I've got Office 2003 pro installed (Acer A64 X2 3800+ running XP MCE2005). It was starting to lock up when I ran any office programs (the program would freeze, not the whole machine).

Decided to try removing and reinstalling it. Got my Action Pack cd out and did so. However, when I then tried to run any of the program (before updating w/ SP1, SP2, etc) I got an error: "Microsoft Excel has not been installed for the current user". Searched that on MS KB and found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898512/en-us

Followed the instructions, but there was no security tab in the properties of the file. Tried the method of deleting the file and then running any of the programs - still the same error and no new opa11.dat file created. Tried uninstalling, making sure ALL office files and reg entries were gone, and reinstalling. Still the exact same problems.

Any ideas? my user account is the only one set up on the machine and IS a computer admin account. So the write access issue shouldn't be an issue. Any other ideas?

I did notice when reinstalling that no opa11.dat file is created, just a opa11.bak. Running the programs doesn't make one. Renaming the bak to dat doesn't help either.

#$%$# MS...

That's a wierd one, I've never heard of it. Good luck doing it without an OS reinstall though.

Found a solution thanks to google:

http://www.kbalertz.com/898512/receive.ins...gram.first.aspx

In the comments section someone posted a procedure involving exporting sections of the registry and modifying them. Worked for me!

The "Security" tab is for configuring detailed NTFS file permissions. Under Windows XP Home, this tab isn't exposed. Under Windows XP Pro, it's only exposed when NOT USING SIMPLE FILE SHARING. To configure SIMPLE FILE SHARING on/off:

1) Open up Windows Explorer (or My Computer)
2) Click the Tools drop-down menu, then Folder Options
3) Navigate to the View tab and scroll to the bottom of the check options
4) UNCHECK the option for "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)" (it should be the LAST option)

Diggler

P.S. I don't know whether Windows XP MCE provides access to the Security Tab.

I'm using MCE, so I can tell you it's not there in that OS

(but it can be enabled following the same instructions as XP Pro to turn off simple file sharing)

If it can be exposed by disabling Simple File Sharing, then that feature is available in MCE.

That's what I meant - checked quickly and didn't see it, then tried disabling simple file sharing and found it, so it's there. Guess my edit wasn't as clear as I meant