Office Assistant

Hi, I keep getting this message "There is not enough memory available to
complete this operation" when I try and change the office assistant.

I just got a new computer with Vista. Memory isn't the problem.

Help!!

Thanks

Hi Kathy,
Here is my fix if you haven't found one already. It involves
downloading the core components for MS Agent, and then copying a dll to
the Windows\System32 folder.

For really technical details:
'How to get the Office Assistant (Office 2003) to work in Windows
Vista, i.e. remove the \"Not enough memory\" error messages - David
Overton's Blog' (http://tinyurl.com/3duda9)

I am running Vista Home Premium as an Administrator, on a new HP
laptop. I installed Office 2003 Professional. I had the same error and
knew it wasn't a true memory issue as I have 4 gig. I was not able to
follow David's instructions exactly (not sure if this is an HP oddity),
but my command prompt did not look like what was expected, and I didn't
get security prompts. I didn't want to mess with the command prompt, or
the registry. :frown:

So instead here is how I fixed it using David's instructions as a
guide.

Downloaded the Microsoft Agent core components from: 'Microsoft Agent
downloads for end-users'
(http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/downloads/user.aspx)
(look for the link 'Download the Microsoft Agent core components (395
KB exe)')

Right clicked on Start button to Explore.

Manually copied Agentdpv.dll from c:\windows\msagent\ to
c:\windows\system32\

Opened Word.

Clicked Show the Office Assistant and voila it worked. I was able to
change the assistant and have not had any problems.

Hope this helps for people who don't want to mess about with the
registry or the command prompt.:smile:

~ ace


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acer_animi

Is there a way to get the office assistant to run under Office 2007
for word and excel?

Thanks,




On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:31:16 -0700, acer_animi <>
wrote:

>
>Hi Kathy,
>Here is my fix if you haven't found one already. It involves
>downloading the core components for MS Agent, and then copying a dll to
>the Windows\System32 folder.
>
>For really technical details:
>'How to get the Office Assistant (Office 2003) to work in Windows
>Vista, i.e. remove the \"Not enough memory\" error messages - David
>Overton's Blog' (http://tinyurl.com/3duda9)
>
>I am running Vista Home Premium as an Administrator, on a new HP
>laptop. I installed Office 2003 Professional. I had the same error and
>knew it wasn't a true memory issue as I have 4 gig. I was not able to
>follow David's instructions exactly (not sure if this is an HP oddity),
>but my command prompt did not look like what was expected, and I didn't
>get security prompts. I didn't want to mess with the command prompt, or
>the registry. :frown:
>
>So instead here is how I fixed it using David's instructions as a
>guide.
>
>Downloaded the Microsoft Agent core components from: 'Microsoft Agent
>downloads for end-users'
>(http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/downloads/user.aspx)
>(look for the link 'Download the Microsoft Agent core components (395
>KB exe)')
>
>Right clicked on Start button to Explore.
>
>Manually copied Agentdpv.dll from c:\windows\msagent\ to
>c:\windows\system32\
>
>Opened Word.
>
>Clicked Show the Office Assistant and voila it worked. I was able to
>change the assistant and have not had any problems.
>
>Hope this helps for people who don't want to mess about with the
>registry or the command prompt.:smile:
>
>~ ace

As far as I know the Office Assistant feature has been removed from
Office 2007 per Microsoft
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...479751033.aspx. Also the
following article about halfway down the page: 'Microsoft Office 12.0
pre-Beta 1: Reviews - Software - Productivity - ZDNet Australia'
(http://tinyurl.com/yo3sg9), and referenced in wikipedia 'Office
Assistant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clippy). Sorry for the bad news :frown:.

~ace


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acer_animi

Thanks a million!!! It worked like a charm.
Thanks again.

"acer_animi" wrote:

>
> Hi Kathy,
> Here is my fix if you haven't found one already. It involves
> downloading the core components for MS Agent, and then copying a dll to
> the Windows\System32 folder.
>
> For really technical details:
> 'How to get the Office Assistant (Office 2003) to work in Windows
> Vista, i.e. remove the \"Not enough memory\" error messages - David
> Overton's Blog' (http://tinyurl.com/3duda9)
>
> I am running Vista Home Premium as an Administrator, on a new HP
> laptop. I installed Office 2003 Professional. I had the same error and
> knew it wasn't a true memory issue as I have 4 gig. I was not able to
> follow David's instructions exactly (not sure if this is an HP oddity),
> but my command prompt did not look like what was expected, and I didn't
> get security prompts. I didn't want to mess with the command prompt, or
> the registry. :frown:
>
> So instead here is how I fixed it using David's instructions as a
> guide.
>
> Downloaded the Microsoft Agent core components from: 'Microsoft Agent
> downloads for end-users'
> (http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/downloads/user.aspx)
> (look for the link 'Download the Microsoft Agent core components (395
> KB exe)')
>
> Right clicked on Start button to Explore.
>
> Manually copied Agentdpv.dll from c:\windows\msagent\ to
> c:\windows\system32\
>
> Opened Word.
>
> Clicked Show the Office Assistant and voila it worked. I was able to
> change the assistant and have not had any problems.
>
> Hope this helps for people who don't want to mess about with the
> registry or the command prompt.:smile:
>
> ~ ace
>
>
> --
> acer_animi
>

Thankyou very much this works great.


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