on this Vista computer 1 user profile cannot open word 2003 documents (all
other profiles can). I tried to change file association for .doc to Word or
Winword but it stays on Wordpad.

Also, the checkbox that says, always open with this program, is greyed out.
I assume this means I do have the admin rights though the user is an admin.

How do i fix this and do i need to elevate the admin rights and if so, how?

This article should help:

How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/reregisterword.htm

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"murphys" wrote:

> on this Vista computer 1 user profile cannot open word 2003 documents (all
> other profiles can). I tried to change file association for .doc to Word or
> Winword but it stays on Wordpad.
>
> Also, the checkbox that says, always open with this program, is greyed out.
> I assume this means I do have the admin rights though the user is an admin.
>
> How do i fix this and do i need to elevate the admin rights and if so, how?