Trouble Uninstalling Program

I installed Office XP on my Vista platform and then discovered different
incompatability issues with it. Now I am trying to unistall it but the Media
components are not uninstalling. I get an uninstall box saying that they are
configuring but that box can stay for as long as 2 hours with nothing
happening.

My other computer - an XP platform - gave the Media components right up and
that's why I'm convinced that this is a Vista problem.

How do I get this uninstalled? I need to load in Office 2007 and having
that installed with the Office XP media components gives me error messages
that read "office application version does not match."
Nicole

"Nicole" <> wrote in message
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> I installed Office XP on my Vista platform and then discovered different
> incompatability issues with it. Now I am trying to unistall it but the
> Media
> components are not uninstalling. I get an uninstall box saying that they
> are
> configuring but that box can stay for as long as 2 hours with nothing
> happening.
>
> My other computer - an XP platform - gave the Media components right up
> and
> that's why I'm convinced that this is a Vista problem.
>
> How do I get this uninstalled? I need to load in Office 2007 and having
> that installed with the Office XP media components gives me error messages
> that read "office application version does not match."
> Nicole

How are you going about the uninstall process? The preferred method would
be to use Add/Remove Programs. Office XP should run perfectly on Vista.
You would, of course, need to make sure you have all the updates for Office
XP installed. I run Office 97 Pro SR2 on my Vista Premium machine and it
works perfectly.

See this link for information about uninstalling and repairing an install of
Office XP: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...362521033.aspx

You may need to repair your current Office XP installation in order to
remove it properly.

>Office XP should run perfectly on Vista.

there is a known issue with passwords see here

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm



"Kevin" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Nicole" <> wrote in message
> news:C3A74428-25C2-4DCD-847E-...
>> I installed Office XP on my Vista platform and then discovered different
>> incompatability issues with it. Now I am trying to unistall it but the
>> Media
>> components are not uninstalling. I get an uninstall box saying that they
>> are
>> configuring but that box can stay for as long as 2 hours with nothing
>> happening.
>>
>> My other computer - an XP platform - gave the Media components right up
>> and
>> that's why I'm convinced that this is a Vista problem.
>>
>> How do I get this uninstalled? I need to load in Office 2007 and having
>> that installed with the Office XP media components gives me error
>> messages
>> that read "office application version does not match."
>> Nicole
>
> How are you going about the uninstall process? The preferred method would
> be to use Add/Remove Programs. Office XP should run perfectly on Vista.
> You would, of course, need to make sure you have all the updates for
> Office XP installed. I run Office 97 Pro SR2 on my Vista Premium machine
> and it works perfectly.
>
> See this link for information about uninstalling and repairing an install
> of Office XP: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/or...362521033.aspx
>
> You may need to repair your current Office XP installation in order to
> remove it properly.

Nicole,

Try this MS Tool to cleanup your Office XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

--
All the best,
SG


"Nicole" <> wrote in message
news:C3A74428-25C2-4DCD-847E-...
>I installed Office XP on my Vista platform and then discovered different
> incompatability issues with it. Now I am trying to unistall it but the
> Media
> components are not uninstalling. I get an uninstall box saying that they
> are
> configuring but that box can stay for as long as 2 hours with nothing
> happening.
>
> My other computer - an XP platform - gave the Media components right up
> and
> that's why I'm convinced that this is a Vista problem.
>
> How do I get this uninstalled? I need to load in Office 2007 and having
> that installed with the Office XP media components gives me error messages
> that read "office application version does not match."
> Nicole