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Posted by Karlee on April 18, 2006, 8:36 pm
Please log in for more thread options Check this out - it answers your question.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060417/tc_pcworld/125420;_ylt=At4HkhZAdgKEQzdzLP_n5Cqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3cjE0b2MwBHNlYwM3Mzg
I too had problems and uninstalled the update mentioned in the above
article. The other updates worked fine.
Karlee
"DonnaF" wrote:
> Hi, I hope I am at the right place...
>
> I have used computers for a long time but as they've gotten more
> sophisticated, I've been left behind as far as technical knowledge goes so
> please forgive me if this sounds "stupid"
>
> Last night, I worked on my computer (mainly Word & Excel). Everything was
> fine. When I shut it down, it said it was going to be doing its automatic
> download and install. Fine. That happened.
>
> Now, today, neither Word nor Excel work - they will not let me open or save
> a file. I uninstalled and reinstalled Office (2003). No change.
>
> What I believe the problem is - somehow - that Explorer has been corrupted
> or something. (The Explorer that looks at the hard drive, etc. - not IE) I
> thought I'd uninstall Windows XP Professional and reinstall but the disk says
> I'm going to cause all sorts of programs to no longer work because the
> original program is from 2002 and, obviously, there have been numerous
> updates since then - notably SP2.
>
> First, did anyone else experience problems after last night's update
> service? And second, any ideas how I can fix the darn thing? Uncle Sam is
> going to be upset with me if I don't get those taxes done for him in time!!!
>
> Thanks a million for any help anyone can give me.
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