> Did you run a Detect/Repair of Outlook, or insert your Office cd and select
> repair?
>
> Try locating eg winword.exe, rt click, select run as an administrator
>
> "Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3[ at ]aol.com> wrote in message
> news:54270BA7-0E10-4C65-863D-8E9B2F9A47F2[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > Ok, now the Installer Service works just fine. Thank you. However, we
> > still
> > run into additional problems.
> >
> > First thing is the "outlvba.dll" file. Everytime I open up Outlook 2003,
> > it
> > tells me that this dll file is not an office add-in. I have researched
> > this
> > myself. I've even downloaded this DLL file, and have attempted to install
> > it
> > myself, but it doesn't succeed.
> >
> > Also, I'm running into the "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft
> > Office 2003 Professional Edition" every, single time I open up an office
> > program. Yes, I know it's supposed to it like the first time you open up
> > an
> > office program once you install it, but not everytime, right?
> > --
> > Take Care,
> > Jordan Montgomery
> >
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> Presumably you tried a repair installation of Office 2003 using the CD?
> >> BTW Outlook 2000 is not compatible with Vista
> >> And if you installed an early office version, when a later version was
> >> allready installed on the system you probably corrupted a whole lot more.
> >> Do you purchance have a restore point to a period before you started
> >> installing Outlook 2000 & Office 2003, Vista should automatically have
> >> created one?
> >> Uninstalling/reinstalling an Office program rarely cures a problem that
> >> cannot be cured with an Office repair.
> >>
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/vista-the-windows-installer-service-could-not-be-accessed/> >>
> >> Allthough if this is a relatively new PC, you might be better off
> >> recovering
> >> it to factory state, then installing Office 2003, having first removed
> >> any
> >> trial of Office 2007
> >>
> >> "Jordan Montgomery" <Jrdndm3[ at ]aol.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F40A7765-577C-4C85-BF45-7E29401B099A[ at ]microsoft.com...
> >> > Okay, I have a variety of issues here that need to be delt with ASAP.
> >> > First
> >> > off, I'm running off of Windows Vista Home Premium. I wanted to
> >> > downgrade
> >> > (just for old time sake) to Office 2000. Really, just Outlook 2000 and
> >> > keep
> >> > Word, PowerPoint and Excel 2007. Hmm, guess that didn't work out too
> >> > well.
> >> > Actually, the setup for Outlook 2000 kept freezing on me.
> >> >
> >> > Anyway, so then I just decided to go up a year or two to Outlook 2003;
> >> > actually then I decided to revert back to Office 2003 all together.
> >> > Alright,
> >> > so then I got it all installed except for a few issues. "IMAP store"
> >> > couldn't
> >> > be found. I researched this problem a little and told me to make a
> >> > profile
> >> > in
> >> > "Mail Options" tried to, but the other stuff that was supposed allow
> >> > for
> >> > me
> >> > to make a profile weren't available.
> >> >
> >> > To make this long story short, I should uninstall EVERYTHING Office
> >> > related.
> >> > But I can't now! This is what I get!! "The Windows Installer Service
> >> > could
> >> > not be accessed. This can occur if the Windows Installer is not
> >> > correctly
> >> > installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance." Now what do
> >> > I
> >> > do?
> >> > Hehe, you guys are my "support personnel" because I'm just a
> >> > home/student
> >> > user.
> >> >
> >> > Hope to hear back from someone regarding this issue and I apologize for
> >> > the
> >> > lengthy message, too.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > --
> >> > Take Care,
> >> > Jordan Montgomery
> >>
> >>
> >>
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