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Bartali

Computer problems

Any Apple users/experts out there?

My cat sat on my laptop (MacBook Pro) yesterday and reset all the colours.  So now the background is funny, but also every window is black and the pictures look like negatives.

Anyone know how to get it back to the normal 'factory settings' like it was when it came out off the box?

All help appreciated!
Bartali

Sorted!  'Control - option - command - 8' all at the same time!
maffy

did you take a picture?
TDL

Bartali wrote:
Sorted!  'Control - option - command - 8' all at the same time!


Wow! How did you figure that out?
Mrs John Murphy

Excel Problem

I am having a problem with Excel.

Office 2000 premium, XP.

I am getting error 1706 - no data1.msi

Now I don't have the office disk anymore so that won't work. I've done various google searches and I am none the wiser. Any ideas?
kathy

Re: Excel Problem

Mrs John Murphy wrote:
I am having a problem with Excel.

Office 2000 premium, XP.

I am getting error 1706 - no data1.msi

Now I don't have the office disk anymore so that won't work. I've done various google searches and I am none the wiser. Any ideas?


Have you tried a system restore back to a time when you know it was working.?
Bartali

maffy wrote:
did you take a picture?


Nice link Maffy

Slapshot 3

Sounds like a registry issue MJM you could try the following from our user manual or the link to Microslop.... the administrators bit is important but that might just be on our multiuser network. For your means you could treat your PC as it's own internal network. With software issues I always say if you're not comfortable with it don't try it, maybe have a look further on the net.

If you are using Windows 2000, follow these steps to turn on this policy:
Log on as a member of the Administrators group.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type MMC and then click OK.
Add the Group Policy snap-in.
Click the plus sign (+) next to Local Computer Policy object to expand the view.
Click the plus sign (+) next to Computer Configuration to expand the view.
Expand Administrative Templates.
Expand Windows Components, and then click Windows Installer, so that the Windows Installer policy settings appear in the right pane.
Double-click the Enable user to browse for source while elevated policy setting.
Click Enabled, and then click to select the Check to force this setting on check box.
Click OK to accept the new policy setting.
Double-click the Enable user to use media source while elevated policy setting.
Click Enabled, and then click to select the Check to force this setting on check box.
Click OK to accept the new policy setting.
Quit Microsoft Management Console and then restart the compute

The link is http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258847
berck

Bartali wrote:
Sorted!  'Control - option - command - 8' all at the same time!


Wow, that's pretty cool. You can find some other mac keyboard shortcuts here
Bartali

Thanks Berck ... what I can't understand is how Jack the cat learnt all these shortcuts! Wink
berck

Bartali wrote:
Thanks Berck ... what I can't understand is how Jack the cat learnt all these shortcuts! Wink


Yeah, very smart cat Wink

I've been bitten by those short cut things too. I've had one where the zoom got turned on and the whole screen was blown up about four times the size of normal. I had to do like you and figure out how to turn that zoom feature off.
CapeRoadie

Jeff Jeff de Jeff
Mrs John Murphy

Slapshot 3 wrote:
Sounds like a registry issue MJM you could try the following from our user manual or the link to Microslop.... the administrators bit is important but that might just be on our multiuser network. For your means you could treat your PC as it's own internal network. With software issues I always say if you're not comfortable with it don't try it, maybe have a look further on the net.

If you are using Windows 2000, follow these steps to turn on this policy:
Log on as a member of the Administrators group.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type MMC and then click OK.
Add the Group Policy snap-in.
Click the plus sign (+) next to Local Computer Policy object to expand the view.
Click the plus sign (+) next to Computer Configuration to expand the view.
Expand Administrative Templates.
Expand Windows Components, and then click Windows Installer, so that the Windows Installer policy settings appear in the right pane.
Double-click the Enable user to browse for source while elevated policy setting.
Click Enabled, and then click to select the Check to force this setting on check box.
Click OK to accept the new policy setting.
Double-click the Enable user to use media source while elevated policy setting.
Click Enabled, and then click to select the Check to force this setting on check box.
Click OK to accept the new policy setting.
Quit Microsoft Management Console and then restart the compute

The link is http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258847


Thanks. I'm on XP.

What annoys me is that it has happened before and I found the solution and fixed it. Now I can't find it. I can't remember if someone was hosting the missing file or if there was an explanation of how to correct it.

I don't use excel that much and I was only using that comp because my laptop cable has bitten the dust. I'll keep on trying.
cadence

Mrs John Murphy wrote:
Slapshot 3 wrote:
Sounds like a registry issue MJM you could try the following from our user manual or the link to Microslop.... the administrators bit is important but that might just be on our multiuser network. For your means you could treat your PC as it's own internal network. With software issues I always say if you're not comfortable with it don't try it, maybe have a look further on the net.

If you are using Windows 2000, follow these steps to turn on this policy:
Log on as a member of the Administrators group.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type MMC and then click OK.
Add the Group Policy snap-in.
Click the plus sign (+) next to Local Computer Policy object to expand the view.
Click the plus sign (+) next to Computer Configuration to expand the view.
Expand Administrative Templates.
Expand Windows Components, and then click Windows Installer, so that the Windows Installer policy settings appear in the right pane.
Double-click the Enable user to browse for source while elevated policy setting.
Click Enabled, and then click to select the Check to force this setting on check box.
Click OK to accept the new policy setting.
Double-click the Enable user to use media source while elevated policy setting.
Click Enabled, and then click to select the Check to force this setting on check box.
Click OK to accept the new policy setting.
Quit Microsoft Management Console and then restart the compute

The link is http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258847


Thanks. I'm on XP.

What annoys me is that it has happened before and I found the solution and fixed it. Now I can't find it. I can't remember if someone was hosting the missing file or if there was an explanation of how to correct it.

I don't use excel that much and I was only using that comp because my laptop cable has bitten the dust. I'll keep on trying.


As you are using another computer, could this be your problem, how are you logged in?  Do you have administrative rights to the machine?

I found this on Experts exchange.

This is a major problem with Office 2000. It uses Roaming profiles. As a result when you log on to a workstation as an admin and run set up it makes all sorts of registry entries for YOUR PROFILE. This means that when another user logs in and tries to run word those registry entries are not there and the program fails.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Misc/Q_20979845.html
Mrs John Murphy

Hello,

One is my lap top and the other is my desktop (both home computers).

The only way they are connected is via the wireless network in the house but they aren't networked in the way in which say the computers in an office are.

There are other users set up on the desktop since other people in the house use it.
cadence

Mrs John Murphy wrote:
Hello,

One is my lap top and the other is my desktop (both home computers).

The only way they are connected is via the wireless network in the house but they aren't networked in the way in which say the computers in an office are.

There are other users set up on the desktop since other people in the house use it.


I'm at a loss...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA011185721033.aspx

Without the installation CD — or for computers purchased from companies such as Dell, HP, Compaq, or Gateway — you need to provide a repair CD to reset the installation created for your computer by the manufacturer. For information on how to apply the repair or installation CDs, you might need to contact the support representatives of your computer supplier.

In many cases, the files that you need are compressed on the repair CD and must be run by using a special program provided by the computer manufacturer. In some cases, the computer manufacturers might have customized the .msi file or changed the file name.

In situations where you cannot obtain the installation CD, your options are the following:

Continue with the existing installation of Office without updating. This is not recommended. Your documents and computer might become compromised from security threats.
Remove the installation and reinstall Office by using another installation CD. Removing the previous installation may not be possible in severely damaged systems where the registry is corrupt.
Run a repair CD provided by the computer manufacturer. For information on how to apply the repair CD, you might have to contact the computer manufacturer or consult the documentation provided with the computer.
If you do not know which version of Office you have installed, the name of the .msi file requested indicates the Office version you have. A table that correlates .msi files to Office versions is provided later in this article.

Office 2003, Office XP, and Office 2000 provide the Detect and Repair command. You can find the Detect and Repair command on the Help menu of almost all Office programs. Using this command corrects identifiable problems such as missing files, corrupt files, registry omissions, or damaged registry entries. It replaces the .msi file if it was deleted, damaged, or is the wrong version. Using the Detect and Repair command usually requires you to provide the installation CD for the version of Office currently installed on your computer.
Mrs John Murphy

I'll give that a go tomorrow. Thanks.
Slapshot 3

Mrs John Murphy wrote:


Thanks. I'm on XP.

What annoys me is that it has happened before and I found the solution and fixed it. Now I can't find it. I can't remember if someone was hosting the missing file or if there was an explanation of how to correct it.

I don't use excel that much and I was only using that comp because my laptop cable has bitten the dust. I'll keep on trying.


That process should work for any OS from NT4 to XP Pro / Office Suite from Windows 2000 onwards combination, registry entries are created the same way from NT4 to XP. It won't work on Vista it's completely different.
Bro Deal

Bartali wrote:



Shopping cat wants dat one.  Must haz it.
Bartali

Laughing  Laughing

What shopping cat wanz ... shopping cat gets!

Unbelievably good at ordering me all sorts of nice bike things - never seems to order that much for Mrs B though.  Wink
kathy

If you want to see kitties and keyboards, take a look at this


Link
cadence

Re: Excel Problem

Mrs John Murphy wrote:
I am having a problem with Excel.

Office 2000 premium, XP.

I am getting error 1706 - no data1.msi

Now I don't have the office disk anymore so that won't work. I've done various google searches and I am none the wiser. Any ideas?



Did this problem ever get sorted out, inquiring minds are curious?
Bartali

kathy wrote:
If you want to see kitties and keyboards, take a look at this


or this ...



Sorry MJM ... I seem to be doing my best to hijack this thread!

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