Installing Office Pro 2003

[ajlyles]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get the
same message when I click on them.

Hi,

Along with the error message, does it point to a particular registry file?
If it does, try browsing through the folders in the registry editor and try
giving permissions to the folder.
You could follow the link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;838687

Thanks,

Mittu

Milly,
I disabled AV however I got stuck in the same place

Disable your AV during the installation. Be patient.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
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After furious head scratching, ajlyles asked:

| Trying to install and it locks up half way through 'writing system
| registry values' have tried and tried any ideas

 

[ajlyles]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get the
same message when I click on them.

Hi,

Along with the error message, does it point to a particular registry file?
If it does, try browsing through the folders in the registry editor and try
giving permissions to the folder.
You could follow the link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;838687

Thanks,

Mittu

Milly,
I disabled AV however I got stuck in the same place

Disable your AV during the installation. Be patient.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, ajlyles asked:

| Trying to install and it locks up half way through 'writing system
| registry values' have tried and tried any ideas

 

[ajlyles]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get the
same message when I click on them.

Hi,

Along with the error message, does it point to a particular registry file?
If it does, try browsing through the folders in the registry editor and try
giving permissions to the folder.
You could follow the link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;838687

Thanks,

Mittu

Milly,
I disabled AV however I got stuck in the same place

Disable your AV during the installation. Be patient.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, ajlyles asked:

| Trying to install and it locks up half way through 'writing system
| registry values' have tried and tried any ideas

 

[ajlyles]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get the
same message when I click on them.

Hi,

Along with the error message, does it point to a particular registry file?
If it does, try browsing through the folders in the registry editor and try
giving permissions to the folder.
You could follow the link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;838687

Thanks,

Mittu

Milly,
I disabled AV however I got stuck in the same place

Disable your AV during the installation. Be patient.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, ajlyles asked:

| Trying to install and it locks up half way through 'writing system
| registry values' have tried and tried any ideas

 

[ajlyles]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get the
same message when I click on them.

Hi,

Along with the error message, does it point to a particular registry file?
If it does, try browsing through the folders in the registry editor and try
giving permissions to the folder.
You could follow the link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;838687

Thanks,

Mittu

Milly,
I disabled AV however I got stuck in the same place

Disable your AV during the installation. Be patient.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, ajlyles asked:

| Trying to install and it locks up half way through 'writing system
| registry values' have tried and tried any ideas

 

[ajlyles]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get the
same message when I click on them.

Hi,

Along with the error message, does it point to a particular registry file?
If it does, try browsing through the folders in the registry editor and try
giving permissions to the folder.
You could follow the link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;838687

Thanks,

Mittu

Milly,
I disabled AV however I got stuck in the same place

Disable your AV during the installation. Be patient.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, ajlyles asked:

| Trying to install and it locks up half way through 'writing system
| registry values' have tried and tried any ideas

 

[Mr. Edd]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get
the
same message when I click on them.

:

I used to be an Administrator at a school and had this happen to me on a few
machines. Initially I thought it maybe a bad or dirty CD ROM and replaced
then with no joy, so I tried it over the network and still had the same
problem. I asked in one of these groups and someone suggested it maybe a
problem with the memory so I changed it for another brand (Kingston) and it
worked fine. Dunno why this was it, other than it could be how the memory
works with certain applications.

Regards

Edd

 

[Mr. Edd]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get
the
same message when I click on them.

:

I used to be an Administrator at a school and had this happen to me on a few
machines. Initially I thought it maybe a bad or dirty CD ROM and replaced
then with no joy, so I tried it over the network and still had the same
problem. I asked in one of these groups and someone suggested it maybe a
problem with the memory so I changed it for another brand (Kingston) and it
worked fine. Dunno why this was it, other than it could be how the memory
works with certain applications.

Regards

Edd

 

[Mr. Edd]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get
the
same message when I click on them.

:

I used to be an Administrator at a school and had this happen to me on a few
machines. Initially I thought it maybe a bad or dirty CD ROM and replaced
then with no joy, so I tried it over the network and still had the same
problem. I asked in one of these groups and someone suggested it maybe a
problem with the memory so I changed it for another brand (Kingston) and it
worked fine. Dunno why this was it, other than it could be how the memory
works with certain applications.

Regards

Edd

 

[Mr. Edd]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get
the
same message when I click on them.

:

I used to be an Administrator at a school and had this happen to me on a few
machines. Initially I thought it maybe a bad or dirty CD ROM and replaced
then with no joy, so I tried it over the network and still had the same
problem. I asked in one of these groups and someone suggested it maybe a
problem with the memory so I changed it for another brand (Kingston) and it
worked fine. Dunno why this was it, other than it could be how the memory
works with certain applications.

Regards

Edd

 

[Mr. Edd]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get
the
same message when I click on them.

:

I used to be an Administrator at a school and had this happen to me on a few
machines. Initially I thought it maybe a bad or dirty CD ROM and replaced
then with no joy, so I tried it over the network and still had the same
problem. I asked in one of these groups and someone suggested it maybe a
problem with the memory so I changed it for another brand (Kingston) and it
worked fine. Dunno why this was it, other than it could be how the memory
works with certain applications.

Regards

Edd

 

[Mr. Edd]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get
the
same message when I click on them.

:

I used to be an Administrator at a school and had this happen to me on a few
machines. Initially I thought it maybe a bad or dirty CD ROM and replaced
then with no joy, so I tried it over the network and still had the same
problem. I asked in one of these groups and someone suggested it maybe a
problem with the memory so I changed it for another brand (Kingston) and it
worked fine. Dunno why this was it, other than it could be how the memory
works with certain applications.

Regards

Edd

 

[Mr. Edd]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get
the
same message when I click on them.

:

I used to be an Administrator at a school and had this happen to me on a few
machines. Initially I thought it maybe a bad or dirty CD ROM and replaced
then with no joy, so I tried it over the network and still had the same
problem. I asked in one of these groups and someone suggested it maybe a
problem with the memory so I changed it for another brand (Kingston) and it
worked fine. Dunno why this was it, other than it could be how the memory
works with certain applications.

Regards

Edd

 

[Mr. Edd]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get
the
same message when I click on them.

:

I used to be an Administrator at a school and had this happen to me on a few
machines. Initially I thought it maybe a bad or dirty CD ROM and replaced
then with no joy, so I tried it over the network and still had the same
problem. I asked in one of these groups and someone suggested it maybe a
problem with the memory so I changed it for another brand (Kingston) and it
worked fine. Dunno why this was it, other than it could be how the memory
works with certain applications.

Regards

Edd

 

[Mr. Edd]

I do not get an error message. The whole computer locks up half way through
writing to the registry. I also see shortcuts like Pat is seeing and get
the
same message when I click on them.

:

I used to be an Administrator at a school and had this happen to me on a few
machines. Initially I thought it maybe a bad or dirty CD ROM and replaced
then with no joy, so I tried it over the network and still had the same
problem. I asked in one of these groups and someone suggested it maybe a
problem with the memory so I changed it for another brand (Kingston) and it
worked fine. Dunno why this was it, other than it could be how the memory
works with certain applications.

Regards

Edd

 

[frustrinsoc]

I feel your pain. I actually had the exact same problem today. I just
bought a new laptop and had to buy office 2003. The only office product I
had installed was Microsoft Outlook 2002 for my PDA. There was no other
Microsoft products on it. When installing, the default was for an UPGRADE, I
went ahead and chose this option and that is when the installation stopped at
the 'writing system registry' and locked up.

I decided to reinstall my Outlook 2002. This rolled back the above
installation. I then ran the install again for Office 2003. This time I
chose a custom installation and chose Word, Excel and Powerpoint only. The
installation worked!

Hope this helps. If not, I feel for you.

 

[frustrinsoc]

I feel your pain. I actually had the exact same problem today. I just
bought a new laptop and had to buy office 2003. The only office product I
had installed was Microsoft Outlook 2002 for my PDA. There was no other
Microsoft products on it. When installing, the default was for an UPGRADE, I
went ahead and chose this option and that is when the installation stopped at
the 'writing system registry' and locked up.

I decided to reinstall my Outlook 2002. This rolled back the above
installation. I then ran the install again for Office 2003. This time I
chose a custom installation and chose Word, Excel and Powerpoint only. The
installation worked!

Hope this helps. If not, I feel for you.

 

[frustrinsoc]

I feel your pain. I actually had the exact same problem today. I just
bought a new laptop and had to buy office 2003. The only office product I
had installed was Microsoft Outlook 2002 for my PDA. There was no other
Microsoft products on it. When installing, the default was for an UPGRADE, I
went ahead and chose this option and that is when the installation stopped at
the 'writing system registry' and locked up.

I decided to reinstall my Outlook 2002. This rolled back the above
installation. I then ran the install again for Office 2003. This time I
chose a custom installation and chose Word, Excel and Powerpoint only. The
installation worked!

Hope this helps. If not, I feel for you.

 

[frustrinsoc]

I feel your pain. I actually had the exact same problem today. I just
bought a new laptop and had to buy office 2003. The only office product I
had installed was Microsoft Outlook 2002 for my PDA. There was no other
Microsoft products on it. When installing, the default was for an UPGRADE, I
went ahead and chose this option and that is when the installation stopped at
the 'writing system registry' and locked up.

I decided to reinstall my Outlook 2002. This rolled back the above
installation. I then ran the install again for Office 2003. This time I
chose a custom installation and chose Word, Excel and Powerpoint only. The
installation worked!

Hope this helps. If not, I feel for you.

 

[frustrinsoc]

I feel your pain. I actually had the exact same problem today. I just
bought a new laptop and had to buy office 2003. The only office product I
had installed was Microsoft Outlook 2002 for my PDA. There was no other
Microsoft products on it. When installing, the default was for an UPGRADE, I
went ahead and chose this option and that is when the installation stopped at
the 'writing system registry' and locked up.

I decided to reinstall my Outlook 2002. This rolled back the above
installation. I then ran the install again for Office 2003. This time I
chose a custom installation and chose Word, Excel and Powerpoint only. The
installation worked!

Hope this helps. If not, I feel for you.