Thanks, Jon. The problem is that my entire profile got corrupted and I had to
build a new one. I tried system restore in the old profile but only got an
error message. The new profile doesnt' have a relevant restore point.


"Jon" wrote:
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> If it's registry corruption, then running a System Restore back to a point
> prior to the problem may sort it.
>
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> Jon
>
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> "MPK" <MPK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi All,
> >
> > I had a problem installing Photoshop and followed the recommendation to
> > run
> > the windows installer cleanup utility. this has screwed up my entire pc,
> > corrupted my profile and cost me an entire day to get my pc back into
> > shape.
> > However, I still have one major problem. Somehow, Windows Installer no
> > longer
> > works under UAC, which causes all sorts of problems. For instance, every
> > time
> > I start up an Office 2007 programme, it starts configuring things and then
> > tells me "Microsoft [Word] is not installed correctly for the current
> > user.
> > Please run Setup". I've tried for many hours to find a solution for this
> > and
> > then realised that it all works fine when UAC is turned off. Also, driver
> > installations which normally happen automatically go into an endless loop
> > now
> > when UAC is turned on, but all is normal when it is turned off.
> >
> > My conclusion is that after the installer cleanup utility, somehow the
> > permissions got messed up for windows installer. I've searched through the
> > registry but couldn't find anything unusual. Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated.
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