Windows – How to solve Microsoft Office error 1402 on Windows 7

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I have installed Microsoft Office on my new Windows 7 64-bit system. Recently, it encounter some error and I tried to re-install it. It wasn't successful. So, I have to use Microsoft Install Clean Up to uninstall Microsoft Office. When I tried to install it again, I received this message:

Microsoft Office 2007 encountered an error during setup.
Error 1402. Setup cannot open the registry key. {a bunch of long keys}. Verify that you have >sufficient permissions to access the registry or contact Microsoft Product Support Service for >assistance. For information about how to contact PSS, see {a *chm file}.

After that, I tried to run the setup as administrator but I ended up with the same error. So what should I do to solve this problem?

Best Answer

Microsoft Install Clean Up to uninstall ... Microsoft Office 2007

Uh... why?

Warning The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is provided "as is" to help resolve installation problems for programs that use Microsoft Windows Installer. If you use this utility, you may have to reinstall other programs. Caution is advised.

Note We recommend that you do not use this utility with 2007 Office system products. For help removing installations of 2007 Office system products, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Try the link they recommend: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971179/

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