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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vista machine
Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole
office 2007 suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windows configures microsoft office enterprise 2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? |
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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vista machine
There are many reasons this issue can happen, so your problem may not be
related to others that you have found. It should be noted that the windows installer cleanup utility should not be used with Office 2007 due to it's multi MSI architecture. Please try this. Uninstall office through add/remove programs. Follow the steps listed in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us to completly remove any orphaned reg keys and files. Reinstall office. -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole office 2007 suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windows configures microsoft office enterprise 2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? |
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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vista
This process didn't help. All the problems I had before still exist. Any
other options? "Eric A." wrote: There are many reasons this issue can happen, so your problem may not be related to others that you have found. It should be noted that the windows installer cleanup utility should not be used with Office 2007 due to it's multi MSI architecture. Please try this. Uninstall office through add/remove programs. Follow the steps listed in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us to completly remove any orphaned reg keys and files. Reinstall office. -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole office 2007 suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windows configures microsoft office enterprise 2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? |
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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vista mac
This process didn't help. All the same problems still exist. Any other ideas?
"Eric A." wrote: There are many reasons this issue can happen, so your problem may not be related to others that you have found. It should be noted that the windows installer cleanup utility should not be used with Office 2007 due to it's multi MSI architecture. Please try this. Uninstall office through add/remove programs. Follow the steps listed in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us to completly remove any orphaned reg keys and files. Reinstall office. -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole office 2007 suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windows configures microsoft office enterprise 2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? |
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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vista mac
Hmm..
That is strange indeed. I would maybe run through the same process again but delete these entire keys. hklm\software\microsoft\office hkcu\software\microsoft\office When it tries to reconfigure, if you look in the eventvwr are you seeing anything? -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: This process didn't help. All the same problems still exist. Any other ideas? "Eric A." wrote: There are many reasons this issue can happen, so your problem may not be related to others that you have found. It should be noted that the windows installer cleanup utility should not be used with Office 2007 due to it's multi MSI architecture. Please try this. Uninstall office through add/remove programs. Follow the steps listed in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us to completly remove any orphaned reg keys and files. Reinstall office. -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole office 2007 suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windows configures microsoft office enterprise 2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? |
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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vista mac
Still no improvement. Now the file associations for the office applications
are gone. Further, when launching Excel in addition to the 'please wait while Windows configures...' message I also get an information box that reads "stdole.tlb". All the applications work fine once they work past the 'Please wait...' installation message, but the configure process adds a lot of time to the launch and is extra annoying when it pops up whenver I send or receive an email. Any other suggestions? "Eric A." wrote: Hmm.. That is strange indeed. I would maybe run through the same process again but delete these entire keys. hklm\software\microsoft\office hkcu\software\microsoft\office When it tries to reconfigure, if you look in the eventvwr are you seeing anything? -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: This process didn't help. All the same problems still exist. Any other ideas? "Eric A." wrote: There are many reasons this issue can happen, so your problem may not be related to others that you have found. It should be noted that the windows installer cleanup utility should not be used with Office 2007 due to it's multi MSI architecture. Please try this. Uninstall office through add/remove programs. Follow the steps listed in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us to completly remove any orphaned reg keys and files. Reinstall office. -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole office 2007 suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windows configures microsoft office enterprise 2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? |
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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vista mac
When it tries to reconfigure, if you look in the eventvwr are you seeing
anything? You may want to open a case with MS at 800-936-4900. -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: Still no improvement. Now the file associations for the office applications are gone. Further, when launching Excel in addition to the 'please wait while Windows configures...' message I also get an information box that reads "stdole.tlb". All the applications work fine once they work past the 'Please wait...' installation message, but the configure process adds a lot of time to the launch and is extra annoying when it pops up whenver I send or receive an email. Any other suggestions? "Eric A." wrote: Hmm.. That is strange indeed. I would maybe run through the same process again but delete these entire keys. hklm\software\microsoft\office hkcu\software\microsoft\office When it tries to reconfigure, if you look in the eventvwr are you seeing anything? -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: This process didn't help. All the same problems still exist. Any other ideas? "Eric A." wrote: There are many reasons this issue can happen, so your problem may not be related to others that you have found. It should be noted that the windows installer cleanup utility should not be used with Office 2007 due to it's multi MSI architecture. Please try this. Uninstall office through add/remove programs. Follow the steps listed in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us to completly remove any orphaned reg keys and files. Reinstall office. -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole office 2007 suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windows configures microsoft office enterprise 2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? |
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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vista mac
Try deleting the existing shortcuts to all the Office 2007 programs and
then create new ones on the desktop manually. This sometimes works and gets rid of the idiotic "configuring" message. Unfortunately, there is no perfect solution to the file association issue, since those file types are associated with MS Office 2003 and earlier versions. Office 2007 has associations that end in an "x", like docx. You can open every Office 2003 and older file with the Office 2007 programs and save them with the new file type, but that could be very time consuming. MS has really dropped the ball on this problem. What's even more interesting is that there are numerous suggestions online as how to fix this problem, but none of them work for everybody and most don't work for anybody. JB Glen wrote: Still no improvement. Now the file associations for the office applications are gone. Further, when launching Excel in addition to the 'please wait while Windows configures...' message I also get an information box that reads "stdole.tlb". All the applications work fine once they work past the 'Please wait...' installation message, but the configure process adds a lot of time to the launch and is extra annoying when it pops up whenver I send or receive an email. Any other suggestions? "Eric A." wrote: Hmm.. That is strange indeed. I would maybe run through the same process again but delete these entire keys. hklm\software\microsoft\office hkcu\software\microsoft\office When it tries to reconfigure, if you look in the eventvwr are you seeing anything? -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: This process didn't help. All the same problems still exist. Any other ideas? "Eric A." wrote: There are many reasons this issue can happen, so your problem may not be related to others that you have found. It should be noted that the windows installer cleanup utility should not be used with Office 2007 due to it's multi MSI architecture. Please try this. Uninstall office through add/remove programs. Follow the steps listed in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us to completly remove any orphaned reg keys and files. Reinstall office. -- Eric Palm MSFT Office Setup "Glen" wrote: Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole office 2007 suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windows configures microsoft office enterprise 2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? |
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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vista machine
I had a similar problem with Office 2007 when installing over Office 2003,
and it turned out to be a problem with the registry. Try downloading the free CCleaner at http://ccleaner.com/download, and run the registry cleaner. There should be a fair number of issues, I fixed them all. This banished the configuration screen for good! I'm quite confident that this solution will work for other users since there is no machine-specific problem - CCleaner should find the culprit. Good luck with this irritating bug. "Glen" wrote: Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole office 2007 suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windows configures microsoft office enterprise 2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? |
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'please wait while windows configures...' message on vistamachine
On Nov 13, 5:01 pm, Glen wrote:
Every time I launch Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel, or Access (The whole office2007suite except for Outlook) I get the message, "please wait while windowsconfigures microsoft officeenterprise2007" In Outlook I get the same message anytime I send or receive an email. I find tons of posts about this problem and no solutions. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, using the 'install clean up' tool, repairing, office diagnostics... nothing fixes this. Now the file associations aren't even working. A .doc file isn't even associated with Word anymore. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? I had a similar problem with Office 2007 when installing over Office 2003, and it turned out to be a problem with the registry. Try downloading the free CCleaner at http://ccleaner.com/download, and run the registry cleaner. There should be a fair number of issues, I fixed them all. This banished the configuration screen for good! I'm quite confident that this solution will work for other users since there is no machine-specific problem - CCleaner should find the culprit. Good luck with this irritating bug. |
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