Office 2013 installation error 1406

Question

Hi I am trying to install Office 2013/2010 on my Windows 7 64 bit laptop. But each time I get the error 1406 which stops the setup boot-strapper.

I have tried amending registry, cleaning up old files, allowing registry full permission etc. as available on online forums. But nothing seems to be working. I have tried Office 2013 as well as 2010.

Answer 1

Finally resolved :) Followed this link

As an admin run this on command prompt - "secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose"

Answer 2

1. Press the ‘Windows + R’ key to open run box
2. Type ’MSCONFIG’ and click ‘Ok’.
3. Click the ‘Boot’ tab and uncheck ‘Safe Boot’ option.
4. On the ‘General’ tab, click to select the option ‘Selective startup’, and then click to clear the optionLoad startup items check box.
5. On the ‘Services’ tab, click to select the ‘Hide all Microsoft services’ check box, and then click‘Disable all’.
6. On the ‘StartUp’ tab, click ‘Open Task Manager’. In the Task Manager windowunder startup tab, right click on each startup item which are enabled and select ‘Disable’.
7. Click ‘OK’, and then click Restart.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/d5397e0d-1952-4d86-a742-455a242eadad/error-1406-when-installing-office-professional-2013-on-windows-8?forum=officeitpro