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I 've run into a weird problem. I've been running MS Office 2000 SR-1 Premium (Word only) on Windows XP64. I've recently installed Windows Live Writer which I use to publish my Blogger blog. Every time WLW loads IE8 to access the blog, Windows installer pops up and tries to install something from the Office disc. Suspecting that the Office was configured to install some function on request, I went through the Office components and uninstalled everything that was not necessary for my use of Word, but this failed at the end of the process with error 1919: Error 1919. Error configuring ODBC data source: MS Access Database, ODBC error 6: Component not found in the registry. Verify that the file MS Access Database exists and that you can access it. I then decided that when WLW popped the installer, to let it demand all the MDAC files that it needed, I collected them and made them available to it and it looked like it installed whatever it needed. Yet WLW continues to pop up the installer and to issue the 1919 error. I turned on verbose logging for the installer and it produced some logs, one of which I am attaching to this message. I have another log which is probably important, but it is long and the system does not let me attach it. Perhaps somebody can figure out what's going on here and can advise on a solution. Thanks. Office 2000 SR-1 Premium Setup(0002)_MsiExec.txt

I was referring to the RAR files listed here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/137765-windows-7-rtm-3264-bit-updated/ Some of these files are necessary together with the vLite in order to customize Win7. Or are you saying that only vLite is now necessary, without those files?

I tried to download the elite 64 rar from both sites. The mediafire says file is no longer available, and the other site is not available itself. What gives?

It is my understanding that you need a retail Windows 7 install to apply vLite to. Is there some way that it can be done with Windows 7 that comes preinstalled on laptops? There is a way to create an install disc for OEM version: http://thecustomizewindows.com/2010/11/create-a-bootable-windows-7-dvd-for-oem-pcs-not-supplied-with-installation-disk Would that be usable? It's not very clear and I would prefer not to have to go through it, though.