I have a brand-new out-of-the-box Dell Inspiron with Windows 7. I have the
Full licensed version of Microsoft Office 2007 Professional on CD. Running
setup.exe from the CD gives me "Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 must be
installed before you can install Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business
Contact Manager. Install Outlook from CD 1, and then start this installation
again."
I read some posts about people getting the same message when installing a
trial or downloaded version (I am installing the FULL licensed version from
CD) or when upgrading, and the typical response was to remove old versions of
Office. So I uninstalled the trial PowerPoint and Works and any
Office-related program I can find. But I still get the same problem.
Again, I want to emphasize: Full licensed CD of MS Office can't get anywhere
with an out-of-the-box Dell Windows 7 PC. Amazing.