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[Guest]

After re-instaling XP my office instilation has understandably lost its
registry entries. I would much rather find a way to repair these entries than
have to get a new copy of office.

Can anyone tell me how the registry could be repaired.

 

[R. McCarty]

When you say "Re-Installing" do you mean a fresh clean install ?
If that's the case then Office would not be on the new XP instance.
If you're speaking of a Repair or In-Place install then it shouldn't
have affected apps or user data. Recent Office products have a
"Detect & Repair" feature on the text Help fields. That of course
requires the original source disk. Your post is somewhat vague
as to how you reached the state your PC is in. I don't follow how
the apps can exist, but the Registry keys/values are missing.

 

[Guest]

Thanks,

Its a clean XP instilation on a second partition, the original XP
instilation was fataly flawed after I replaced my mainboard. I have now
removed the original XP instilation. Office and a number of other programs
are still present on the original partition, but can not be used by the new
windows since they do not have registry entries.

 

[Vagabond Software]

After re-instaling XP my office instilation has understandably lost its
registry entries. I would much rather find a way to repair these entries
than
have to get a new copy of office.

Can anyone tell me how the registry could be repaired.

You'll have to re-install Office. That's the only (and fortunately easiest)
course of action.

carl

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thanks,

Its a clean XP instilation on a second partition, the original XP
instilation was fataly flawed after I replaced my mainboard. I have now
removed the original XP instilation. Office and a number of other programs
are still present on the original partition, but can not be used by the new
windows since they do not have registry entries.

Any applications that you wish to use from the new WinXP installation
will have to be reinstalled using the original installation media.


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[Shenan Stanley]

After re-instaling XP my office instilation has understandably lost
its registry entries. I would much rather find a way to repair
these entries than have to get a new copy of office.

Can anyone tell me how the registry could be repaired.

First - you replaced a motherboard. The installation was *not* fatally
flawed - it just required a repair installation to correct the hardware
changes needed. You could likely still do this *if* you did not format the
drive in question.

Secondly - since - as you say later in this thread - you performed a fresh
install elsewhere - of course none of your applications are on this
install - you have to install them again.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341