Reinstalling Office Professinal 2003 Lester 3/27/2007 11:16:03 PM I have a problem with all of the Office Programs but when I tried to reinstall to correct the problem I get the message There is an instance of setup running and I will have to wait untill it is completed. I do not know why setup was active because I have not install anything for months. I tried to reboot to end the setup program but it still comes up with the message. How do you end an instance of setup?

Re: Reinstalling Office Professinal 2003 "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules[ at ]hotNOSPAMmail.com> 3/28/2007 5:10:58 PM I'd turn the computer off and go make a cup of tea. then after I was finished the tea, I'd turn the computer back on and try again. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Lester" <Lester[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CA5A0495-DAFE-4F0B-AEC7-930A715EB1E9[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have a problem with all of the Office Programs but when I tried to > reinstall to correct the problem I get the message > There is an instance of setup running and I will have to wait untill it is > completed. > I do not know why setup was active because I have not install anything for > months. > I tried to reboot to end the setup program but it still comes up with the > message. > > How do you end an instance of setup?

RE: Reinstalling Office Professinal 2003 Lester 3/29/2007 2:26:04 PM JoAnn, Thanks for the reply, but I have rebooted the computer many times but the same problem continues. Could there be a problem with the disk? I am thinking about reformatting the hard drive, as I have some other problems with the computer also. "Lester" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have a problem with all of the Office Programs but when I tried to > reinstall to correct the problem I get the message > There is an instance of setup running and I will have to wait untill it is > completed. > I do not know why setup was active because I have not install anything for > months. > I tried to reboot to end the setup program but it still comes up with the > message. > > How do you end an instance of setup?

Re: Reinstalling Office Professinal 2003 "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules[ at ]hotNOSPAMmail.com> 3/29/2007 4:41:15 PM If you have all of your disks, etc and you are having other issues, back your data up and reformat. Let's face it, if it's gonna die, you will at least have saved your files. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Lester" <Lester[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:053F4315-50E7-4EC0-883A-17A3C64B4255[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > JoAnn, > Thanks for the reply, but I have rebooted the computer many times but the > same problem continues. > Could there be a problem with the disk? > I am thinking about reformatting the hard drive, as I have some other > problems with the computer also. > > "Lester" wrote: > >> I have a problem with all of the Office Programs but when I tried to >> reinstall to correct the problem I get the message >> There is an instance of setup running and I will have to wait untill it >> is >> completed. >> I do not know why setup was active because I have not install anything >> for >> months. >> I tried to reboot to end the setup program but it still comes up with the >> message. >> >> How do you end an instance of setup?