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Anonymous   03-30-2005 at 10:43:05 PM

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I just bought an HP laptop from a friend that has XP Home. No problems
logging into Windows but when I click on anything at the desktop Windows
Installer pops up and it keeps trying to open Word. Then it will say to
insert the Word disk (I don't have the disk). I have tried to remove the Word
program from Add/Remove Programs and everytime it tries to remove it the
computer completely locks up. Have to turn power off to restart it. Please
help this is sooo frustrating.

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Anonymous   03-31-2005 at 03:17:53 AM
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"chulorommell" wrote:

| I just bought an HP laptop from a friend that has XP Home. No problems
| logging into Windows but when I click on anything at the desktop Windows
| Installer pops up and it keeps trying to open Word. Then it will say to
| insert the Word disk (I don't have the disk). I have tried to remove the Word
| program from Add/Remove Programs and everytime it tries to remove it the
| computer completely locks up. Have to turn power off to restart it. Please
| help this is sooo frustrating.

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Anonymous   04-01-2005 at 06:24:23 AM
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"chulorommell" <chulorommell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1DE97CBD-BF3C-432F-A05B-727295EF60FB@microsoft.com...
>I just bought an HP laptop from a friend that has XP Home. No problems
> logging into Windows but when I click on anything at the desktop Windows
> Installer pops up and it keeps trying to open Word.

This seems to be due to some virus on the system,.

Then it will say to
> insert the Word disk (I don't have the disk). I have tried to remove the
> Word
> program from Add/Remove Programs and everytime it tries to remove it the
> computer completely locks up. Have to turn power off to restart it. Please
> help this is sooo frustrating.

I suggest you scan your system using an updated antivirus software.

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Abhilash Tibrewal

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