Installing Microsoft Office 2007 (any version) on Windows 7

I am trying to install Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 on Windows 7 (actually, re-install it) and I am having a big problem.... it keeps on freezing a little more than halfway through the install and then stops for about 30 minutes, then tells me that it 'encountered an error' (doesn't even give an error number!) and exits out.

Is anyone else having this problem? If so, have you been able to fix and how? I've gone through the registry deleting every mention of Microsoft Office on the first computer I had this problem on and tried installing it on a clean install on my old computer, which gave me the same problem exactly.

Microsoft really needs to do some quality control, I know it's just a beta, but if their OWN SOFTWARE doesn't install correctly on it..... it shouldn't have been released even as a beta.

try using openoffice.org instead, havent had any problems with it so far and has all the functionality of office.

also have you tried running the installer with admin (right click option) and in either vista or xp compatibility mode?

Office 2007 also running well here

I'm willing to bet that it's wanting to do something with admin rights and when it gets to a certain point it can't get them so it exits. try setting it to run in Vista or XP Compatibility mode and run the setup up as administrator and see what happens.

I wholeheartedly agree with Open Office. Great office suite and can't beat the price FREE FREE AND FREE! as in free beer

For those of you who have encountered issues installing/ uninstalling/ re-installing Microsoft Office 2007 in Windows7, you might want to try using the "Compatibility Wizard".

I encountered the same issues many of you have and found success via the Windows XP SP3 configuration.

This allowed for me to install the Office fully with no issues, delays, hanging. As a matter of fact, like most of my installs with Windows 7, it was completed in at least half the time it took on Windows XP Pro.

i have the same problem with it, office will not install. i tried windows 7 32 onanother machine and that was fine. windows 7 x64 wont take office 2007?

I have had exactly the same problem, but only on one of my Windows 7 computers. There is no difference between the two, and neither has anti virus or a firewall running. One of them ran the install just fine, the other is stopping midway through and giving me an error message.

I'm having a similar problem. Running windows 7 Release Candidate (its a beta for those not in the know) and I upgraded from vista home premium which had my office 2007 home and student already installed. Sure I've had a few snags, but who hasn't!

I actually purchased the "its not cheating" ultimate office 2007 a couple of months ago, downloaded it and tried to run it but anly receive a window titled "C:\users\me\downloads\x12-30307.exe" and contents showing the previous followed by "is not a valid Win32 application". I bit you its 64bit!

Anyway, someone online told me to uninstall it and download a new office ultimate 2007 file, I finally figured I'd do this seen how I was having issues with word documents not opening from a window unless I actually opened them within word itself.

takes office Ultimate ages to download, even on fast adsl2 connection, decide not to bother and attempt reinstall of student 2007. Problem is the cd drive didn't seem to recognise the installation cd, keeps showing the iso ultimate cd details.

I was going to do system restore to get student 07 back, but after opening and closing the cd rom about three times it come good.

Just got to contact microsoft now and sort out if the ultimate download is not 32 bit friendly!

try the above, it works

I have Office 2007 on my Windows 7 64 bit without any problems.I don't like the interface of OpenOffice either. If you do want a free office suite that is really usable, I choose IBM Lotus Symphony. It's fast, compatible, and uses the same code as OpenOffice with a nicer interface.

Found a solution. Hey I had the same problem and it was new install of windows 7. I did not give a password for the user i created. After trying to reinstall for about 8 times i finally gave the administrator a password and the office 2007 finally installed. So make sure that whatever user you are logged in has a password and is an administrator.

Yep I am having the same problem. I installed office 2003 fine. The tried to upgrade to 2007 now nothing will work and when I try to uninstall, the system says I do have administrator rights. Anyone know of a quick fix?

I have installed Office Home and Student 2007 on my Windows 7 pc and it keeps coming up with a program compatibility troubleshooter that suggests I change the settings to Windows XP (service pack 2) compatibility mode. Should I save and use this setting for all the Office programs? Why isn't Office 2007 immediately compatible with Windows 7?!

This worked for me! I tried everything else under the sun, and Microsoft refused to help with my issue unless I paid for it. I'm a happy camper! Thanks!

My kids had a similar problem and they said they solved it once they had the right installer.
Make sure you have the correct Windows Installer.
Microsoft Office Professional uses a different installer file than Home & Student 2007.

Perhaps it is advisable to run Microsoft Update after loading your Windows 7 program and before loading your Office 2007 home & student program, as any bugs that may have already been worked on will be uploaded to your machine. Hope you have highspeed.

If you have a preinstalled program on your new computer, you will likely have to uninstall some of the trial versions of office that came with it. Preinstalled programs cause people lots of nightmares and is likely the main reason Windows 7 came out as a clean operating system.

If you are installing from a Operating System brand new disk, it should be easier.
Make sure you have the correct Product ID code on the yellow sitcker.
Don't lose that code or you'll be sorry. Keep your disks in a safe place and write down the code carefully in several locations where you can find it.

Have a look here too.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304498

Hope this helps somewhat.