office2000 probs.

[krisjr]

Hi,
I hav encountered some strange probs wit office 2000 which came preinstalled with win 98SE(i guess)..I reinstalled windows some time back due to some probs..I thought office will also get installed but to my dismay i hav no access to all office packages viz word,powerpoint,excell etc..i am doing work with a word viewer but i want those full version word,PP etc..How could i do it,any suggestions..please hurry,i hav my reports to submit..

tx in advance

[shwetanshu]

As far as i know no version of windows ever conatined any office bundled wid it. U vl have to buy MS OFFICE or try using freeware OPEN OFFICE or contact ur computer seller for help.

[Charley]

Dude theres no office with Windows.... Maybe ur comp dealer installed it 4 u when u purchsd it . U have to install the software seprtly......

U can use the Word pad for the tempry use in the Accessories option

Try download.com they have the Office link there

[swatkat]

no..MS Office is not bundled with Win98SE (or for that matter any other Windows OS!), may be ur computer dealer installed it!
u better ask ur computer dealer again!!

one question, did u reinstalled Win98SE after FORMATTING the Hard disk or simply above the old Win98SE ?

if u have installed Win98SE over ther old one without formatting (erasing) it, then u will experience problems with some softwares...

[krisjr]

Originally Posted by swatkat

no..MS Office is not bundled with Win98SE (or for that matter any other Windows OS!), may be ur computer dealer installed it!
u better ask ur computer dealer again!!

one question, did u reinstalled Win98SE after FORMATTING the Hard disk or simply above the old Win98SE ?

if u have installed Win98SE over ther old one without formatting (erasing) it, then u will experience problems with some softwares...

Hi,
well i installed it over the old one which was having probs mate(i guess so)..i went to D drive,clicked on the setup icon of win98SE followed the procedure..will that not solve my probs..any other way than formatting..

[atool]

i m afraid the only way out is to install office 2000

[enoonmai]

A dirty install is one the surest ways of making a system run worse than it already was. Your best bet is to do a complete format and then do a clean install and restore your programs. If you want to go ahead with the format option, there's a couple of things you need to do, including backing up important data and settings to another drive, checking which hardware and drivers you have installed in your computer and making a note of which driver CDs/floppies you have, making a note of all installed programs, etc. If you want to go ahead with this, let us know and we will guide you through the process.

[swatkat]

if u install Win98 over the older one, with the Softwares installed, then u can not run some of them in new Win98, because some of the registry entries or soem configuraton files will get altered....
so, if u r going to install an OS over an OS without formatting, then u have to uninstall all the softwares and then install the OS....even this is the right way, but it's better than directly installing...

[krisjr]

ok swatkat,by installed softwares- ru trying to point out winzip,adobe reader,adaware,spybot etc etc...If tats wat ur saying,u want me to uninstall all tat...but ten watabt office 2000,which i cant use now...I hav to get the cd for tat...ters no other way.

[swatkat]

yeah..softwares like Adobe Acrobat, SpuBot etc and also MS Office....how MS Office was installed in ur system at first?

or u can go for Free Office suites like OpenOffice.Org or SOT Office or AbiWord....

[enoonmai]

BTW, swatkat, it looks like all the four problems he's posted in this section seem to stem from the corrupted Win98SE install. Just a thought. Maybe he does need a clean install. Something's terribly wrong at the OS level and methinks that it would be a great timesaver for him if he was to just back everything up and reinstall Windows clean.

[krisjr]

@swatkat,ennonmai..well i guess it stems from tat botched direct x installation..i might add tat NFS hp2 cd was pirated..but my fren installed from tat cd,witout any hasseles..aneways,everythng as of now is working great..except office and ms paint,worpad etc etc....i can say before tat prob,i had installed many software,basically spyware softwares viz adaware ver6,Noadware,norton 2003,etc...i dont exactly rem swatkat abt the office,but a word 2000 cd was bundled with the pc..tats all

[swatkat]

well...if u r having problems with Windows Programs like WordPd, NotePad etc.... then u can do this,
Go to Control Panel> Add/Remove Programs, click the "Windows Setup" tab, here UNCHECK all (except System Tools) the main entries amd click Apply. The Restart, after this restart, and then open the same tab, and CHECK all the entries and click Apply, it asks for the Win98 Setup files, u give the path of ur Setup files in Hard disk......