Re: Word 2004 - "Can't load Visual Basic for Applications"
From: Phillip M. Jones, CE.T. (pjones_at_kimbanet.com)
Date: 05/27/04
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Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 15:40:31 -0400
John McGhie wrote:
> Hi Mark:
>
> Ummm... It *could* be that you are being punished because you declined to
> INSTALL the VBA module. This decision would be seen as "alternatively
> clever" by those who understand that many parts of Microsoft Office use VBA
> to do things such as generate the user interface :-)
>
> The first viruses for Mac OS X were written in around 1968, I believe. You
> are running on BSD Unix, my friend: one of the oldest operating systems
> there is, with one of the most technologically-capable hacker communities on
> the Internet.
>
> If you choose to match wits with them, you go right ahead. Me, I run an
> antivirus and a firewall :-)
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 27/5/04 5:25 AM, in article 2004052615254316807%markgreen0045@hotmailcom,
> "mark green" <mark_green0045@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I doubt my mac has a virus. I just did a fresh install of Panther a
>>week before this. And since I'm using OS X what virus could you be
>>talking about, as far as I know there aren't any. Could part of this
>>whole problem be because I did a custom install and only choose to
>>install Word for now and none of the others? Am I being punished
>>because I I'm happy with the OS X mail client and don't care to use
>>Entourage and don't care for Power-point or excel either.
>>
>>On 2004-05-26 09:37:10 -0400, John McGhie <john@mcghie.name> said:
>>
>>
>>>You MAY have a virus. Buy/Update your antivirus program and do a full scan
>>>of your system. Make sure you get a modern version that can detect PC
>>>viruses as well as Mac viruses.
>>>
>>>The reason Word can't load VBA is because it is being asked to load the PC
>>>version of it.
>>>
>>>You could cure YOUR problem by simply closing Word and renaming your Normal
>>>template. (Trashing won't work: either drag it to the desktop or rename
>>>it). However, the virus will hang around in your system and may infect any
>>>PC you send documents to.
>>>
>>>If no virus is found, then you should run the Office Uninstaller which you
>>>will find in the Office Folder, then re-install. It could be that a file
>>>got put in the wrong place when you installed, and now Word can't find VBA.
>>>Note: Re-installing without uninstalling has no effect: it won't replace
>>>files if they already exist.
>>>
>>>Hope this helps
>>>
>>>On 25/5/04 3:59 PM, in article 2004052501592479930%markgreen0045@hotmailcom,
>>>"mark green" <mark_green0045@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Every time I launch Word 2004 I receive this error message. It has been
>>>>happing since the very first launch but doesn't seem to cause any
>>>>problems once I click "OK". However its very annoying and I can't seem
>>>>to find any info on this issue. Here is the exact message I receive
>>>>after Word 2004 launches.
>>>>
>>>>"Can't load Visual Basic for Applications
>>>>
>>>>Make sure Visual Basic for Applications is installed on
>>>>your computer. If Visual Basic for Applications is
>>>>installed, make sure the path to the installation folder
>>>>does not contain any characters outside of the system
>>>>code page (such as Cyrillic characters on an English
>>>>system) and contains fewer than 255 characters."
>>
>>
>
Apple has changed from BSD 4.3 for Jaguar and below; to FreeBSD5.x for Panther and
beyond.
BTW: OSX.3.4 was just uploaded today and I ave already installed it.
There have already been 3 "proof of Concept" viruses specifically for OSX to date.
Possibly the reason why x.3.4 was issued. There was a security update a couple of
days ago that I think was to adress a proble where the help system uses Safari's
engine to work and there was possibility some one on the internet could use a defect
to cause trouble on your hard drive.
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