Ditto: two separate problems. Not sure if this relates to recent update
supposed to fix problems with "help menu". You probably attempted to use the
help menu, or to use "tools", "options". When I attempted to do same,
"installer" opened and locked. This must create a corruption in registry, so
to fix it, since I set restore points regularly, I just performed "system
restore" and Excel performed normally thereafter. This occurred on IBM
Thinkpad A31 which has ample memory and free disk space.
However, the problem I am trying to fix is still "broken". I use XP
Students' and Teachers' Edition on the A31 and I am not sure if this provides
full functionality for Excel 2002. I have copied files from XP Home, Excel
2000(Dell OEM versions, but note the older version of Excel works properly on
the Dell), from that desktop, to CD/DVD's and installed them on the A31. When
I open them on the newer version of Excel on the A31, all color is bleached
from the "fill" areas of the cells; and conditional formatting for color is
"bleached" as well. When I enter new values the fill-color may appear in
certain cells; clicking the "undo" button on the menu bar produces
"checkerboard" color for cells which are supposed to have fill-colors. I have
tried to re-set monitor settings; color settings to no avail. This has gone
on for months, and I am totally at a loss to explain it. If the problem might
be "memory", then why would the "undo" function produce results closer to the
full-functionality I am attempting to restore? Any ideas, anybody? Some sort
of problem with Object linking?
However, for the moment, to fix the immediate problem you are having: go to
"Start Menu"; navigate thru to "Accessories", then to the dropdown menu for
"System Tools" and look for "System Restore": if that functionality isn't
already listed on your "Start" menu. There are other ways to get there too,
if you are lost here: just look through "My Computer" or the "Control Panel"
or the "Search" functionalities.
You did set a restore date, DIDN'T YOU!
