Just installed Windows XP lost use of all Office XP products

[JCP]

I just upgraded from ME to Home XP. I have the Standard
Office XP suite of products and they all worked fine on
ME, but now with the upgrade none of the Microsoft
products, with the exception of Outlook and Internet
Explorer, work. Don't have a clue how to get them to
run. Do I reinstall the entire Office suite? Most of
the non-Microsoft programs work?

Help! Thank you!

 

[Cari MS-MVP]

The Registry entries may have become corrupted. Try reinstalling Office.

Cari
www.coribright.com

 

[Martin]

I just upgraded from ME to Home XP. I have the Standard
Office XP suite of products and they all worked fine on
ME, but now with the upgrade none of the Microsoft
products, with the exception of Outlook and Internet
Explorer, work. Don't have a clue how to get them to
run. Do I reinstall the entire Office suite? Most of
the non-Microsoft programs work?

Help! Thank you!

Did you do an upgrade or an install?

 

[MG]

When you insert the disk for office you will get the
option to reinstall. After reinstalling you will then get
the message informing you that you will have "X" amount of
times to use the office product unless you register your
product with Microsoft. This happened to me when I did
the same upgrade from ME to XP. I also converted the file
system from FAT32 to NTFS. There will be an onscreen
prompt to call Microsoft on their 800 number to get it
registered again. Explain to them what you did and all
your office products will work just fine again.

Hope this helps.

 

[JCP]

I did an upgrade.