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  • W wrykyn

    Ok there's this thing about Word that totally bugs me. I have an administrator account on my xp machine. When my copy of Office was installed the network administrator put his name on the registration instead of mine. I think this is causing the following warning to pop up everytime I create or open a document on my machine "xxx.doc is being used by . Would you like to make a copy ?" Is there any way to turn this off...or to change my installation information so that it has my name instead of his (since I can't think of any other reason its doing this). PS: No one else has an account on my machine and I do have a licence for using Office " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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    Glenn Dawson
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    Look at your registry keys here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\UserInfo

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    • W wrykyn

      Ok there's this thing about Word that totally bugs me. I have an administrator account on my xp machine. When my copy of Office was installed the network administrator put his name on the registration instead of mine. I think this is causing the following warning to pop up everytime I create or open a document on my machine "xxx.doc is being used by . Would you like to make a copy ?" Is there any way to turn this off...or to change my installation information so that it has my name instead of his (since I can't think of any other reason its doing this). PS: No one else has an account on my machine and I do have a licence for using Office " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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      Aryo Handono
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      I have some experience with the same problem... during that time i seek for answer, and most of them recomended to clean install..... my OS :((:(( :doh: "Courage choose who will follow, Fate choose who will lead" - Lord Gunner, Septerra Core "Press any key to continue, where's the ANY key ?" - Homer Simpsons Drinking gives me amazing powers of insight. I can solve all the worlds problems when drunk, but can never remember the solutions in the morning. - Michael P Butler to Paul Watson on 12/08/03

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      • W wrykyn

        Ok there's this thing about Word that totally bugs me. I have an administrator account on my xp machine. When my copy of Office was installed the network administrator put his name on the registration instead of mine. I think this is causing the following warning to pop up everytime I create or open a document on my machine "xxx.doc is being used by . Would you like to make a copy ?" Is there any way to turn this off...or to change my installation information so that it has my name instead of his (since I can't think of any other reason its doing this). PS: No one else has an account on my machine and I do have a licence for using Office " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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        Ramanan Sivan wrote: I think this is causing the following warning to pop up everytime I create or open a document on my machine "xxx.doc is being used by . Would you like to make a copy ?" Your logic escapes me. But if everytime I created a doc, I was warned that it was in use, I would be removing the software in question and having it re-installed. Chris Meech We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton VB is like a toolbox, in the hands of a craftsman, you can end up with some amazing stuff, but without the skills to use it right you end up with Homer Simpson's attempt at building a barbeque or his attempt at a Spice rack. Michael P. Butler

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        • W wrykyn

          Ok there's this thing about Word that totally bugs me. I have an administrator account on my xp machine. When my copy of Office was installed the network administrator put his name on the registration instead of mine. I think this is causing the following warning to pop up everytime I create or open a document on my machine "xxx.doc is being used by . Would you like to make a copy ?" Is there any way to turn this off...or to change my installation information so that it has my name instead of his (since I can't think of any other reason its doing this). PS: No one else has an account on my machine and I do have a licence for using Office " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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          Sean Cundiff
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          Start Word. Go to Tools->Options. Click on the User Information tab. Change the name and/or initials. Click on OK. -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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            Start Word. Go to Tools->Options. Click on the User Information tab. Change the name and/or initials. Click on OK. -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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            wrykyn
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            Thanks for that. It did change the name on irritant message to whatever I enter on Tools->Options...but its still showing it. I don't know what I have to do to get it to go away. I entered the name that's the administrator account. :(( " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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              Look at your registry keys here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\UserInfo

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              wrykyn
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              I did locate those. Should I just delete them or should I modify them to the administrator name on the computer. I already did that through tools->options->user information(TAB) and that didn't help. Think these two are the same thing ? Thanks anyways. " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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                Ramanan Sivan wrote: I think this is causing the following warning to pop up everytime I create or open a document on my machine "xxx.doc is being used by . Would you like to make a copy ?" Your logic escapes me. But if everytime I created a doc, I was warned that it was in use, I would be removing the software in question and having it re-installed. Chris Meech We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton VB is like a toolbox, in the hands of a craftsman, you can end up with some amazing stuff, but without the skills to use it right you end up with Homer Simpson's attempt at building a barbeque or his attempt at a Spice rack. Michael P. Butler

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                wrykyn
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                "and having it re-installed." I think that's the last option. I think I'll wait another 4-5 hours and see if I can fix it and then I'll try reinstalling Word. " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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                • W wrykyn

                  Ok there's this thing about Word that totally bugs me. I have an administrator account on my xp machine. When my copy of Office was installed the network administrator put his name on the registration instead of mine. I think this is causing the following warning to pop up everytime I create or open a document on my machine "xxx.doc is being used by . Would you like to make a copy ?" Is there any way to turn this off...or to change my installation information so that it has my name instead of his (since I can't think of any other reason its doing this). PS: No one else has an account on my machine and I do have a licence for using Office " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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                  Is the machine in question using any sort of AV software?


                  "The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

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                    Is the machine in question using any sort of AV software?


                    "The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

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                    wrykyn
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                    Yeah McAfee. I disabled it. But the same problem persists. Thanks for the idea though. " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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                    • W wrykyn

                      Yeah McAfee. I disabled it. But the same problem persists. Thanks for the idea though. " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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                      Stephen Owens
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                      Does it happen for a new document you've just saved then re-opened? Or only for existing documents? Or only for a particular document?


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                        Does it happen for a new document you've just saved then re-opened? Or only for existing documents? Or only for a particular document?


                        Stephen Owens

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                        wrykyn
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                        Hmm it happens in all cases. For documents I download, ones I create , modify , everything. So I guess the answer is Yes. Still suffering :(( " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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                        • W wrykyn

                          Ok there's this thing about Word that totally bugs me. I have an administrator account on my xp machine. When my copy of Office was installed the network administrator put his name on the registration instead of mine. I think this is causing the following warning to pop up everytime I create or open a document on my machine "xxx.doc is being used by . Would you like to make a copy ?" Is there any way to turn this off...or to change my installation information so that it has my name instead of his (since I can't think of any other reason its doing this). PS: No one else has an account on my machine and I do have a licence for using Office " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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                          wrykyn
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                          I finally solved the problem. I went to cmd and typed winword /regserver Don't ask me what it is but it fixed my problem. Thanks to all. " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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                          • W wrykyn

                            Ok there's this thing about Word that totally bugs me. I have an administrator account on my xp machine. When my copy of Office was installed the network administrator put his name on the registration instead of mine. I think this is causing the following warning to pop up everytime I create or open a document on my machine "xxx.doc is being used by . Would you like to make a copy ?" Is there any way to turn this off...or to change my installation information so that it has my name instead of his (since I can't think of any other reason its doing this). PS: No one else has an account on my machine and I do have a licence for using Office " Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill ? "

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                            Terry ONolley
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                            Switch to Word-Star for DOS!


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