MS Office continuously trying to configure itself when opeing Office programs

[LouisG]

For some reason after a using a restore point from a couple of days ago ,
whenever i try to open any MS office 2007 program , the M/S Office
configuring screen opens up ,,if i click on the 'x' i get a box asking if i
want to quit the setup , i click yes and then the Office program screen
opens.

Any suggestions on what to do here? I've tried doing a repair to office ,
but it still happens.

Thanks for any suggestions
Gordow

 

[Peter Foldes]

Are you talking about the Windows Installer Utility by any chance?

 

[LouisG]

Are you talking about the Windows Installer Utility by any chance?

I'm not talking about the little , white box with windows installer in
the header ,, it's a larger blue background window ,with Microsoft Office
2007 Professional , in the header ,,, and a bar in the middle where it
states " configuring Microsoft Office 2007" ,, but something else has
happened that seems to have thrown a curveball into the mix.

I was looking to see what profiles i have in Outlook so i went to control
panel > mail and clicked on it ,, nothing happened after the hourglass
went away , so i tried opening Outlook again and saw a couple of quick
flashes of the smaller "windows installer" box , then Outlook opened
without the larger box coming up ,,, so i tried a little experiment , and
i closed Outlook and clicked on the "Mail" icon in control panel again ,
and then opened Outlook ,,couple flashes then it opened ,, then i closed
it and checked task manager and noticed two files running "setup.exe" and
"msascui.exe" ,,,then i also noticed a file opening and closing
"msiexec.exe"

What the hell is going on????