Hi Mark - Sorry you're still having troubles. The only thing I can imagine about the Outlook pab file is that your backup file must somehow be corrupted? Just doesn't make sense that it wouldn't work unless the file is bad.
About the Word crashing issue... after you installed XP did you make sure to install the motherboard's chipset drivers? In fact, go into Device Manager and make sure you've got NO red X's or yellow !'s. Bad drivers will def cause crashes and other weird behavior - and forgetting to install proper chipset drivers is a very common error when changing a motherboard. Open Office is an open source, freeware, office suite that supposedly rivals MS Office. It is compatible with most or all of MS Office file formats too. I've never used it my self, but it is hugely poplar with millions of people. Here's the download site: http://www.openoffice.org/ Good luck, Donk On 10/2/2011 3:03 PM, Absolute Sound Labs (Grps) wrote: > Well, I have tried a fresh drive with a fresh XP install and then installing > Office 2000. Outlook works with the exception of no address book. If I try > to use Word, the system locks up with the usual (Microsoft Word had crashed. > Do you want to tell Microsoft about the problem?). Now, uninstalling > Office2000 and installing OfficeXP, then word works, but Outlook crashes. > > I have attempted to find the *.pab file, in backups and under the old > Administrator account files. When I re-installed XP, there was no account > listed in the Welcome screen for the Admin. XP created a new account with my > Name with admin privileges. I have transferred all of the files from the old > admin account to the new Mark account, but doesn't make any difference. One > other thing I noted. In my previous install, I never had a Welcome, log-in > screen, nor did I have to enter a password. I never asked XP to set up a > password, so I just hit enter. I also tried a sector to sector copy from > Norton Ghost 15 and that didn't work either. It was to a new, fresh > formatted drive. I should note that I have 42 restore points within my Retro > Express 2.0 backup program. I have gone back to restore points before the > system MB failure. Can't make them work either. Prior to the event, I was > running backups twice a week. > > What is Open Office? > > I am just about to give up, which of course will not let me access the huge > number of document files for my business (Single-Man) and no outlook. Or, > have limited Outlook (No contacts which had about 75 business informational > email addresses and have the Word program not working. > > I have been fighting this for over a week now and not generating any income > for bills. It is tough to create income if you can't initiate email > contacts. > > Mark > > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
