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More info?)
Thanks, Admiral of the Fleet.
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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"Admiral Q" <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NOSPAM)@(SPAMNOT)hotmail.com> wrote in
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> Bugs, jump back down in your hole and have a few more carrots! Colin more
> than read the post, as he also stated he didn't know if "A REPLACMENT
> OPTION
> WAS AVAILABLE" for his version - but whether the OP has the CD's or not,
> the
> OP "WILL NOT GET OFFICE TO WORK WITHOUT REINSTALLING INTO XP" - got it?
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> "BBUNNY" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message
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>> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>> | I understand you to say that the slave drive was once the primary
>> | drive and that the computer was then running ME. Further, that you
>> | installed Office onto the ME system. Now you have put a new hard
>> | drive into the computer and installed XP so that now it is an XP
>> | computer. Right so far?
>> |
>> | If this is what you have, then you would have to reinstall Office on
>> | the XP system (regardless of where the program files are written)
>> | because Office will not run until properly set up. For one thing,
>> | there needs to be hundreds of entries in the Registry that can only
>> | get there during an installation. Of course there is no issue with
>> | data files you made with Office, but Office does not now exist on
>> | your system as a program. In short, Office will not run the way your
>> | system is set up.
>> |
>> | Without knowing what version of Office you have, I cannot say if
>> | there is a disk replacement option for you. You would need proof of
>> | purchase in any case. If you cannot find the installation disks, you
>> | may have to purchase a currently available version of Office or
>> | purchase an older version on eBay. If this is beyond your means, you
>> | might consider trying OpenOffice to see if it can load your files.
>> | You can Google for OpenOffice.
>> |
>> || I had to slave my old hard drive that contains MS Office. I lost my
>> || installation disks and can not install on my XP system. When I try
>> || to access
>> || Excel for example I get the following errors: #1 Error occured
>> || inititalizing
>> || VBA Libraries #2 Excel is not installed for this user plese run
>> || setup to install the application.
>> ||
>> || I am fairly novice and have no idea what to do. Help?
>>
>> cut and paste from OP
>> I lost my installation disks and can not install on my XP system.
>> Do you read the posts or just try for a big Number.
>>
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