Help, Microsoft Word 2002 giving me grief?

Question

I run Windows XP, with MS Word 2002 and this has recently started closing down regularly. The error message provided is: 'Problem caused by Microsoft Word 2002: consider upgrading!' Whilst I realise MS want me to pay out for the latest Office suite I am very reluctant because I also have Frontpage 2002 installed and without that I cannot continue with my website. If I install a recent version of Word/Office it will no doubt cause compatability problems with Frontpage 2002 and as that is no longer in production I would be well and truly sunk! If anyone has any tips I would be so grateful. Not even sure if I could simply buy old stock of Word 2002 and do a new install? Thanks everyone.

Answer 1

I would try a couple of things first:

1. See if there are any updates available for WORD (try accesing updates from HELP in Word). However, if you are getting notices to consider upgrading, MS may have discontinued support for that version.

2. Next, try going to the Control Panel>Add Remove Programs and select WORD>Change - Try to Repair your program.

Unfortunately, it sounds like you do not have your original disk to do a complete reinstall. You might try buying a new copy on e-bay, because that might be the only way to repair your program.