I go to install my home and student software and it says an error has incurred while trying to install

Does it attempt to connect to Microsoft's servers to verify the key? Are there any messages or errors? I've seen this happen on occasion, try calling their activation number 888-571-2048 to reactivate.

Check to see if there is any trial versions of MS Office installed on your machine, there is an issue when trying to install MS Office H&S 2010 if there is a trial version still on the hard drive.

Type %tmp% in RUN

Delete everything in that folder (if you cannot delete any file, leave it)
Restart computer and start the setup.
If any error, tell me the error number or whatever extra message that it shows.

The only thing i suggest you here is to remove the older all the versions of MS office from your computer and then completely install new MS office.
That would solve the problem.
Thanks
Jimmy

1st try to uninstall older office an install new one:

Better you can uninstall the microsoft office that you are having in your syatem ..and install home and student 2007 and the serial number will come in text doccument only...I. and you can enter the product key while installing and get it registerd....

Hope you will succeed...

Hello,

The file is corrupt. You will need to purchase a new Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 package and install it again.

Regards.

Perhaps you don't have the requirements necessary to install and or use the program.
check that HERE
If that's not the case, perhaps there was a faulty installation that occurred. The easiest way to determine if this is the problem is to think "did it ever work before?"
If it did work, then the problem could be lying in a registry somewhere, that became corrupted, and is affecting the operation of the program.
If that is the case, then the best thing to do would be uninstall, and reinstall it (with a reboot inbetween to remove any unused registry entries.)
the last thing that you could be facing is a bad sector in the hard drive, and that is pretty much incurable depending on size, and not to sound like a *****, but those are INSANELY difficult to fix, and you can damage a LOT more than just office if you try to fix it, and don't know how. If this is the problem, short of paying a clean room facility to strip, and relocate your data for 300 to a new drive, I'd say going out, and buying a new hard drive would be the best option. If you're not sure what kind you have, simply PM me with whether or not you have a desktop, or laptop, and the model number of it (located near the top and on the back of laptops, and misc. places on desktops
Hope this helps you,
Dracconus

Reboot

Shut down any active protection software such any antivirus, antispyware, antitrojan, or registry monitoring software.

Try to Unistall by using the install disk. It should detect a previous installation and ask if you want to Install, Repair, or Uninstall.

If that fails, download and run CCleaner - Use the Cleaner and Regisrty modules default settings
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Reboot, and shut down active protection software.

Download and run Windows Installer CleanUp Utility.
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/290301
Remove the applicable entries.

Reboot, and shut down active protection software.

Reinstall

Hope this helps - good luck!

Go to Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs and look for the Office Trial. Click on "Remove", then try to install the new software.

(BTW, any other not wanted pre-installed software programs can be removed the same way.)