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idiotprogrammer
I've been having a MS problem that's been really nagging at me. I'm
getting to the point where I might need to reinstall Windows
altogether.
I run as user (not admin) on xp home sp 2.
I recently installed MS Office 2003 and Adobe Professional 8. I have
not had a chance to actually use either program although I've opened
them once or twice. When I run as admin, I do not seem to have any
problems.
I had a previous version of Outlook 2002 installed, but the ms office
2003 installation cd prompted me to remove 2002, which I did.
Now, whenever, I open windows explorer (by right-clicking the Start
button), a dialog will pop up saying (Now configuring Adobe Acrobat 8)
and then it will keep chugging along, repeating over and over.
Sometimes, if I click cancel often enough, the cycle will stop.
Also, when I start an Office application, it gives me the same dialog
("preparing to install") and starts endlessly repeating itself. Often
it prevents the application from even running. With Outlook, it gives
this dialog
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjnagle/321979863/in/set-72157594291061585/
When I run admin, I do not have these problems. Adobe and MS Office
presumably are suited for running as user.
Other relevant facts:
I have had problems with Explorer before.
a)Explorer often mistakenly interprets a folder with documents as a
multimedia folder (listing artist, genre, etc)
b)sometimes certain options in the context menu will not work. For
example, the context menu item "Add to winamp playlist" disappeared
completely, and hasn't come back when the focus is on the right panel
of Explorer. (winamp is supposed to work in a multiuser environment)
c)I noticed that Adobe Professional added an Adobe context menu
within win explorer.
d)I had an almost identical problem with a podcast application called
RSSRadio. Later in a well-documented bug,
(http://groups.google.com/group/micr...date/browse_frm/thread/0519744dd33f2d9b?hl=en
) Explorer failed to open and I had to uninstall .net 1.2 and
reinstall .NET 2.0. However, because 1.2 is a requirement for RSSRadio,
I reinstalled 1.2 (after the tech support people said it was likely to
have any effect on the 2.0.
Can you suggest some possible causes and ways to remedy the problem?
In my opinion, it sounds less like a problem with the application than
it is a problem with the user environment. What do you think?
Thanks.
Robert Nagle
http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/
Houston, Texas
getting to the point where I might need to reinstall Windows
altogether.
I run as user (not admin) on xp home sp 2.
I recently installed MS Office 2003 and Adobe Professional 8. I have
not had a chance to actually use either program although I've opened
them once or twice. When I run as admin, I do not seem to have any
problems.
I had a previous version of Outlook 2002 installed, but the ms office
2003 installation cd prompted me to remove 2002, which I did.
Now, whenever, I open windows explorer (by right-clicking the Start
button), a dialog will pop up saying (Now configuring Adobe Acrobat 8)
and then it will keep chugging along, repeating over and over.
Sometimes, if I click cancel often enough, the cycle will stop.
Also, when I start an Office application, it gives me the same dialog
("preparing to install") and starts endlessly repeating itself. Often
it prevents the application from even running. With Outlook, it gives
this dialog
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjnagle/321979863/in/set-72157594291061585/
When I run admin, I do not have these problems. Adobe and MS Office
presumably are suited for running as user.
Other relevant facts:
I have had problems with Explorer before.
a)Explorer often mistakenly interprets a folder with documents as a
multimedia folder (listing artist, genre, etc)
b)sometimes certain options in the context menu will not work. For
example, the context menu item "Add to winamp playlist" disappeared
completely, and hasn't come back when the focus is on the right panel
of Explorer. (winamp is supposed to work in a multiuser environment)
c)I noticed that Adobe Professional added an Adobe context menu
within win explorer.
d)I had an almost identical problem with a podcast application called
RSSRadio. Later in a well-documented bug,
(http://groups.google.com/group/micr...date/browse_frm/thread/0519744dd33f2d9b?hl=en
) Explorer failed to open and I had to uninstall .net 1.2 and
reinstall .NET 2.0. However, because 1.2 is a requirement for RSSRadio,
I reinstalled 1.2 (after the tech support people said it was likely to
have any effect on the 2.0.
Can you suggest some possible causes and ways to remedy the problem?
In my opinion, it sounds less like a problem with the application than
it is a problem with the user environment. What do you think?
Thanks.
Robert Nagle
http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/
Houston, Texas