Installing Office 2007 on Windows 8 system

Uninstalling the 2013 factory trial is the right first step.

The ".CAB" is one of the installation files, it should be on your installation disk.  Since it is not being found that suggest there is a problem with your installation disk. But if there was, I would expect you to be getting a different error message.

I can think of 3 approaches.

First, simply CAREFULLY clean the disk and try to install again.

Second, copy the disk to your local HD, and try to install again

Third, download the appropriate installation file from the internet, saving to your HD and try to install again.

As well, you could try turning on "Verbose Logging" to see if that will capture more information that points to the cause of the problem.

Verbose logging - Trouble shooting Problems Installing Office 2003/2007/2010/2013

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545723 - fix Its to turn logging on and off

http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2010/12/30/trouble shooting-office-installation-failures.aspx Office 2003-2010, analyse log

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826511 - help interpreting logs

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906485 - Enable logging on XP

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978342.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223300 - Fix it enable XP, Server 2003-8

 “Verbose logging” is a setting that exposes more information during the installation process. It will capture “warning” as well as “error” messages that provide us with clues to your problem. 

You can post the generated Logs in Skydrive and give a link to them to your technician if you need technical help.

The thing is, the “useful” part will be very small and very specific and you probably won’t recognize it. So posting extract may catch the problem, but often miss the important info, so it is best to give us access to everything captured

PS: remember to turn Verbose Logging OFF after you fix the problem. It will continue to generate “excess” logging files during all installations, including Windows updates.

To do onetime verbose logging:

Diagnosing When Setup Stops Responding

At times, Office Setup stops responding (hangs), and you do not receive any error message. The best thing to do in this situation is to restart your computer, and run Office Setup again with complete verbose logging turned on (with one additional option). To do this, start Office Setup. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type the following command line, and then click OK:

path\Setup.exe /L*v! C:\Verboselog.txt

Note that Path is the full path of your Office source location.

To enable Windows Installer logging yourself, open the registry with Regedit.exe and create the following path and keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer

Reg_SZ: Logging

Value: voicewarmupx

The letters in the value field can be in any order. Each letter turns on a different logging mode. Each letter’s actual function is as follows for MSI version 1.1:

v - Verbose output

o - Out-of-disk-space messages

i - Status messages

c - Initial UI parameters

e - All error messages

w - Non-fatal warnings

a - Start up of actions

r - Action-specific records

m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information

u - User requests

p - Terminal properties

• • Append to existing file

! - Flush each line to the log

x - Extra debugging information. The “x” flag is available only on Windows Server 2003 and later operating systems, and on the MSI redistributable version 3.0, and on later versions of the MSI redistributable.

”*” - Wildcard, log all information except for the v and the x option. To include the v and the x option, specify “/l*vx”.

Note This should be used only for troubleshooting purposes and should not be left on because it will have adverse effects on system performance and disk space. Each time you use the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel, a new Msi*.log file is created.

When looking through the MSI logs we will typically want to look for a value 3 entry in the logs. Windows installer returns codes during the install which will indicate if a particular function was successful or not.

Value 1 = Success

Value 2 = Cancel

Value 3 = Error

Note: make sure to turn off verbose logging after you are done.

Enable verbose logging before collecting the log files.

1. Click on Start -> All Programs
2. Accessories -> RUN
3. Type reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ClickToRun\OverRide /v LogLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 3
4. Click on OK.

Now try to install Microsoft Office 2013 to get the error message so that the log files get created.

Provide the complete error log present in the ‘Temp’ folder to help you better.

Follow the steps below to access the ‘Temp’ folder.

1. Click on Start -> All Programs
2. Accessories -> RUN
3. Type %temp%  -> Click on OK

Following are the log files that may be present in the %windir%\temp folder (c2r is for Click to Run):Bootstrapper*.log

1. c2r_*.log
2. C2RIntegrator*.log
3. Firefly*.log
4. Integratedoffice.exe_c2r*.log
5. Interceptor*.log
6. *.exe.log
7. *_c2rdll*

MSI, “Normal”, installations the log files will look like MSI****.LOG

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Here are some links you can try to download the installation file

It appears that some of these online download links don’t work any more, sorry (Please let us know which one worked and didn’t work for you so I can update the list, thanks).

NOTE:  Make sure you copy the installation file to a USB drive / burn to CD/DVD to you have it for future use!

This site has direct download links to Digital River for most Office 2007 installation file, Office bundles and standalone programs. You may have to scroll down to find your language.**http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/51-office-2007-direct-download-links******

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2007-office\_install/where-can-i-download-an-installer-for-office-2007/17ab2198-32da-44e6-a1d7-de1abff1318c

http://www.123inkcartridges.ca/ still various Office 2007 and 2010 bundle Retail and PKC licenses for sale (as of Sept 2013),  I have made several purchased from the site with no problem ie

http://www.123inkcartridges.ca/accessories/Software.html

http://www.123inkcartridges.ca/accessories-product/SOF_MS_OFF_STUDENT_3USERS_EN.html

One of the other posters on this forum suggested this site. It appears they are still selling Office 2007. I (Rohn 007) have not tried it myself, but the site was registered back in the Summer of 2011 so, it has been around for a while (not exactly fly-by-night): http://www.bargainsoftwareshop.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads/ - Office 2007 Pro, Home and Student and Small Business downloads

Medialess Licensing Kit (MLK):  http://trial.trymicrosoftoffice.com/msft-orpc/  (corrected link on 5/4/11)

Office 2010 / 2007 Download locations -http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2010-office\_install/here-are-the-download-locations-for-office-2010/ac67aa2f-dc1c-46f4-8b1d-ca00b3f02a18

www.getmicrosoftoffice.com - 2007 Office downloads

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Microsoft-Office-Download-58321.html Professional, Home and Student, Standard, Small Business, Viso Pro/Standard, Groove, OneNote, Project Pro/Standard, Publisher, Accounting Pro, Office SP3

http://trial.trymicrosoftoffice.com/msft-orpc/default.aspx?culture=en-US - MLK download/backup for Home & Student (be sure to say yes to the question!)

I am trying to install Office Home & Student 2007 on my Dell laptop with Windows 8.1. My Office 2007 is a retail disk which I bought separately from my old laptop (i.e., not pre-installed on old laptop). I uninstalled the version that came with the computer (Office 2013), inserted the Office 2007 disk (which installed just fine on my old laptop), and started the installation, but now it keeps stopping with a “Browse for Folder” prompt which says:  “Setup cannot find HomeStudentr.WW\HomeSrWW.cab. Browse to a valid installation source, and then click OK.” There is a list of folders from which to make a selection. It just keeps stopping and won’t complete the installation. Any ideas as to what I should do? Thanks.

What if you did not uninstall trial first? because I didn't...lol

 

If you install another copy of Office and try to activate it (enter the product key) with another unactivated copy of Office, the activation won't work properly.  You MUST uninstall one, do an Office Repair of the remaining one then you can activate it.

Thank you sooo much, l can now see my downloads,. : ))

What if you did not uninstall trial first? because I didn't...lol

 

If you install another copy of Office and try to activate it (enter the product key) with another unactivated copy of Office, the activation won't work properly.  You MUST uninstall one, do an Office Repair of the remaining one then you can activate it.