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116198 2003-01-23 01:38:00 I installed my copy of Works Suite 2000 on my new laptop. It worked fine for 7/10 days.

The Word portion only of the suite then failed to load and threw up a MS Error Report.

The Error Data report says:- Error Signature. AppName Winword.exe
And a lot of code.

I have tried to reinstall twice, tried to identify the signature file and tried XP troubleshoot without success.

Can anyone help or do I have to purchase a new Works Suite?

Thanks in anticipation....... OldEric
OldEric (3062)
116199 2003-01-23 02:16:00 It sounds like Winword.exe has become corrupted. A re-install will not necessarily replace all system files, have you done a complete uninstall from Control Panel - Add/Remove programs?

Then a fresh install.

Backup any documents you have created first.

But before this, just try finding Normal.dot, the master template file.
Probably under C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

Delete it. If it is corrupt, it can do strange things, and it will be recreated automatically upon Word running again.
godfather (25)
116200 2003-01-23 03:05:00 Thanks for the answer to my problem.

The problem was the Normal.dot template file.

I have been battling this problem on and off since the New Year, hi!

Now I can go back to my HTML4 in peace

OldEric
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