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524340 2007-02-13 05:02:00 As you can see in the attached file: NoHelp.jpg (www.imagef1.net.nz) (56 KB), I seem to have lost my Help text :groan:

This appears to only be in the Windows-type help files; the help for Firefox, for instance, is OK, but it seems to use a different system to the "standard" help.

Any ideas? :badpc:
davehartley (3487)
524341 2007-02-13 09:48:00 Do you have two versions of Office installed? Jen (38)
524342 2007-02-13 10:24:00 Nope, just the one. It also occurs with programs like the freebie games (FreeCell, Spider etc) -- no help text with those either.

Sigh.

It wouldn't be a pain, except I use the Visual Basic help quite a lot while I'm writing Access databases ... and now there's none.
davehartley (3487)
524343 2007-02-14 08:05:00 Fixed it! Anyone want to guess how? ...

I'll give you a clue ... the answer has "IE7" and "uninstall" in it. Maybe not quite in that order tho' :)

How bizzare! I only twigged it might be the case after reading in another forum I found via Google about how someone had lost their fonts after installing IE7 ... thought it might be worth a try uninstalling it myself :)
davehartley (3487)
524344 2007-02-14 08:15:00 That is a bit bizzare. There must be some other combination factor involved to trigger the vanishing help text apart from just installing IE7, otherwise this would be a wide spread problem.

Glad you got it sorted. :)
Jen (38)
524345 2007-02-14 08:56:00 Yeah, I think you're right. Maybe it's a combination of IE7 and security updates and ... ? Anyway, I use Firefox and Opera, so not having IE7's not a real problem ... it just got downloaded and installed via the Automatic Update system. davehartley (3487)
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