Well, believe it or not, I'm trying to find those very answers for someone else! :-) She's using O2K. She deleted the normal.dot I dunno why IE repair was used. (Maybe a WILD guess? Maybe that worked when everything else failed! <shrug>) Kinda lost me on the eraser tool though. :-O Will get back to you in a bit....:-) -> -----Original Message----- -> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On -> Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson -> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:33 PM -> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -> Subject: [mso] Re: Office Question (from someone else) -> -> -> -> You are confusing me Charles. If the problem is only happening in Word, -> why are you doing an IE repair and reinstalling Windows? And when you -> run the Office Eraser, if it tells you to remove XP, I assume it's -> referring to Office XP and not Windows XP. -> -> What version of Office are you using? Are you sure you had the right -> eraser? There are different ones for different versions. Has this -> always happened in Word? Is this an upgraded version from a previous -> version? -> -> Do you have a lot of customized settings in Word (special toolbars, -> macros, etc)? If not, why don't you try searching your hard drive for a -> file named normal.dot and rename it (if you find more than one, rename -> them all) Make sure Word is closed before you do this. Then reopen -> Word and it will make a new clean normal.dot and see if you still have -> the problem. -> -> Report back. LOL -> -> Linda -> Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers -> Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop -> http://personal-computer-tutor.com -> FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial -> http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -> -> -> -> -----Original Message----- -> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On -> Behalf Of Charles R. Buchanan -> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 9:02 PM -> To: MS Office Mailing List -> Subject: [mso] Office Question (from someone else) -> -> -> -> I have a machine that will allow you to open an existing Word document, -> click -> around and scroll around that document w/the mouse, but the minute you -> touch -> the keyboard, the whole machine freezes. I've tried uninstalling and -> using -> the eraser, but when you run the eraser tool it says you have to remove -> XP. -> Uhhhh...this is a Win98 machine...no XP on it anywhere...did IE repair, -> reinstalled Windows...tried going from Pro to Small Business...same -> thing...This behavior isn't exhibited in any other program on this -> machine. -> Everything else is working just fine. -> -> Anybody got any suggestions? -> -> -> ************************************************************* -> You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to -> mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -> -> To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -> -> To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to -> mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe -> -> Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This -> will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or -> vacation (no mail). -> //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso -> -> To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the -> group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you -> will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a -> member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: -> http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles -> ************************************************************* -> --- Look OUT you varmits, This msg is Virus Free! Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 8/21/2002 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************