This may not sound very scientific, but after hundreds of wasted hours of searching and experimenting, here is what I did and it works !
1. Uninstall all Microsoft Office 2007, 03 etc versions.,
2. Uninstall all MS Office file convertors, support software for desktop gadgets, downloaded patches, etc
3. Go to hard drive and find the Microsoft Office folder and delete it.
4. Since I did not want to monkey with the registry I went to PC World and downloaded CCleaner and Regclean and installed it.
5. Run both programs multiple times till all registry errors are corrected. This could take many reboots as after every reboot you will see new errors when you run the softwares.
6. Alternate would be to open registry and delete all references of office, risky !
7. Installed Office 03 fresh by selecting the installation file from explorer, right click and run the installation as administrator and downloaded patches and everything is doing great now.
Hope this helps
1. Uninstall all Microsoft Office 2007, 03 etc versions.,
2. Uninstall all MS Office file convertors, support software for desktop gadgets, downloaded patches, etc
3. Go to hard drive and find the Microsoft Office folder and delete it.
4. Since I did not want to monkey with the registry I went to PC World and downloaded CCleaner and Regclean and installed it.
5. Run both programs multiple times till all registry errors are corrected. This could take many reboots as after every reboot you will see new errors when you run the softwares.
6. Alternate would be to open registry and delete all references of office, risky !
7. Installed Office 03 fresh by selecting the installation file from explorer, right click and run the installation as administrator and downloaded patches and everything is doing great now.
Hope this helps