Re: word 2000 professional.

From: Beth Melton (bmelton_at_NoSpam4Memvps.org)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:38:30 -0600

This can be caused by several things, but to correct it you will need
to zap the Windows Installer entry in the Registry and reinstall
Office/Word.

Obtain the following utility and use it to remove only the reference
to Office/Word. Once that is complete then you'll need to reinstall
Office/Word to point the Windows Installer to your installation CD:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 

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"greg" <greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:5688018F-4085-426D-BA35-F7E4BAAD7A8A@microsoft.com...
>I lost word. even my shortcut on my screen changed. when i go to my 
>docs to
> open a word file..it starts to configure my system and asks for disc 
> 1 to re
> install..got disc 2 ..can't find 1..error message is 1706..any ideas 
> on how
> to repair/find? thanks  greg

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