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[brndg]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Processor: Intel I installed a trial of the Office 2008, but when I opened widows or any Microsoft programme it closes itself after 20 seconds or less showing a widow saying that it had to close unexpectedly saying that "Microsoft has encountered a problem and needs to close". So I though it was maybe because of the trial, so I bought the full retail version, I have uninstalled the trial, installed the retail version, but the same window came up!! I don't know waht to do...

 

[Jim Gordon Mac MVP]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Processor: Intel I
installed a trial of the Office 2008, but when I opened widows or any
Microsoft programme it closes itself after 20 seconds or less showing a
widow saying that it had to close unexpectedly saying that "Microsoft
has encountered a problem and needs to close". So I though it was maybe
because of the trial, so I bought the full retail version, I have
uninstalled the trial, installed the retail version, but the same window
came up!! I don't know waht to do...

Hi

Check this link for general troubleshooting steps to take:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/troubleshootingindex.html

If it were me, I would reboot the computer, run Disk Utility to repair
permissions, let Office update itself, and then use Font Book to
root-out corrupt fonts.

-Jim

 

[Diane Ross]

I installed a trial of the Office 2008, but when I opened widows or any
Microsoft programme it closes itself after 20 seconds or less showing a
widow saying that it had to close unexpectedly saying that "Microsoft
has encountered a problem and needs to close".

How much free space do you have? How much RAM?
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/performance2.html>

Have you tested in a new User? Go to System Preferences --> Create a New
User in Accounts. Switch to the New User by logging out/in or use Fast
User Switching. Test Office there.