Hi C.S.,

Is this a Vista 32 bit or 64 bit installation? The Registry key you mentioned, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pip\
wouldn't necessarily be used by Office (which is 32-bit) in a Windows 64-bit environment, even if it's there and could create a
permissions issue.

These steps may be helpful to you in resolving this (have one prior instance that was resolved through these)

1- Reregister MSIEXEC (.exe) [MS Windows Installer]

2- Uninstall Microsoft Office 2007.

3- In the registry take ownership and delete the following key: HKCR\WOW6432Node\.pip

4- Install Office 2007 again (might want to restart the PC first).

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"U Guess" wrote in message oups.com...
No good. I tried the Clean up tool (kb290301) and still get the
"configuration wizard run every time I start an Office 2007
standard application".

I posted in the other thread:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mic...c920286a9a95ce


That 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pip\' has some sort of permissions problem.

Any ideas???
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*