Re: Keyboard not responding in Word & Excel 97

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


Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 17:44:41 -0500

Oops! Missed that - old eyes.
Geez, just when I thought I'd be safe and quote you.

-- 
Regards;
Rob
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"Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@remove.no.spam.addbalance.com> wrote in
message news:epz82%23RMEHA.340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> That would not apply in Office 97. It doesn't require activation.
> -- 
>
> 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.
>
> "RWN" <NotLikely@mts.net> wrote in message
> news:eADbr9yLEHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > This is further to my previous (not too helpful) response and the
> > following are quotes found in other messages in this ng using  (in
OE6)
> > "Find->Message in this Folder" -"keyboard" .
> >
> > <quote
> > #1>----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Have you activated your copy of Word and PictureIt? Check under the
Help
> > menu. If there is a command there about "Activate" try it. If you
have a
> > version that doesn't require activation there won't be such a
command.
> > If
> > you have already activated, it will tell you that.
> > -- 
> > Charles Kenyon
> > See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
> > <endquote
> > #1>----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > <quote #
> >
2>--------------------------------------------------------------------
> > I was having the same and I found a trojan virus on my computer.  To
get
> > rid of it I went to this web
> >
sitehttp://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.tof
> > ger.html    I followed the instructions near the bottom and it all
> > started working fine again.
> >
> > Give it a shot and hopefully it will work for you too.
> > <end quote
> >
#2>---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ------------
> >
> > HTH
> > -- 
> > Regards;
> > Rob
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > "RWN" <NotLikely@mts.net> wrote in message
> > news:uu$HB2yLEHA.1272@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > 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.
> > > --
> > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > Words into Type
> > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
> > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> > > newsgroup so
> > > all may benefit.
> > >
> > > "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
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > > "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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