When I installed beta office 2007 it some how screwed up my works 8 program
so that it can no longer find itself in the library.. Is there a patch or
something I can do to correct this problem? Tried uninstalling beta07,
problem remained. reinstalled beat 07, same thing.. My works 8 came
preinstalled and so I have no disc to uninstall, then reinstall works 8..
no-one, microsoft, or emachines seems to want to help and or have an
answer... Can anyone out there help or make a suggestion?

The Mystic wrote:
> When I installed beta office 2007 it some how screwed up my works 8
> program so that it can no longer find itself in the library.. Is
> there a patch or something I can do to correct this problem? Tried
> uninstalling beta07, problem remained. reinstalled beat 07, same
> thing.. My works 8 came preinstalled and so I have no disc to
> uninstall, then reinstall works 8.. no-one, microsoft, or emachines
> seems to want to help and or have an answer... Can anyone out there
> help or make a suggestion?

Backup your data. Run the eMachines recovery procedure to return your
computer to the factory setup. Re-install all your programs added since you
first got the computer. Restore your data from the backup.

A few things to think about for the future. One - when buying a computer
look for one that comes with the media to reinstall everything, not one that
has a restore to factory condition procedure. Two - don't install beta
software on anything but a test machine where you don't mind losing
everything. Three - probably the most important, backup before installing
anything (hardware or software).

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

The beta will expire in early 2007 and the fine print says that when it
expires you would have to re-install the original office programs from cd if
you didn't choose a "seperate directory" for it. It's install was predefind
to install over the previous versions. I did read the agreement carefully
because free beta's of this magnitude has to have a catch.......

It might help to use the open source office at
http://www.filehippo.com/download_openoffice also, you will need to download
java for it too http://www.filehippo.com/download_java_runtime it looks
pretty good to me.......

Are you sure you works is screwed up. Have you tried a restore from a prior
restore check point either from safe mode or normal mode? are you sure you
don't have a secondary partition with a restoration or disk image? was there
a disk imaging /recovery software preinstalled?
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That is the data".......W.Gatespeare


"The Mystic" wrote:

> When I installed beta office 2007 it some how screwed up my works 8 program
> so that it can no longer find itself in the library.. Is there a patch or
> something I can do to correct this problem? Tried uninstalling beta07,
> problem remained. reinstalled beat 07, same thing.. My works 8 came
> preinstalled and so I have no disc to uninstall, then reinstall works 8..
> no-one, microsoft, or emachines seems to want to help and or have an
> answer... Can anyone out there help or make a suggestion?