Recent Updates break Office applications on Windows XP-Pro

After loading the latest Windows updates, I can no longer use my Office
applications. Word hangs and crashes. Power Point opens, but I can't save
to a different directory. Power Point hangs and crashes when I try to select
different directory to save file.

Any way to fix this?

I had the samew problem and I had to uninstall the updates to recover Office.
now office is wotking properly but I am missing the updates. did you notice
also that there is no way to inform microsoft directly about problems like
this without paying THEM. mmmmmm

"AndyM" wrote:

> After loading the latest Windows updates, I can no longer use my Office
> applications. Word hangs and crashes. Power Point opens, but I can't save
> to a different directory. Power Point hangs and crashes when I try to select
> different directory to save file.
>
> Any way to fix this?

"AndyM" <> schrieb:

> After loading the latest Windows updates, I can no longer use my Office
> applications. Word hangs and crashes. Power Point opens, but I can't save
> to a different directory. Power Point hangs and crashes when I try to select
> different directory to save file.
>
> Any way to fix this?

Do you have by any chance a HP Scanner connected to the machine?
If true, do you have the HP Scanner software installed too?

Bye,
Freudi

Very likely the problem is related with security update KB908531 - exclude or
remove it and test if Office works. At least this solved problems with XP
Home, XP Pro and Windows 2000 concerning saving as and copying files.

"AndyM" wrote:

> After loading the latest Windows updates, I can no longer use my Office
> applications. Word hangs and crashes. Power Point opens, but I can't save
> to a different directory. Power Point hangs and crashes when I try to select
> different directory to save file.
>
> Any way to fix this?

Yes I have HP Scanner and from another thread it looks like there is an
incompatibility with the KB913807 and the HP Share-to-Web software. I have
to learn how to remove or disable Share-to-Web while keeping the rest of the
scanner functional unless someboyd already knows how to do that.

"Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote:

> "AndyM" <> schrieb:
>
> > After loading the latest Windows updates, I can no longer use my Office
> > applications. Word hangs and crashes. Power Point opens, but I can't save
> > to a different directory. Power Point hangs and crashes when I try to select
> > different directory to save file.
> >
> > Any way to fix this?
>
> Do you have by any chance a HP Scanner connected to the machine?
> If true, do you have the HP Scanner software installed too?
>
> Bye,
> Freudi
>

My problems were solved by uninstalling HP Share to Web.

"Hessu" wrote:

> Very likely the problem is related with security update KB908531 - exclude or
> remove it and test if Office works. At least this solved problems with XP
> Home, XP Pro and Windows 2000 concerning saving as and copying files.
>
> "AndyM" wrote:
>
> > After loading the latest Windows updates, I can no longer use my Office
> > applications. Word hangs and crashes. Power Point opens, but I can't save
> > to a different directory. Power Point hangs and crashes when I try to select
> > different directory to save file.
> >
> > Any way to fix this?

"AndyM" <> schrieb:

> Yes I have HP Scanner and from another thread it looks like there is an
> incompatibility with the KB913807 and the HP Share-to-Web software. I have
> to learn how to remove or disable Share-to-Web while keeping the rest of the
> scanner functional unless someboyd already knows how to do that.

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archiv...15/425311.aspx
FWIW, if uploaded a ZIP file which includes a REG file, that does
exactly what the entry above suggests. If the "Share-To-Web" extension
has been "approved" already, _this_ registry entry will be deleted too:
http://patch-info.de/WinXP/Downloads...are-To-Web.zip

HTH,
Freudi