Ran into the issue of re-installing Office 2007 prof after WIN 8 crashed, did a complete OEM restore, upgraded the OS from 8 to 8.1.   Error returned "MS Office prof plus 2007 encountered an error during setup." no additional event error in the logs.  Any suggestions? Thx in advance

Hi

For your issue, we recommend you first make sure you have completely uninstall, refer to the link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971179

Here's also an article for your reference:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927153

If the issue persists, perform a clean boot to check the issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Regards

Tylor Wang
TechNet Community Support