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re: How to get rid of the installer / configuration dialog when running Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same system - for Vista and other versions of Windows

Mindy L. — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:32:13 GMT

David,

Thanks for the Configuring solution. I have been trying for two weeks to get the right command. Your solution was the only one I saw that explained the difference between 11 and 12. Turns out, I've been trying the wrong one!

re: Installing Office 2003 and Office 2007 on the same system

Patrick — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:49:18 GMT

Thanks for all the help. This got me most of the way. I was getting the installer popup everytime I opened an Excel or Word file. I added the reg entries:

reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1

reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1

reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1

reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1

It didn't make a difference.

Then just for the hell of it I did a repair on Office 2007. Now all better!

Hope it helps someone!

Patrick

re: Installing Office 2003 and Office 2007 on the same system

Angelo Downunder — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:13:37 GMT

For associating .doc to 2003 and .docx to 2007, pretty simple solution is to rename the 2003 winword.exe file to word2003.exe and right click on an old .doc word document and "open with", browse to newly created word2003.exe and tick "always use this", and viola - .doc is associated with 2003 and .docx is 2007.

Reference and thanks goes to: www.edugeek.net/.../23346-word-2003-word-2007-doc-file-association-problem.html

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Dave — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:27:16 GMT

Thanks for troubleshooting and posting this fix. I missed my dog.

re: How to get rid of the installer / configuration dialog when running Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same system - for Vista and other versions of Windows

Chris — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:35:47 GMT

I have a laptop with vista which was playing up so I reset the factory settings, forgetting the nightmare I had when I first purchased it (last May 2007) when installing Microsoft office. Some how with blood, sweat and toil and looking at internet forums, perhaps this one, I managed to get it to work. I now have to solve the problem again but can’t figure it out….. This is what I have done so far:

Reset factory settings

Control panel: deleted programs ie microsft office student…, windows works, Microsoft compatibility….

Program files: deleted programs ie microsft office student…, windows works, Microsoft compatibility….

C: users/ default/ appdata/ Microsoft: deleted or renamed programs ie microsft office student…, windows works, Microsoft compatibility….

Downloaded and run ccleaner and spybot search and destroy.

Rebooted (several times) to make sure the microsoft files are gone

Then installed Microsoft office professional plus 2007 (which works fine on 3 other laptops)

Error message: “please wait while windows configures Microsoft office professional plus 2007” This appears when opening word, excel, outlook and even each time an email is sent. But does disappear and allows the applications to be opened and used.

I have also tried the following command in run: regedit

Then “new” D word value. Name NoReReg and given it a value of 1

as well as: reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1

I have tried other things from looking at various forums but have lost track. When they have not worked I have reset factory settings and tried all over.

Any ideas?

Thanks

re: How to connect to and import data from an XML Web Service into Excel 2007

Sandip — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:19:48 GMT

Invalid Link http://teachatechie.com

re: Connect Manager for VPNs into SBS 2008 …er, not really, with CMAK information too

David Overton — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:08:47 GMT

@Andy,

If files are synching then this is a strange one. Can you access the server via IP address?

Thanks

David

re: Connect Manager for VPNs into SBS 2008 …er, not really, with CMAK information too

Andy Steadman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:32:43 GMT

The user connects to the VPN OK and the files are sync-ing between the server and the user remotely however when browsing the server (\\servername from run) they cannot see the shared folders. I have tried \\servername.domainname.local etc but still cannot view the shares. Any ideas?

re: How to get rid of the installer / configuration dialog when running Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same system - for Vista and other versions of Windows

John B — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:10:00 GMT

Dave, I ran your registry change to get rid of the Windows installer (running when opening Office documents), and it worked first try - thanks so much for helping me rid myself of this annoyance.

re: Installing Office 2003 and Office 2007 on the same system

David Overton — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:29:46 GMT

@Sonya,

You will need to load Windows Live (http://download.live.com) to open you e-mails properly on WIndows 7. Office 2007 trial / STE 2003 probably don't come with Outlook, so Office is not to blame.

If you have a non-OEM copy of Office 2003 and you have removed it from your old PC then you should be able to load it onto your new PC.

Having said that, Office 2010 is going to launch soon, so perhaps waiting for that might be a good idea?

thanks

David

re: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 VPC Image

David Overton — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:21:32 GMT

Jayce, I can't send a version for you, however the MS-CRM VHDs can be found with this query - search.microsoft.com/results.aspx

Thanks

David

re: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 VPC Image

Jayce Nguyen — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:28:31 GMT

I'm developer and really want to dive deep with Dynamic CRM but I can't download this VPC Image. Could you please send me a copy. My email is thuongnd@sunivy.com

re: Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) always has the wrong domain name, IP address or always prompting me about security - here are the fixes

Kenty — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:08:39 GMT

Thank you! u have no idea how helpful this article was to me! I couldn't log on to my server because the domain was not right.

Now it works perfectly. Thankyou again!

re: How to get rid of the installer / configuration dialog when running Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same system - for Vista and other versions of Windows

Mike — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:57:50 GMT

Turns out the solution of removing msiexec.exe doesn't work since it appears that Access loads DLL's or at least pointers to the specific DLL files based on the registry configuration at the time it's launched. The registry entries can be changed after Access loads, and the mapping to the DLL's remain valid, but the registry entries have to be there at the time of load. One workaround would be for Microsoft to provide a list of the registry entries that need to be changed so we can just have a batch file run beforehand to update the needed entries, which should be a lot quicker than the installer.

re: How to get rid of the installer / configuration dialog when running Office 2007 and Office 2003 on the same system - for Vista and other versions of Windows

Mike — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:44:40 GMT

The only thing that worked for me was renaming misexec.exe, which had to be done in both c:\windows\system32 and c:\windows\system32\dllcache. In fact, I had to delete it from dllcache and then immediately pull the plug on the computer so it wouldn't be put back in the cache from RAM. When I need to install something I'm going to have to rename the copy in system32 and then change its name back. It seems to be working fine, so it would be good to know what the changes are that Access feels compelled to make each time it opens. Waiting 40 seconds each time it opens is not an option, so I will deal with whatever problems arise, but it would be good to know what the issues are so I can determine when I might want to re-enable the installer. This has got to be among the world's most annoying application flaws. With the installer removed, both versions of Access open in less than two seconds.