I recently had cause to uninstall my copy of Office 2007 (Vista Home Premium)

On reinstalling I got an 'error 1406 -setup cannot write the value to the registry key'.....

The were 4 keys SketchObj.SketchInk, SketchObj.SketchInk.1, HWXInk.E-Ink and HWXInk.E-Ink.1

I continued the install by ignoring these errors and everything seems to be working OK.

Those of you who Know me, know I wouldn't leave this issue alone, so having read loads of reasons for this type of error (1406) on the web (but none specifically for the ones I have !) I have tried every type of option to remedy this problem.

I've run it as Administrator, I've stopped my 3rd party Antivirus and Firewall, and I've even uninstalled my 3rd party Antivirus and Firewall, all with no success ...

I still get the same bloody errors !!!!!!!

What really bugs me is that I reinstalled my copy of Office 2007 once before when I had to rebuild my laptop from scratch (after my experiences with Ubuntu and Raid0 configurations !!)

As I said at the start, there doesn't appear to be any prob;ems with my Office Apps ...

Guess all I want to really know ...

Is what do these registry keys do, and should I be bothered that they weren't updated ..

Hi Scott,

Way ahead of you here, I've been using Revo for the last six months, makes things nice and tidy ...

Don't know ...

I tried to have a look at what was on the disc, but the only options you get from explorer are to install, so it wont let you have a look at the content ...

What exactly are the registry keys it is trying to update ...

Was thinking of doing a ChkDsk a bit later to see if anything turns up there ...

Thanks for the help ...

The last time I reinstalled was when I did the rebuild (Ubuntu Stuff) and it was before I reinstalled SP1 so that could be the problem ...

As the key seems to be a bit obscure (the other one is to do with Tablets I think) and something I'm not likely to use, I don't think I'll worry about it too much (unless someone tells me different !!)

Word seems to be working OK anyway ...

I think we can close this one now , thanks ...

SP :-)