Dell 4550, Win XP Home. It came with MS Word 2002.

Worked fine til few weeks ago. Now, when I log in, desktop appears,
and I get small window-

Windows Installer
Preparing to install MS Word 2002.

Then:

Please wait while Windows configures MS Word 2002.

Then it asks for the Word disk.

If I close or cancel the little windows, everythging is normal. But
Word 2002 is already installed and working. So why all of a sudden did
it start trying to install it on startup?

Brad

"Avalanche" <bradleesnowScratchThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Dell 4550, Win XP Home. It came with MS Word 2002.
|
| Worked fine til few weeks ago. Now, when I log in, desktop appears,
| and I get small window-
|
| Windows Installer
| Preparing to install MS Word 2002.
|
| Then:
|
| Please wait while Windows configures MS Word 2002.
|
| Then it asks for the Word disk.
|
| If I close or cancel the little windows, everythging is normal. But
| Word 2002 is already installed and working. So why all of a sudden did
| it start trying to install it on startup?
|
| Brad

Run the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301

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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:44:52 -0500, "HillBillyBuddhist"
<hillbillybuddhist@shoesgmail.com> wrote:

>"Avalanche" <bradleesnowScratchThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:0rscm11eiob3neqaqbe3l2rrd8rat94bak@4ax.com.. .
>| Dell 4550, Win XP Home. It came with MS Word 2002.
>|
>| Worked fine til few weeks ago. Now, when I log in, desktop appears,
>| and I get small window-
>|
>| Windows Installer
>| Preparing to install MS Word 2002.
>|
>| Then:
>|
>| Please wait while Windows configures MS Word 2002.
>|
>| Then it asks for the Word disk.
>|
>| If I close or cancel the little windows, everythging is normal. But
>| Word 2002 is already installed and working. So why all of a sudden did
>| it start trying to install it on startup?
>|
>| Brad
>
>Run the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility.
>http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301


Thanks...I think. Still trying to figure out what it does. I'm
chicken with new programs. I just had to remove OpenOffice-I installed
it, apparently missed something,, and MS Word docs changed to
(OpenOffice) Write and MS Word disappeared from "All Programs" list!
MS Word reappeared after removing OpenOffice, and changed docs
reverted to Word docs...whew. (Tho I still want OpenOffice, unless -
or maybe even if - someone gives me Office.

See Windows Installer FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...t/msi_faq.mspx

Under "Troubleshooting" section, see:

" Q.Every time I launch my application, Windows Installer performs an
installation. How can I determine the cause of the on-demand installation?
"

-and-

Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"Avalanche" <bradleesnowScratchThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:0rscm11eiob3neqaqbe3l2rrd8rat94bak@4ax.com...
> Dell 4550, Win XP Home. It came with MS Word 2002.
>
> Worked fine til few weeks ago. Now, when I log in, desktop appears,
> and I get small window-
>
> Windows Installer
> Preparing to install MS Word 2002.
>
> Then:
>
> Please wait while Windows configures MS Word 2002.
>
> Then it asks for the Word disk.
>
> If I close or cancel the little windows, everythging is normal. But
> Word 2002 is already installed and working. So why all of a sudden did
> it start trying to install it on startup?
>
> Brad

When you install open office a wizard will ask you
do you want to associate word, excel files with open office.
Leave the options unselected. Then you should have no problems.
Of course you will still be able to open word docs with open office.


"Avalanche" wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:44:52 -0500, "HillBillyBuddhist"
> <hillbillybuddhist@shoesgmail.com> wrote:
>
> >"Avalanche" <bradleesnowScratchThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:0rscm11eiob3neqaqbe3l2rrd8rat94bak@4ax.com.. .
> >| Dell 4550, Win XP Home. It came with MS Word 2002.
> >|
> >| Worked fine til few weeks ago. Now, when I log in, desktop appears,
> >| and I get small window-
> >|
> >| Windows Installer
> >| Preparing to install MS Word 2002.
> >|
> >| Then:
> >|
> >| Please wait while Windows configures MS Word 2002.
> >|
> >| Then it asks for the Word disk.
> >|
> >| If I close or cancel the little windows, everythging is normal. But
> >| Word 2002 is already installed and working. So why all of a sudden did
> >| it start trying to install it on startup?
> >|
> >| Brad
> >
> >Run the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility.
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301
>
>
> Thanks...I think. Still trying to figure out what it does. I'm
> chicken with new programs. I just had to remove OpenOffice-I installed
> it, apparently missed something,, and MS Word docs changed to
> (OpenOffice) Write and MS Word disappeared from "All Programs" list!
> MS Word reappeared after removing OpenOffice, and changed docs
> reverted to Word docs...whew. (Tho I still want OpenOffice, unless -
> or maybe even if - someone gives me Office.
>

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:52:48 -0500, Avalanche wrote:

> Thanks...I think. Still trying to figure out what it does.

I've seen the installer for Office appear when:
- a new user logs on for the first time
- a part of Office needs to be added that wasn't included in the original
install. This is the "install on first use" feature in Office setup.
-an Office program is damaged and needs repairing

If I understand you correctly, you uninstalled a program that left an
office document type orphaned. Perhaps the installer was appearing to
perform an auto-repair?

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User