Office is installing in the background (84%) stuck there.

I have three computers all running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 with all the latest updates installed.  When I go to the start>right click computer>manage under system tools I have five choices.  These are Task Scheduler, Event Viewer, Shared folders, Performance, and device manager.  There is no local users and group.  I get the same result on each computer.  Two of them installed fine but one refuses and stops at 84%.

Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks, Rick

This worked for me...

• Click start
• right click Compute
• click Manage
• under System Tools
• click Local Users and Groups
• in the right pane double click Groups
• double click Administrators
• click Add
• from Location select your local computer name.
• type "N" under "Enter the object names to select (example)
• Select "NETWORK SERVICE"
• click OK out of it
• Try the install of the Office again

There has to be an account in the Administrator Group called NETWORK SERVICE for the installation to proceed past 84%.  Without this account, installation stalls and activation fails.

Also stuck at 84%, at which the WiFi traffic stops all of a sudden.

Have tried uninstalling, re-installing and repairing with the exact same result.

When repairing though, a info box with "We're sorry, we couldn't install Office" pops up, and the install continues to 84% even though I click "cancel install".

I can't open anything, I can't print. help

I could not get Office to complete the install until I tried to open a word file.  Then the word application asked me to put in my key and it finished installing from there.   I have not had any trouble with it since then.

• Click start
• right click compute
• click manage
• under system tool
• click local users and group.
• in the right pane double click groups
• double click Administrators
• click add
• from location select your local computer name.
• type "N" under "enter the object names to select (example)
• Slect "NETWORK SERVICE"
• click OK out of it.
• Try the install of the office again.

This worked perfectly for me.  Thanks.  Install passed through to 100% without a single "Retry".  But, giving NETWORK SERVICE Administrative Permissions sounds like a gaping security hole???  Are we supposed to remove the permissions after installation?