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Can't open MS Office programs

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Name: MLeonard
Date: October 24, 2005 at 19:43:32 Pacific
OS: Windows 98
CPU/Ram: 128 MB
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Whenever I attempt to open an MS Office program, such as Word or Powerpoint, it says... "Windows Installer... preparing to configure Microsoft Office XP with Frontpage..." and then follows it up with "The operating system is not presently configured to run this application." -or- "The Windows installer failed to install a program associated with this file. Please contact your system administrator." I find this strange as I'm not trying to install anything...

I am completely lost, as I could run Word perfectly as of yesterday, and Spybot and Ad-Aware do nothing. Any help??



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Response Number 1
Name: Bill McMinn
Date: October 24, 2005 at 20:41:05 Pacific
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Sounds like you need to uninstall and reinstall Office.


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Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: October 25, 2005 at 07:40:24 Pacific
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Or, login as Admin and run an Office Repair. I'd try that first.

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Response Number 3
Name: MLeonard
Date: October 25, 2005 at 16:59:50 Pacific
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How do I run Office Repair again? I'm not familiar with that program.

*Pleads for acceptance of my computer ignorance*

Thanks


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Response Number 4
Name: rhi
Date: October 26, 2005 at 00:22:34 Pacific
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Better re install it again.

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Response Number 5
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: October 26, 2005 at 04:20:32 Pacific
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Insert your Office CD, and either run the setup.exe file from there or go to Add/Remove Programs. Once the setup starts, it will give you the options to Add/Remove Features, Repair, or Remove. Try the Repair first.

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