Opening Word 2003 Brings Up MS Installer first ...

When I click on my Word 2003 icon, or the program itself, Windows Installer
3.1 starts to Install..."
If I hit Cancel, each time, the bells and whistles warn me about something,
then Word opens up and acts just fine. I ran the Fix for Word in Help, and
it completed quickly.

I shut things down and tried again - it asked for my original program CD. I
shut down, again, and the next time ran Word repair-it worked fine, but the
'installer' tried to run again...it's on my Programs in Control Panel.

This began after the XP Pro SR 3 thingy ... shall I do a system restore and
forget that download, or should I un-install Windows Installer???

System: less than 1/3 cap. used; 1-drive; Ad-Aware, XP Pro; Office 2003; use
adaptive software for the blind -one at a time-primarily ZoomText; min.
number of programs on Start (only what is needed).

Thank you.

Laughingstar~*
Fri May 09 20:49:59 PDT 2008

Thank you for responding.


"Laughingstar~*" <uP_n_aWaynospam368@nOtMeyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> When I click on my Word 2003 icon, or the program itself, Windows
> Installer 3.1 starts to Install..."
> If I hit Cancel, each time, the bells and whistles warn me about
> something, then Word opens up and acts just fine. I ran the Fix for Word
> in Help, and it completed quickly.
>
> I shut things down and tried again - it asked for my original program CD.
> I shut down, again, and the next time ran Word repair-it worked fine, but
> the 'installer' tried to run again...it's on my Programs in Control Panel.
>
> This began after the XP Pro SR 3 thingy ... shall I do a system restore
> and forget that download, or should I un-install Windows Installer???
>
> System: less than 1/3 cap. used; 1-drive; Ad-Aware, XP Pro; Office 2003;
> use adaptive software for the blind -one at a time-primarily ZoomText;
> min. number of programs on Start (only what is needed).
>
> Thank you.
>

databaseben
Sat May 10 08:33:10 PDT 2008

you're most welcome.

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"Laughingstar~*" <uP_n_aWaynospam368@nOtMeyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you for responding.
>
>
> "Laughingstar~*" <uP_n_aWaynospam368@nOtMeyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eVcH19UsIHA.3604@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> When I click on my Word 2003 icon, or the program itself, Windows Installer
>> 3.1 starts to Install..."
>> If I hit Cancel, each time, the bells and whistles warn me about something,
>> then Word opens up and acts just fine. I ran the Fix for Word in Help, and it
>> completed quickly.
>>
>> I shut things down and tried again - it asked for my original program CD. I
>> shut down, again, and the next time ran Word repair-it worked fine, but the
>> 'installer' tried to run again...it's on my Programs in Control Panel.
>>
>> This began after the XP Pro SR 3 thingy ... shall I do a system restore and
>> forget that download, or should I un-install Windows Installer???
>>
>> System: less than 1/3 cap. used; 1-drive; Ad-Aware, XP Pro; Office 2003; use
>> adaptive software for the blind -one at a time-primarily ZoomText; min.
>> number of programs on Start (only what is needed).
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
>