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Where's my WORD gone?
I have happily used Win98 for years now and suddenly today
whilst online my comp started to download something (well noises went ape,) and now I have completely lost WORD (Office) I cannot reinstall it as I have not got a disc with it seperate from the manufacturers one which installed everything at once. PLEASE HELP A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS! |
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Where's my WORD gone?
Hi Sarah,
If you are positive about having to reinstall everything to get Office installed then that's what you will have to do. You may want to check with the manufacturer of the install CD to see if Office can be installed independently. I would also suggest you do a virus scan with up to date virus software, then scan for and removing any installed spyware. If you are in need of virus software, here are a couple to choose from, for free. Download the software, and in Update Manager run Update then do a complete virus scan. Free Offer: eTrust EZ Armor Security Suite from Computer Associates http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm Search and destroy any installed SpyWare/malware/adwa Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. After installing Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ For large amounts of installed spyware and such, it may be necessary to run Ad-Aware several times to clear them all. Here are a couple more removal tools. CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html Download Link: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpywareBlaster: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. For more information: The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Darnit: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Sarah Bellum" wrote I have happily used Win98 for years now and suddenly today whilst online my comp started to download something (well noises went ape,) and now I have completely lost WORD (Office) I cannot reinstall it as I have not got a disc with it seperate from the manufacturers one which installed everything at once. PLEASE HELP A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS! |
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What have you done to confirm that WORD is really gone (as distinct from
simply becoming inaccessible for some reason)? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) "Sarah Bellum" wrote in message ... I have happily used Win98 for years now and suddenly today whilst online my comp started to download something (well noises went ape,) and now I have completely lost WORD (Office) I cannot reinstall it as I have not got a disc with it seperate from the manufacturers one which installed everything at once. PLEASE HELP A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS! |
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Where's my WORD gone?
Thanks for your replies people, much appreciated, I know
it's gone as when i try to open it up via the icon still on my desktop it says ; not found- you will have to reinstall it again (not literal wording) from your original installation disk. This is exactly what I wanna avoid as it means reformatting my entire hard drive as Word is not accessable alone..... -----Original Message----- What have you done to confirm that WORD is really gone (as distinct from simply becoming inaccessible for some reason)? -- |
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Where's my WORD gone?
I am at a loss as to what to do, I have Adaware and Zone
Alarm as well as an updated version of Norton Anti Virus running at all times which is why I cannot fathom what happened here. You don't know of any sites where I can download Word from, which is what I hoped? -----Original Message----- Hi Sarah, If you are positive about having to reinstall everything to get Office installed then that's what you will have to do. You may want to check with the manufacturer of the install CD to see if Office can be installed independently. I would also suggest you do a virus scan with up to date virus software, then scan for and removing any installed spyware. If you are in need of virus software, here are a couple to choose from, for free. Download the software, and in Update Manager run Update then do a complete virus scan. Free Offer: eTrust EZ Armor Security Suite from Computer Associates http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm Search and destroy any installed SpyWare/malware/adwa Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. After installing Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ For large amounts of installed spyware and such, it may be necessary to run Ad-Aware several times to clear them all. Here are a couple more removal tools. CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html Download Link: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpywareBlaster: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. For more information: The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Darnit: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Sarah Bellum" wrote I have happily used Win98 for years now and suddenly today whilst online my comp started to download something (well noises went ape,) and now I have completely lost WORD (Office) I cannot reinstall it as I have not got a disc with it seperate from the manufacturers one which installed everything at once. PLEASE HELP A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS! . |
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Where's my WORD gone?
I am at a loss as to what to do, I have Adaware and Zone
Alarm as well as an updated version of Norton Anti Virus running at all times which is why I cannot fathom what happened here. You don't know of any sites where I can download Word from, which is what I hoped? Thanks again for all your advice people. -----Original Message----- Hi Sarah, If you are positive about having to reinstall everything to get Office installed then that's what you will have to do. You may want to check with the manufacturer of the install CD to see if Office can be installed independently. I would also suggest you do a virus scan with up to date virus software, then scan for and removing any installed spyware. If you are in need of virus software, here are a couple to choose from, for free. Download the software, and in Update Manager run Update then do a complete virus scan. Free Offer: eTrust EZ Armor Security Suite from Computer Associates http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm Search and destroy any installed SpyWare/malware/adwa Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. After installing Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ For large amounts of installed spyware and such, it may be necessary to run Ad-Aware several times to clear them all. Here are a couple more removal tools. CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html Download Link: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpywareBlaster: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. For more information: The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Darnit: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Sarah Bellum" wrote I have happily used Win98 for years now and suddenly today whilst online my comp started to download something (well noises went ape,) and now I have completely lost WORD (Office) I cannot reinstall it as I have not got a disc with it seperate from the manufacturers one which installed everything at once. PLEASE HELP A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS! . |
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Where's my WORD gone?
Use Start / Find / Files or Folders and look for a file called WinWord.EXE.
If you find it, double-click it. If that works, then the problem is simply with the shortcut and is easily fixed by creating a shortcut to the EXE file. A common cause for this problem is that accidentally moved the whole WORD installation folder inside another folder. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (DTS) wrote in message ... Thanks for your replies people, much appreciated, I know it's gone as when i try to open it up via the icon still on my desktop it says ; not found- you will have to reinstall it again (not literal wording) from your original installation disk. This is exactly what I wanna avoid as it means reformatting my entire hard drive as Word is not accessable alone..... -----Original Message----- What have you done to confirm that WORD is really gone (as distinct from simply becoming inaccessible for some reason)? -- |
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