Word 2007: Stops functioning after auto updates of 4-10

[Rob in New Orleans]

Last night, Word 2007 worked great. This morning when I awoke, I found that
the auto update had downloaded and installed updates and restarted my
machine. Now the slide bar does not work on the right side of Word 2007 nor
can I access headers/footers by clicking on them. Plus everytime I try to
close Word 2007, it "stops working" and the OS attempts to check for a
solution, finding none. I have run the Office Diagnostics twice, but no
luck. I
attempted to access the Trust Center in Word 2007, but the option is no
longer available ("greyed out"). Did access Truct Center in Excel, however,
but Excel 2007 does not have this problem.

Any ideas on how to get Word 2007 functioning again?"

 

[jbonham]

Any ideas on how to get Word 2007 functioning again?"

I have a similar case after the update this morning. My mouse is not
working (in Word only). Diagnostics did not find a problem. I tried
running a Repair using the CD and this did not work either.

 

[Terry Farrell]

I've seen problems reported with the mouse not working on the desktop after
the latest updates. You can call Microsoft and log a fault for this: Support
for update bugs are free.