"Gordon" wrote:

"Richard Mitnick" wrote in
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"Gordon" wrote:

"Richard Mitnick" wrote in
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I have Office XP installed on my Vista Home Premium computer. I had
tried
to
install Office 2007 prior to Office XP, but the install could not get
past
the translator files, it would not drill down in the folder where the
translator files are located.

So, first, there was just a patch which I think related to this
problem, I
saw in various forums that a lot of people had this problem with
installing
Office 2007 and getting stuck at the same point . Am I correct about
the
patch? Or is there a way to get to the translator files?

If so, can I install Office 2007 over Office XP, or do i need to remove
Office XP, and, if so, do I need to edit the registry to get rid of all
traces of Offcie XP?

Thanks.


In addition to what DL said, there is a (recently discovered) bug in
Outlook
2007 that will corrupt your mail profile if installed on top of Outlook
2003. Your best bet is to uninstall 2003 and install 2007 - your data and
settings should not be affected...

Thanks. First, it is XP, which I believe is 2002, but that is no big deal,
I
could uninstall it. But here is the big problem with installing Office
2007:

When the install gets to wanting the translator file or files, it stops,
asks for a .cab file, and also another file, I cannot remember the suffix.
The files are on the installaiton disk, because I searched it in Explorer
and
I saw the files. But the install will not drill through the folder to get
at
them. I copied them to the C:\, and attempted to access them there; but
the
install will not see them.

This is a problem that goes back to at least March of 2008, because I
found
it in these forums that far back, and on an internet search, I even found
one
person who had purchased Office 2007 in a box at a store and could not
install it for this reason.

This complaint has never been answered at this forum.

I would love to go ahead, I only installed Office XP because of this
problem
installing Office 2007.

Any help will be appreciated.



Are you trying to do an Everything install, or a Typical install?

I tried to do everything, but I do not need everything. I do not need
Publisher, or Power Point.

RSM