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Miscrsoft is losing me real fast!!!
I have been a fan of Outlook, all of Office, and Windows, but, Microsoft is
now losing me really fast. I had a problem with Outlook, I came to this forum for help, someone gave me three very specific tasks, and I am sure he was correct, as far as the tasks went. But they did not do the trick. So, foolishly, I decided to uninstall Outlook, which apparently meant uninstalling all of Office, and then re-installing, Before I re-installed, I ran a registry cleaner and re-booted. A few minutes into the installation, Office balked at not finding some sort of "proof.en-us...\msi", and another similar file. I took that to a search and found people all over a whole bunch of forums with the same probelms, these proofs apparently not being on the installation disk. I tried the normal installation and the custom installation. I tried the custom with that proofing item Yes, and No. Nothing worked. So, I decided to install Office XP. That installed fine, Word, Excel, Access, but not Outlook, which is where this all started. Outlook installed but can not find its normal folder list with Email, Contacts, etc, and nothing I do seems to be able to ressurrect that. If I can not get this resolved, I am gone, to something else, I am not sure what, maybe Open Office, I am just not going to stay here unless my porblems can be resolved. I do not mneed Outlook for mail, TBird handles mail beautifully. I need Outlook for its Contact lists, which i use at home and at work. |
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Miscrsoft is losing me real fast!!!
It is not neccessary to uninstall all of Office, in order to remove only
outlook, and it has never been neccessary. Posting an incomplete err.msg is unlikely to result in any specific help Depends what you mean by 'normal folder list' "Richard Mitnick" wrote in message ... I have been a fan of Outlook, all of Office, and Windows, but, Microsoft is now losing me really fast. I had a problem with Outlook, I came to this forum for help, someone gave me three very specific tasks, and I am sure he was correct, as far as the tasks went. But they did not do the trick. So, foolishly, I decided to uninstall Outlook, which apparently meant uninstalling all of Office, and then re-installing, Before I re-installed, I ran a registry cleaner and re-booted. A few minutes into the installation, Office balked at not finding some sort of "proof.en-us...\msi", and another similar file. I took that to a search and found people all over a whole bunch of forums with the same probelms, these proofs apparently not being on the installation disk. I tried the normal installation and the custom installation. I tried the custom with that proofing item Yes, and No. Nothing worked. So, I decided to install Office XP. That installed fine, Word, Excel, Access, but not Outlook, which is where this all started. Outlook installed but can not find its normal folder list with Email, Contacts, etc, and nothing I do seems to be able to ressurrect that. If I can not get this resolved, I am gone, to something else, I am not sure what, maybe Open Office, I am just not going to stay here unless my porblems can be resolved. I do not mneed Outlook for mail, TBird handles mail beautifully. I need Outlook for its Contact lists, which i use at home and at work. |
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Miscrsoft is losing me real fast!!!
Thanks. So, what do your suggest?
The folder list in Outlook 97 that I could not get was the list in Outlook Today, Calendar, Contacts, Deleted Items, Drafts, Inbox, Journal, etc. Should I uninstall Office 97 and start the installation of Office 2007 to get the error messages, and then come back with them? I would be quite happy with Office XP if Outlook 97 will install and run properly. RSM "DL" wrote: It is not neccessary to uninstall all of Office, in order to remove only outlook, and it has never been neccessary. Posting an incomplete err.msg is unlikely to result in any specific help Depends what you mean by 'normal folder list' "Richard Mitnick" wrote in message ... I have been a fan of Outlook, all of Office, and Windows, but, Microsoft is now losing me really fast. I had a problem with Outlook, I came to this forum for help, someone gave me three very specific tasks, and I am sure he was correct, as far as the tasks went. But they did not do the trick. So, foolishly, I decided to uninstall Outlook, which apparently meant uninstalling all of Office, and then re-installing, Before I re-installed, I ran a registry cleaner and re-booted. A few minutes into the installation, Office balked at not finding some sort of "proof.en-us...\msi", and another similar file. I took that to a search and found people all over a whole bunch of forums with the same probelms, these proofs apparently not being on the installation disk. I tried the normal installation and the custom installation. I tried the custom with that proofing item Yes, and No. Nothing worked. So, I decided to install Office XP. That installed fine, Word, Excel, Access, but not Outlook, which is where this all started. Outlook installed but can not find its normal folder list with Email, Contacts, etc, and nothing I do seems to be able to ressurrect that. If I can not get this resolved, I am gone, to something else, I am not sure what, maybe Open Office, I am just not going to stay here unless my porblems can be resolved. I do not mneed Outlook for mail, TBird handles mail beautifully. I need Outlook for its Contact lists, which i use at home and at work. |
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Miscrsoft is losing me real fast!!!
Richard Mitnick wrote:
I had a problem with Outlook, I came to this forum for help, someone gave me three very specific tasks, and I am sure he was correct, as far as the tasks went. But they did not do the trick. Did you return to that thread and say what went wrong so that those who contributed originally could suggest alternative solutions? So, foolishly, I decided to uninstall Outlook, which apparently meant uninstalling all of Office, and then re-installing, Wrong. You do a Change, expand the Office installation tree, click Outlook, and change the option from "Run from my computer" to "Not available". Finish the wizard and Outlook will be removed. Before I re-installed, I ran a registry cleaner and re-booted. This could lead to problems. Registry cleaners often remove too much. A few minutes into the installation, Office balked at not finding some sort of "proof.en-us...\msi", and another similar file. I took that to a search and found people all over a whole bunch of forums with the same probelms, these proofs apparently not being on the installation disk. Is your install an upgrade or a full retail version? I can imagine a registry cleaner could remove indications that a prior version was installed so that an update version can't detect it and would then fail the installation. So, I decided to install Office XP. That installed fine, Word, Excel, Access, but not Outlook, which is where this all started. Outlook installed but can not find its normal folder list with Email, Contacts, etc, and nothing I do seems to be able to ressurrect that. Either it installed or it didn't. Not installing is not the same as installing but unable to run. If I can not get this resolved, I am gone, to something else, I am not sure what, maybe Open Office, I am just not going to stay here unless my porblems can be resolved. OpenOffice doesn't have an Outlook replacement. Using OpenOffice won't help in this particular instance. I do not mneed Outlook for mail, TBird handles mail beautifully. I need Outlook for its Contact lists, which i use at home and at work. Tell us the exact errors and maybe we can help. You've given no information with which troubleshooting can happen. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Miscrsoft is losing me real fast!!!
Richard Mitnick wrote:
Should I uninstall Office 97 and start the installation of Office 2007 to get the error messages, and then come back with them? Office 97 Where did that come into the picture. Your original post mentioned Office 2007 and XP (containing Outlook 2002) I would be quite happy with Office XP if Outlook 97 will install and run properly. Why would you want to mix versions like that? Besides, Outlook 97 cannot be used with many of today's ISPs because they require SMTP authentication and Outlook 97 cannot do that. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Miscrsoft is losing me real fast!!!
You now mention OL97, whereas previously stated you had reinstalled
OfficeXP, with OL I had assumed. Assuming you are using a winXP or Vista PC Uninstall the previous versions of OL and or Office, clear your temp files & reboot the PC. Then reinstall Office 2007, I'll assume your version of 2007 includes OL2007 When it comes to starting/setting up OL, it it offers to use an existing Profile or data file, decline & have it create new ones. Then enter your mail account info & test the accounts "Richard Mitnick" wrote in message ... Thanks. So, what do your suggest? The folder list in Outlook 97 that I could not get was the list in Outlook Today, Calendar, Contacts, Deleted Items, Drafts, Inbox, Journal, etc. Should I uninstall Office 97 and start the installation of Office 2007 to get the error messages, and then come back with them? I would be quite happy with Office XP if Outlook 97 will install and run properly. RSM "DL" wrote: It is not neccessary to uninstall all of Office, in order to remove only outlook, and it has never been neccessary. Posting an incomplete err.msg is unlikely to result in any specific help Depends what you mean by 'normal folder list' "Richard Mitnick" wrote in message ... I have been a fan of Outlook, all of Office, and Windows, but, Microsoft is now losing me really fast. I had a problem with Outlook, I came to this forum for help, someone gave me three very specific tasks, and I am sure he was correct, as far as the tasks went. But they did not do the trick. So, foolishly, I decided to uninstall Outlook, which apparently meant uninstalling all of Office, and then re-installing, Before I re-installed, I ran a registry cleaner and re-booted. A few minutes into the installation, Office balked at not finding some sort of "proof.en-us...\msi", and another similar file. I took that to a search and found people all over a whole bunch of forums with the same probelms, these proofs apparently not being on the installation disk. I tried the normal installation and the custom installation. I tried the custom with that proofing item Yes, and No. Nothing worked. So, I decided to install Office XP. That installed fine, Word, Excel, Access, but not Outlook, which is where this all started. Outlook installed but can not find its normal folder list with Email, Contacts, etc, and nothing I do seems to be able to ressurrect that. If I can not get this resolved, I am gone, to something else, I am not sure what, maybe Open Office, I am just not going to stay here unless my porblems can be resolved. I do not mneed Outlook for mail, TBird handles mail beautifully. I need Outlook for its Contact lists, which i use at home and at work. |
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Miscrsoft is losing me real fast!!!
So, O.K., first, I did not mix versions. I uninstalled Office 2007 and I
installed Office XP. But what do your suggest, how do I get the necessary files, the Proofing files, so that Office 2007 will install properly? As I said, there is a lot of pain and grief over this, all over the internet, even people who bought Office 2007. I tried searching Microsoft, I tried searching the internet. Microsoft had nothing that I could find. The internet provided all sorts of indecipherable torrent downloads which I would not touch. But, if I am to continue to use Office, either XP or 2007, I need to somehow get it, all programs, to work. Any concrete help will be appreciated. RSM "Brian Tillman" wrote: Richard Mitnick wrote: Should I uninstall Office 97 and start the installation of Office 2007 to get the error messages, and then come back with them? Office 97 Where did that come into the picture. Your original post mentioned Office 2007 and XP (containing Outlook 2002) I would be quite happy with Office XP if Outlook 97 will install and run properly. Why would you want to mix versions like that? Besides, Outlook 97 cannot be used with many of today's ISPs because they require SMTP authentication and Outlook 97 cannot do that. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Miscrsoft is losing me real fast!!!
You posted an incomplete err msg with regard your installation of Office
2007 When I have clean installed Office 2007, or upgraded an Office 2003 installation to 2007, I have not had any err's I'll assume you have an Office 2007 cd "Richard Mitnick" wrote in message ... So, O.K., first, I did not mix versions. I uninstalled Office 2007 and I installed Office XP. But what do your suggest, how do I get the necessary files, the Proofing files, so that Office 2007 will install properly? As I said, there is a lot of pain and grief over this, all over the internet, even people who bought Office 2007. I tried searching Microsoft, I tried searching the internet. Microsoft had nothing that I could find. The internet provided all sorts of indecipherable torrent downloads which I would not touch. But, if I am to continue to use Office, either XP or 2007, I need to somehow get it, all programs, to work. Any concrete help will be appreciated. RSM "Brian Tillman" wrote: Richard Mitnick wrote: Should I uninstall Office 97 and start the installation of Office 2007 to get the error messages, and then come back with them? Office 97 Where did that come into the picture. Your original post mentioned Office 2007 and XP (containing Outlook 2002) I would be quite happy with Office XP if Outlook 97 will install and run properly. Why would you want to mix versions like that? Besides, Outlook 97 cannot be used with many of today's ISPs because they require SMTP authentication and Outlook 97 cannot do that. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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I think that you did not see that on the installation of Office 2007, it
never gets past a point where it said that it can not find Proofing.en-us\Proof.es\Proof.cab and also the same message but ending with ..msi. So, I never get to Outlook, a profile, or anything else. Before I get to configuring anything, I need to get past that point. I need the proofing tools. I have searched all over microsoft.com, nothing comes up. RSM "DL" wrote: You now mention OL97, whereas previously stated you had reinstalled OfficeXP, with OL I had assumed. Assuming you are using a winXP or Vista PC Uninstall the previous versions of OL and or Office, clear your temp files & reboot the PC. Then reinstall Office 2007, I'll assume your version of 2007 includes OL2007 When it comes to starting/setting up OL, it it offers to use an existing Profile or data file, decline & have it create new ones. Then enter your mail account info & test the accounts "Richard Mitnick" wrote in message ... Thanks. So, what do your suggest? The folder list in Outlook 97 that I could not get was the list in Outlook Today, Calendar, Contacts, Deleted Items, Drafts, Inbox, Journal, etc. Should I uninstall Office 97 and start the installation of Office 2007 to get the error messages, and then come back with them? I would be quite happy with Office XP if Outlook 97 will install and run properly. RSM "DL" wrote: It is not neccessary to uninstall all of Office, in order to remove only outlook, and it has never been neccessary. Posting an incomplete err.msg is unlikely to result in any specific help Depends what you mean by 'normal folder list' "Richard Mitnick" wrote in message ... I have been a fan of Outlook, all of Office, and Windows, but, Microsoft is now losing me really fast. I had a problem with Outlook, I came to this forum for help, someone gave me three very specific tasks, and I am sure he was correct, as far as the tasks went. But they did not do the trick. So, foolishly, I decided to uninstall Outlook, which apparently meant uninstalling all of Office, and then re-installing, Before I re-installed, I ran a registry cleaner and re-booted. A few minutes into the installation, Office balked at not finding some sort of "proof.en-us...\msi", and another similar file. I took that to a search and found people all over a whole bunch of forums with the same probelms, these proofs apparently not being on the installation disk. I tried the normal installation and the custom installation. I tried the custom with that proofing item Yes, and No. Nothing worked. So, I decided to install Office XP. That installed fine, Word, Excel, Access, but not Outlook, which is where this all started. Outlook installed but can not find its normal folder list with Email, Contacts, etc, and nothing I do seems to be able to ressurrect that. If I can not get this resolved, I am gone, to something else, I am not sure what, maybe Open Office, I am just not going to stay here unless my porblems can be resolved. I do not mneed Outlook for mail, TBird handles mail beautifully. I need Outlook for its Contact lists, which i use at home and at work. |
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Brian-
First, I need to be able to re-install Office 2007, and I keep getting stopped with an error message that says that the installation can not find Proofing.en-us\Proof.es\Proof.cab, and, then, if I say skip it, the same message but the suffix of the file or folder is .msi. Doing s search on this file name, I found this same misery all over the internet, even among people who went to a store and bought Office 2007 in a box. So, I need to get past this, to have the proofing tools, and to get an installation. Only then can I begin to look at Outlook. I am told that I never needed to uninstall all of Office to uninstall Outlook; but I looked for that option and could not find it. "Brian Tillman" wrote: Richard Mitnick wrote: I had a problem with Outlook, I came to this forum for help, someone gave me three very specific tasks, and I am sure he was correct, as far as the tasks went. But they did not do the trick. Did you return to that thread and say what went wrong so that those who contributed originally could suggest alternative solutions? So, foolishly, I decided to uninstall Outlook, which apparently meant uninstalling all of Office, and then re-installing, Wrong. You do a Change, expand the Office installation tree, click Outlook, and change the option from "Run from my computer" to "Not available". Finish the wizard and Outlook will be removed. Before I re-installed, I ran a registry cleaner and re-booted. This could lead to problems. Registry cleaners often remove too much. A few minutes into the installation, Office balked at not finding some sort of "proof.en-us...\msi", and another similar file. I took that to a search and found people all over a whole bunch of forums with the same probelms, these proofs apparently not being on the installation disk. Is your install an upgrade or a full retail version? I can imagine a registry cleaner could remove indications that a prior version was installed so that an update version can't detect it and would then fail the installation. So, I decided to install Office XP. That installed fine, Word, Excel, Access, but not Outlook, which is where this all started. Outlook installed but can not find its normal folder list with Email, Contacts, etc, and nothing I do seems to be able to ressurrect that. Either it installed or it didn't. Not installing is not the same as installing but unable to run. If I can not get this resolved, I am gone, to something else, I am not sure what, maybe Open Office, I am just not going to stay here unless my porblems can be resolved. OpenOffice doesn't have an Outlook replacement. Using OpenOffice won't help in this particular instance. I do not mneed Outlook for mail, TBird handles mail beautifully. I need Outlook for its Contact lists, which i use at home and at work. Tell us the exact errors and maybe we can help. You've given no information with which troubleshooting can happen. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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