Ray wrote:
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----- Original Message ----- From: "pasunhill"
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Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:22 PM
Subject: [users] Don't know where to turn for help
My computer was built for me by a man who I can't reach anymore (he
retired
and is in South America someplace). The version is Windows XP, home
version
Microsoft 2000 Office Professional was installed on it, it shows in my
Add or Delete Programs" area and in the last two weeks or so, it is
sending
me error messages, some part of it wants to be re-installed, but I don't
have the CD to do so, and it won't repair or reinstall without it.
I have worked with MS tech, but they tell me I must go to my OEM
(which is
the man in South America) to have access to the CD he installed with,
and of
course, that option is not available to me.
Also, and this is my specific question to Open Office, several of my
documents have been saved in .sxw format, and my computer won't open
them.
I did a Google search on .sxw, and that led me to Open Office sites, and
that is how I found you. I don'tknow how to convert the files to a
format
my computer can open. Open Office does not show in my "Add or Delete
Programs", but if I do a computer search for Open Office files and
folders,
there are a lot of of them, they appear to all be Version 1.1.0
Pat Anderson
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A couple of things here.....first of all it sounds like your
technician was using a boot-leg version of Windows XP. An authorized
Microsoft retailer would have given you a copy of Windows XP or a
recovery disk. Second, someone has been DELETING files/programs
without using the Add/Remove Programs function in the Control Panel.
The best way to fix this is to have a good technician first backup all
your data files on a CD, reformat the hard drive, and then reinstall
all the authorized software you have. Once that is done, I would
recommend downloading/installing the newest version of OOo (V2.0.1).
You should be able to read the .swx files off the backup CD.
Ray
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Pat wrote:
couple of things here.....first of all it sounds like your technician
was using a boot-leg version of Windows XP. An authorized Microsoft
retailer would have given you a copy of Windows XP or a recovery disk.
Tom wrote:
Don't assume you have a bootleg copy.
Look on the outside of your computer for a Certificate Of
Authentcitiy label (COA Label). if you have one, you don't have a
bootleg copy. Maybe your guy just forgot to stick it on there. I worked
at a shop where a guy routinely forgot to to so.
If you have a COA label, many but not all disks will work w/ the
product key on your label. The disk will probably have to be of
the same version of XP, as you have. If your product key does not work,
copy the product key off of the COA label on other computers, until
you find one that works.
Remember, that you must have the Certificate Of Authenticity for
your computer. If you don't, you will be doing something
illegal.
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