Tuesday 12 January 2010

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 WINDOWS INSTALLATION ERROR 1500

Method 3:

This would be to force a windows update which should also fix the problem.

Microsoft Office 2007 Windows Installation Error 1500

I have found another method if all else fails which repairs the issue;

Method 2:

Run the Detect and Repair tool from Add or Remove Programs
Click , and then click .
Double-click .
Click , and then click .

Click , and then click .

APPLIES TO
Microsoft Office Basic 2007
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Microsoft Office Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
Microsoft Office Standard 2007
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
Microsoft Office Access 2007
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007
Microsoft Office Word 2007

Monday 11 January 2010

Microsoft Office 2007 Windows Installation Error 1500

"Another installation is in progress. You must complete that installation before continuing this one."


When the Windows Installer performs a transaction, it creates a registry key called InProgress, which is located at HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Installer\InProgress. When the transaction is done, it removes the key. Other installations check for this key before they begin. If the key exists, the installation does not start and produces Error 1500.

To clear the problem you can run MSIzap with the P switch, "msizap.exe p". MSIZap is provided in the Windows Installer SDK and also comes with (the much smaller) installation of the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. This utility itself is worth getting your hands on- it provides a nice GUI interface to forcably removing software.

If you are stuck installing a vendor-provided installation and run into this, try rebooting your system in safe mode (press F8 during startup to choose).

This is a known and corrected problem in MS Office!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!