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583835 2007-08-22 18:36:00 Hi

I have youst built an new computer from scratch and installed w2k and office 97. This configuration works greate for my needs except that if I click on and office document which next will open word, word always start with the message "<document name> is in use by <computer name>. Do you wanna make a copy?"...

This is anoying. If I click "No" I can edit and save my document as wanted but I really would like to get rid of this message.

I have tried to download the fixes for office 97 found at microsoft, but they do not fix this problem :groan: . Is there some register settings or anything else which may cause this behaviour???

Thanks in advance.
zainka (11508)
583836 2007-08-22 20:19:00 click start, and then search do a search for normal.dot

you may have to look/select in the hidden files as well. Once found, rename it to normal.old

click yes to any warning about changing extensions

Restart word and see if that fixes it.
wainuitech (129)
583837 2007-08-22 20:32:00 Try reinstalling MS Office. This has worked for me for most MS problems! jwil1 (65)
583838 2007-08-22 20:33:00 Go to Start - Run and type in:

winword /unregserver

Click OK

The run:

winword /regserver

Do the same for Excel:

excel /unregserver

excel /regserver
CYaBro (73)
583839 2007-08-23 13:37:00 Tnx, Ill try that next time I switch my powerbutton ON at home in the following order.
1: Fix new normal.dot
2: Fix regserver
3: Install
4: Convert to OOo
zainka (11508)
583840 2007-08-26 09:24:00 Do the regserver dance did the thingy
Everything is now ok
Thanks alot
zainka (11508)
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