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Old May 14th, 2004, 01:40 PM
k chow
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Default normal.dot

my word from office2003 hang and I've to end it with task
manager, since then everytime I quit word "cahnges have
been made that affect the global template normal.dot, do
you want to save the changes" and I've tried the
following.
using word2003 support templates troubleshoot
utility,delete data registry key,startup option key (both
with registry editor too), rename normal.dot, delete COM-
addins,remove macros,clear word and office startup
folder,uninstall office and delete office11
folder,reinstall office,run WordFix from
http://www.gmayor.com.,disable Norton a/v add in,scan with
a/v,delete all temp folder and ~normal.dot with no avail.
But if I start word with /a key, it would close properly.
Experts are saying don't take out the battery from beeping
smoke alarm, but because of the way MS built Word, even if
I put in a new smoke detector it'll too keep on beeping
once I put in the bettery by checking the "prompt to save
normal template" on tool,options,save tab in word. So I
don't want to burndown the house and build new by going
after my whole C: drive. Any other solution? Feeling like
chasing my own tail which I don't have. Thanks if any
suggestions.
  #2  
Old May 14th, 2004, 01:46 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Default normal.dot

Have you saved the changes once? You need to do this to save the new
normal.dot, otherwise you will get this message every time.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"k chow" wrote in message
...
my word from office2003 hang and I've to end it with task
manager, since then everytime I quit word "cahnges have
been made that affect the global template normal.dot, do
you want to save the changes" and I've tried the
following.
using word2003 support templates troubleshoot
utility,delete data registry key,startup option key (both
with registry editor too), rename normal.dot, delete COM-
addins,remove macros,clear word and office startup
folder,uninstall office and delete office11
folder,reinstall office,run WordFix from
http://www.gmayor.com.,disable Norton a/v add in,scan with
a/v,delete all temp folder and ~normal.dot with no avail.
But if I start word with /a key, it would close properly.
Experts are saying don't take out the battery from beeping
smoke alarm, but because of the way MS built Word, even if
I put in a new smoke detector it'll too keep on beeping
once I put in the bettery by checking the "prompt to save
normal template" on tool,options,save tab in word. So I
don't want to burndown the house and build new by going
after my whole C: drive. Any other solution? Feeling like
chasing my own tail which I don't have. Thanks if any
suggestions.



  #3  
Old May 14th, 2004, 01:57 PM
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Default normal.dot

after I cleanup all normal.dot and save the one word built
new when it start, but if I quit the prompt still comeup.
-----Original Message-----
Have you saved the changes once? You need to do this to

save the new
normal.dot, otherwise you will get this message every

time.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:

http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word

(supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------

---
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post

replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"k chow" wrote in

message
...
my word from office2003 hang and I've to end it with

task
manager, since then everytime I quit word "cahnges have
been made that affect the global template normal.dot,

do
you want to save the changes" and I've tried the
following.
using word2003 support templates troubleshoot
utility,delete data registry key,startup option key

(both
with registry editor too), rename normal.dot, delete

COM-
addins,remove macros,clear word and office startup
folder,uninstall office and delete office11
folder,reinstall office,run WordFix from
http://www.gmayor.com.,disable Norton a/v add in,scan

with
a/v,delete all temp folder and ~normal.dot with no

avail.
But if I start word with /a key, it would close

properly.
Experts are saying don't take out the battery from

beeping
smoke alarm, but because of the way MS built Word,

even if
I put in a new smoke detector it'll too keep on beeping
once I put in the bettery by checking the "prompt to

save
normal template" on tool,options,save tab in word. So I
don't want to burndown the house and build new by going
after my whole C: drive. Any other solution? Feeling

like
chasing my own tail which I don't have. Thanks if any
suggestions.



.

  #4  
Old May 14th, 2004, 02:09 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Default normal.dot

Sorry for being so unclear, have you, since building the new normal.dot ever
answered "Yes" to that prompt?

Also, there can be .COM Add-Ins that don't show up on the .COM Add-In
dialog.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

wrote in message
...
after I cleanup all normal.dot and save the one word built
new when it start, but if I quit the prompt still comeup.
-----Original Message-----
Have you saved the changes once? You need to do this to

save the new
normal.dot, otherwise you will get this message every

time.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:

http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word

(supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------

---
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post

replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"k chow" wrote in

message
...
my word from office2003 hang and I've to end it with

task
manager, since then everytime I quit word "cahnges have
been made that affect the global template normal.dot,

do
you want to save the changes" and I've tried the
following.
using word2003 support templates troubleshoot
utility,delete data registry key,startup option key

(both
with registry editor too), rename normal.dot, delete

COM-
addins,remove macros,clear word and office startup
folder,uninstall office and delete office11
folder,reinstall office,run WordFix from
http://www.gmayor.com.,disable Norton a/v add in,scan

with
a/v,delete all temp folder and ~normal.dot with no

avail.
But if I start word with /a key, it would close

properly.
Experts are saying don't take out the battery from

beeping
smoke alarm, but because of the way MS built Word,

even if
I put in a new smoke detector it'll too keep on beeping
once I put in the bettery by checking the "prompt to

save
normal template" on tool,options,save tab in word. So I
don't want to burndown the house and build new by going
after my whole C: drive. Any other solution? Feeling

like
chasing my own tail which I don't have. Thanks if any
suggestions.



.



  #5  
Old May 14th, 2004, 02:12 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Default normal.dot

Follow up on .COM Add-Ins...


"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
...
Hi Jerry,

Bob Buckland's FAQ article is a bit outdated. MS has created new sneaky
ways for COM add-ins to not show up in the dialog.

Check out the Help menu, "About Microsoft Office Word" "System info"
"Office Applications" "Word" "COM Add-ins".
I take bets you'll find something, and that it is guilty for dirtying
Normal.dot.
And there is also a good chance that it's an Add-in from MS.

Regards,
Klaus



--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

wrote in message
...
after I cleanup all normal.dot and save the one word built
new when it start, but if I quit the prompt still comeup.
-----Original Message-----
Have you saved the changes once? You need to do this to

save the new
normal.dot, otherwise you will get this message every

time.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:

http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word

(supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------

---
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post

replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"k chow" wrote in

message
...
my word from office2003 hang and I've to end it with

task
manager, since then everytime I quit word "cahnges have
been made that affect the global template normal.dot,

do
you want to save the changes" and I've tried the
following.
using word2003 support templates troubleshoot
utility,delete data registry key,startup option key

(both
with registry editor too), rename normal.dot, delete

COM-
addins,remove macros,clear word and office startup
folder,uninstall office and delete office11
folder,reinstall office,run WordFix from
http://www.gmayor.com.,disable Norton a/v add in,scan

with
a/v,delete all temp folder and ~normal.dot with no

avail.
But if I start word with /a key, it would close

properly.
Experts are saying don't take out the battery from

beeping
smoke alarm, but because of the way MS built Word,

even if
I put in a new smoke detector it'll too keep on beeping
once I put in the bettery by checking the "prompt to

save
normal template" on tool,options,save tab in word. So I
don't want to burndown the house and build new by going
after my whole C: drive. Any other solution? Feeling

like
chasing my own tail which I don't have. Thanks if any
suggestions.



.



  #6  
Old May 14th, 2004, 02:41 PM
k chow
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default normal.dot

The only COM-addin I found was from MS Map point and I
disable it,it's also showed as disabled items in word
help.
-----Original Message-----
Follow up on .COM Add-Ins...


"Klaus Linke" wrote

in message
...
Hi Jerry,

Bob Buckland's FAQ article is a bit outdated. MS has

created new sneaky
ways for COM add-ins to not show up in the dialog.

Check out the Help menu, "About Microsoft Office Word"

"System info"
"Office Applications" "Word" "COM Add-ins".
I take bets you'll find something, and that it is

guilty for dirtying
Normal.dot.
And there is also a good chance that it's an Add-in

from MS.

Regards,
Klaus



--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:

http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word

(supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------

---
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post

replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

wrote in message
...
after I cleanup all normal.dot and save the one word

built
new when it start, but if I quit the prompt still

comeup.
-----Original Message-----
Have you saved the changes once? You need to do this

to
save the new
normal.dot, otherwise you will get this message every

time.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:

http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word

(supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which

is
awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---

---
---
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post

replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can

learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"k chow" wrote

in
message
...
my word from office2003 hang and I've to end it with

task
manager, since then everytime I quit word "cahnges

have
been made that affect the global template

normal.dot,
do
you want to save the changes" and I've tried the
following.
using word2003 support templates troubleshoot
utility,delete data registry key,startup option key

(both
with registry editor too), rename normal.dot, delete

COM-
addins,remove macros,clear word and office startup
folder,uninstall office and delete office11
folder,reinstall office,run WordFix from
http://www.gmayor.com.,disable Norton a/v add

in,scan
with
a/v,delete all temp folder and ~normal.dot with no

avail.
But if I start word with /a key, it would close

properly.
Experts are saying don't take out the battery from

beeping
smoke alarm, but because of the way MS built Word,

even if
I put in a new smoke detector it'll too keep on

beeping
once I put in the bettery by checking the "prompt to

save
normal template" on tool,options,save tab in word.

So I
don't want to burndown the house and build new by

going
after my whole C: drive. Any other solution? Feeling

like
chasing my own tail which I don't have. Thanks if

any
suggestions.


.



.

  #7  
Old May 14th, 2004, 07:59 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Posts: n/a
Default normal.dot

I have the MapPoint add-in and it doesn't cause this on my system.

Word 2003, Windows XP Pro, MapPoint 2004
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"k chow" wrote in message
...
The only COM-addin I found was from MS Map point and I
disable it,it's also showed as disabled items in word
help.
-----Original Message-----
Follow up on .COM Add-Ins...


"Klaus Linke" wrote

in message
...
Hi Jerry,

Bob Buckland's FAQ article is a bit outdated. MS has

created new sneaky
ways for COM add-ins to not show up in the dialog.

Check out the Help menu, "About Microsoft Office Word"

"System info"
"Office Applications" "Word" "COM Add-ins".
I take bets you'll find something, and that it is

guilty for dirtying
Normal.dot.
And there is also a good chance that it's an Add-in

from MS.

Regards,
Klaus



--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:

http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word

(supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)

http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is

awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------

---
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post

replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

wrote in message
...
after I cleanup all normal.dot and save the one word

built
new when it start, but if I quit the prompt still

comeup.
-----Original Message-----
Have you saved the changes once? You need to do this

to
save the new
normal.dot, otherwise you will get this message every
time.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word
(supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which

is
awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---

---
---
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post
replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can

learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"k chow" wrote

in
message
...
my word from office2003 hang and I've to end it with
task
manager, since then everytime I quit word "cahnges

have
been made that affect the global template

normal.dot,
do
you want to save the changes" and I've tried the
following.
using word2003 support templates troubleshoot
utility,delete data registry key,startup option key
(both
with registry editor too), rename normal.dot, delete
COM-
addins,remove macros,clear word and office startup
folder,uninstall office and delete office11
folder,reinstall office,run WordFix from
http://www.gmayor.com.,disable Norton a/v add

in,scan
with
a/v,delete all temp folder and ~normal.dot with no
avail.
But if I start word with /a key, it would close
properly.
Experts are saying don't take out the battery from
beeping
smoke alarm, but because of the way MS built Word,
even if
I put in a new smoke detector it'll too keep on

beeping
once I put in the bettery by checking the "prompt to
save
normal template" on tool,options,save tab in word.

So I
don't want to burndown the house and build new by

going
after my whole C: drive. Any other solution? Feeling
like
chasing my own tail which I don't have. Thanks if

any
suggestions.


.



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