Re: Keyboard not responding in Word & Excel 97

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From: RWN (NotLikely_at_mts.net)
Date: 05/01/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:41:07 -0500

This probably won't help much but this question was asked before and
responded to as follows;

<quote>
It's been reported that there is a virus that causes this. 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Myheck" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CA23F26D-5C26-46C3-A2C6-42673F187C25@microsoft.com...
> My Word program (Office XP) won't type. I can save, print, cut and
paste,
and cursor blinks. I can't type letters or get any use out my keys. I
installed a Word 97 as well, and it does the same thing. I can do all
this
on other applications, like the internet, so it's not my keyboard. Any
ideas
will be appreciated.
<end quote>
I would assume that there may still be a virus resident (or at least the
remnants of one!).
-- 
Regards;
Rob
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"Elisabeth" <elsbett@msn.com> wrote in message
news:6abd01c42ec2$513c5ca0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello, We are running Office 97 SR1 under Windows 2000
> version 5 on an IBM NetVista (single user).
>
> We've had many viruses recently, cleaned up with Norton
> Antivirus.  After installing Quickbooks and running Norton
> Antivirus (which found 10 viruses), the keyboard no longer
> works in either Word or Excel, though it works in all
> other applications.
>
> In Word, we can use Home/End, Page Up/Down, and the INS
> key even turns on and off the insert mode.  But when we
> type any letters or numbers, there is no response in Word
> or Excel, though I do see disk access.  I can cut and
> paste, but not type any new text.
>
> Any clues, anyone?  Help!

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