office 2003 re-installing

Every time i try and open up outlook or word or whatever program for office 2003 it keeps trying to install it. I let it install and i can use the program. I exit the program and open it again and it reinstalls again. Not sure if this is a bug, please someone help me out. Also i am using Windows Vista 32

 

so i have uninstalled office 2003 and reinstalled it twice now and get the same thing... always tries to reinstall

need help

 

You could try from any Office program: Help > Detect and Repair. See if that corrects it. If not, uninstall, use CCleaner to clean up the left over registry settings, and remove all Microsoft office folders from C:\Program Files. Try reinstalling and see what happens. I hear Revouninstaller is good too.

Does it try to reinstall for every program, or just Outlook? What you should do is try a "Complete" installation. Chances are that a feature or several are missing, and must be installed upon starting the software. If you do a complete install, you can avoid that; just make sure you have the free disk space available.

 

has it been office 2003 been activated?

If so, download the service pack for it

 

i tried the complete install, didn't work

i tried a cracked version of it and i did one from disk and activated it, upgraded both versions and got the service packs for both

it tries to reinstall for any of the microsoft office programs i try and open
any more suggestions?

 

Just a word of advice, don't ever mentioned "a cracked version" of anything on this board. That's the quickest way to get your thread closed and you banned.

Now, I would suggest trying to repair it as well. I was having this issue on my sister's computer, but it resolved after I just let it "install" itself. You tried that, however, and it did not work. As someone suggested, I would make sure that it is completely uninstalled, including folders, registry entries, etc. the next time and then reinstalling the legal copy. Also, make sure that you don't have the MS Office 2007 trial software on your computer anywhere. That could be causing the issue as well. For anything more advanced than that, you better hope one of the experts sees this and weighs in. Good luck.

 

Maybe try a reformat? Otherwise, I would check the event logs for an error or other information pertaining to the software starting. Maybe it will tell you it cannot find a component.