Guest JohnF Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 In the past I had trouble with service pack 2 and did not have it on my computer. I decided to install it so I could download Mindows defender. After installation and updates I could not open Excel or word documents. For Excel I get 'Cannot Read' and for Word " file is not available" pdf and picture files, also in My Documents, open fine. I ended up removing service pack2- still couldn't read files, repaired Windows XP Professional--still couldn't read--reinstalled Office xp Small Business-still can't read files. Help! JohnF
Guest db ´¯`·.. > Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: Excel /Word problem sp2 is not likely the cause for the o.s. and office to become dysfunctional word and excel also work in safemode. you might try to see it they function there. -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> .. "JohnF" <JohnF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:58822DCC-6BC4-4218-8603-522BDD672060@microsoft.com... > In the past I had trouble with service pack 2 and did not have it on > my > computer. I decided to install it so I could download Mindows > defender. After > installation and updates I could not open Excel or word documents. For > Excel > I get 'Cannot Read' and for Word " file is not available" pdf and > picture > files, also in My Documents, open fine. I ended up removing service > pack2- > still couldn't read files, repaired Windows XP Professional--still > couldn't > read--reinstalled Office xp Small Business-still can't read files. > Help! > > JohnF
Guest JohnF Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: Excel /Word problem Thanks for responding. One of the updates that followed was for Office--perhaps that was the cause. Thgis is about the fourth time I have installed and later uninstalled service pack 2--I always have a problem of some kind after installing it. I have fixed it. This time I uninstalled Office before reinstalling and the problem disappeared. "db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." wrote: > sp2 is not likely the > cause for the > o.s. and office to > become dysfunctional > > word and excel > also work in safemode. > > you might try to see > it they function there. > > > -- > > db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. > ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> > > > .. > > > "JohnF" <JohnF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:58822DCC-6BC4-4218-8603-522BDD672060@microsoft.com... > > In the past I had trouble with service pack 2 and did not have it on > > my > > computer. I decided to install it so I could download Mindows > > defender. After > > installation and updates I could not open Excel or word documents. For > > Excel > > I get 'Cannot Read' and for Word " file is not available" pdf and > > picture > > files, also in My Documents, open fine. I ended up removing service > > pack2- > > still couldn't read files, repaired Windows XP Professional--still > > couldn't > > read--reinstalled Office xp Small Business-still can't read files. > > Help! > > > > JohnF > >
Guest db ´¯`·.. > Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: Excel /Word problem ok, it's good you got it up and running again. -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> .. "JohnF" <JohnF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0CEC9C20-C072-4D82-ABEC-F62288EA3771@microsoft.com... > Thanks for responding. One of the updates that followed was for > Office--perhaps that was the cause. Thgis is about the fourth time I > have > installed and later uninstalled service pack 2--I always have a > problem of > some kind after installing it. I have fixed it. This time I > uninstalled > Office before reinstalling and the problem disappeared. > > "db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." wrote: > >> sp2 is not likely the >> cause for the >> o.s. and office to >> become dysfunctional >> >> word and excel >> also work in safemode. >> >> you might try to see >> it they function there. >> >> >> -- >> >> db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. >> ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> >> >> >> .. >> >> >> "JohnF" <JohnF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:58822DCC-6BC4-4218-8603-522BDD672060@microsoft.com... >> > In the past I had trouble with service pack 2 and did not have it >> > on >> > my >> > computer. I decided to install it so I could download Mindows >> > defender. After >> > installation and updates I could not open Excel or word documents. >> > For >> > Excel >> > I get 'Cannot Read' and for Word " file is not available" pdf and >> > picture >> > files, also in My Documents, open fine. I ended up removing service >> > pack2- >> > still couldn't read files, repaired Windows XP Professional--still >> > couldn't >> > read--reinstalled Office xp Small Business-still can't read files. >> > Help! >> > >> > JohnF >> >>
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