., Word 2003 and Word 2007).

 

If you have such different versions, see

 

Information about running multiple versions of Office with Office 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828956/?FR=1

 

and

 

Word 2007 and Word 2003 Coexisting

http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2007/04/15/word-2007-and-word-2003-coexisting/

 

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[Guest Steve H]

Re: 'Phantom' Office install process for new user

 

 

"Lem" <lemp40@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Steve H wrote:

>> On setting up a third user on our XPHome laptop, an unnecessary 'please

>> wait while Windows installs...' message cycle begins whenever an Office

>> programme is clicked. The process looks for the msi file on a network

>> that does not exist, but is not necessary in any case because if one

>> simply cancels the installer as soon as the pop up appears, the

>> programmes load just fine.

>>

>> There are quite a lot of references to similar messages found in

>> searching, but they seem to refer to fixes that don't apply in our case.

>> Many refer to downloading an 'Orctools.exe' file, which does not seem to

>> be at the links given; changing a registry value, that does not exist in

>> our case; or reinstalling Access - which seems a plainly weird thing to

>> do!

>>

>> Oddly, this problem has not occurred previously when setting up new

>> users.

>> This user was initially set up as a 'User' account, but the problem still

>> persists if it is changed to an administrator.

>> It also persists when Office is set to be shared across the network.

>>

>> How do I stop this unnecessary pop up?

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>> S

>

> This usually happens when there are different versions of MS Office

> applications installed (e.g., Word 2003 and Word 2007).

>

> If you have such different versions, see

>

> Information about running multiple versions of Office with Office 2003

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828956/?FR=1

>

> and

>

> Word 2007 and Word 2003 Coexisting

> http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2007/04/15/word-2007-and-word-2003-coexisting/

>

> --

> Lem -- MS-MVP

 

Thanks Lem, I will check it out: I am always a bit wary of stripping out old

versions in case I delete something that turns out to be vital, so there may

be just such a mismatch as you describe.

 

Cheers,

 

S