Error 1402 normally appears during the installation of Microsoft Office 2000 in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

This article will help you to get rid of error 1402 and allow you to install MS Office without any problem. Follow the techniques below to fix the problem:

Use Different Profile

Disable Antivirus and Firewall

Install Microsoft Updates

Clean Temporary Files

Repair Damage Registry

Use Different Profile

Error 1402 may appear during the installation of MS Office if the user profile is corrupt. Logon to the system using different user profile and run the program setup. If you are able to install the program without any error it means that the other profile is corrupt. It’s better to use a new profile to avoid more problems.

Disable Antivirus and Firewall

Error 1402 may appear in Window 7, XP and Vista during installation of MS Office if Antivirus Firewall is blocking the installation process. In this case you have to add MS Office to Antivirus and Firewall’s exception list to install the program successfully.

Install Microsoft Updates

If your system is outdated, Error 1402 may appear due to this reason. In order to get rid of error install the latest Microsoft updates available for download. To do so follow the steps below:

Click Start and open Control Panel

Click on Windows updates located at bottom

Click on Check for Updates in the right panel

Install the available Microsoft updates

Restart your computer

Clean Temporary Files

Cleaning temporary files from your PC may also help you to fix error 1402. To do follow the steps given below:

Click Start

Type Disk Cleanup

Open it

Select the drive which you wish to clean and click OK

Now select the files to clean from your PC

Click OK and then click Yes

Note: Perform the above task to clean all the drives one by one.

There is another way to clean your system and browser from junk files by using a system cleaner utility. It not only clean junk data inside system but it also optimizes the computer services in order to achieve maximum computer performance.

Repair Damaged Registry

If Windows registry is damages or corrupt it may generate error 1402 while installing MS Office in Windows 7, Vista or XP. To fix this problem simply you have to repair the Windows registry.

Install a third party Registry Cleaner program to fix the damaged registry. It helps you to scan registry automatically and fixes it.

In addition to cleaning Windows registry, defrag it, clean system junk, clean browsers junk and optimize computer services.

You can do these things through a powerful software tool such as the Intel Software Partner, RegInOut.
To fix your problem using RegInOut Click Fix Error 1402