Hi Charles, You say that you have tried using the eraser tool, but have you tried = the detect and repair tool in Word? WORD>HELP> DETECT AND REPAIR = Just a thought, mate. John Lehn=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------- ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Charles R. Buchanan" <crbgfblab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "MS Office Mailing List" <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:01 AM 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=20 mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dunsubscribe 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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************