vinturella
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Computer problems…
A couple of days ago my computer, a P3 running Windows XP, began to lock up on almost every application. I ran a virus scan, spybot, and adaware, without any effect. System restore locks up. I reinstalled XP, which seemed to go well, but had no effect.
I then tried to reinstall Office XP, but it would almost immediately give me the message “Error opening log file – verify that the specified log file location exists and that you can write to it.” It did not tell me where it is looking. Log files are in my documents/local settings and my initial install had no problems. System.ini on the cd seems to be looking for \\officeserver\logfiles.
Word now pops up on its own with the message “saving the auto recovery file is postponed for normal.” Trying to open any file gives “locked for editing,” then “the document or path is not valid.
When I use task manager to try to unlock, I usually have several copies of dumprep.exe running and taking up the resources.
It was running perfectly two days ago, and I don’t think I downloaded anything that would be suspect. Any ideas? Thanks.
John, jbv@jbv.com
A couple of days ago my computer, a P3 running Windows XP, began to lock up on almost every application. I ran a virus scan, spybot, and adaware, without any effect. System restore locks up. I reinstalled XP, which seemed to go well, but had no effect.
I then tried to reinstall Office XP, but it would almost immediately give me the message “Error opening log file – verify that the specified log file location exists and that you can write to it.” It did not tell me where it is looking. Log files are in my documents/local settings and my initial install had no problems. System.ini on the cd seems to be looking for \\officeserver\logfiles.
Word now pops up on its own with the message “saving the auto recovery file is postponed for normal.” Trying to open any file gives “locked for editing,” then “the document or path is not valid.
When I use task manager to try to unlock, I usually have several copies of dumprep.exe running and taking up the resources.
It was running perfectly two days ago, and I don’t think I downloaded anything that would be suspect. Any ideas? Thanks.
John, jbv@jbv.com