Re: Only for Mac folks

Jeff D. Horton (jdhorton@uidaho.edu)
Sat, 3 Aug 1996 16:43:11 EDT

Bill,

Try looking into the extensions folder for a file called "office updater
..." or something like this (it has been a while since I have removed
the file). For some reason this is causing Word and PowerPoint to crash.
Since removing it everything has been fine.

JDH

Bill Orr <orrwill@mail.auburn.edu> wrote:
> Finally, though, and here's where I would appreciate some guidance from
> those of you who are much more experienced than I am with the various
> models of macs out there, and yes, of course there are far too many
> models to choose from and know about. The last two machines would not
> let me install from the Commands disc. Locked up in the middle of the
> equation fonts folder. Not only that, but the screen frooze when I did a
> hard escape and then on soft boot, the machine would not start-up from
> the HD, i.e. they wanted to see a star-up floppy.
>
> What gives? And what do I do to get Word to load? Any/every idea will be
> much appreciated.

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