word xp does not register

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petremure

When opening word documents (Windows XP Pro sp2, Office XP sp3), I get the
following message: "This document could not be registered. It will not be
possible to create links from other documents to this document."
Otherwise, it seems everything else functions normally, I am however
concerned something could go wrong with my docs in the future.
Does anyone know what could cause this, or what should be done to remedy
this?
Thanks in advance,
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

You might try reregistering the program. At the Start | Run prompt, type

winword /r

then press Enter (note that there is a space before the forward slash). Word
will not start, and it may appear that nothing has happened (or you may get
a message box). If this method does not work, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm for another method.
 
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petremure

Thank you, Suzanne,
I did as you suggested.
The windows installer appeared for a few seconds, then went away.
Sorry to say, nothing changed. The link you provided gave the same advice as
you did.
Thanks all the same.
Any other ideas?
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

I started to suggest that until he said he wasn't having any problem
pasting.



Beth Melton said:
This is also a symptom of the Blaster virus. Take a look at
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp for more
information.
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dev-null

Turn the *DCOM Server Process Launcher* back on.

Quick way to do it is click the "start" button, then "run", then in th
dialogue box type:

net start "DCOM Server Process Launcher"

Of course, if you've disabled the service, you'll need to go in
administrative tools in the control panel, open up services, and set i
on either automatic, or manual, and start it whenever you want to us
word
 
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