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I have a major pain in the arse problem at the moment with a computer.
The computer needed a reload as it had a couple of spyware and bits, it was time for a freshen up and wasn't a genuine windows. Other than that everything worked fine.
I have reloaded with a genuine windows xp home and installed all the latest available drivers and all windows updates. I had a list of software that was on the machine before and have reinstalled this. I installed Office 2003 and have a problem with it.
If i open Word either a blank doc or an existing file the whole machine resets and i get the bios screen, then it boots back into windows. I sometimes can get it long enough to type a couple of letters then bang it resets again.
I have tried reloading windows again and then just doing drivers, updates and office with the same problem.
I have run superpi, prime, 3dmark, games and all other software and all works fine no problems. Internet works, all the existing documents open on another machine fine, there is no spyware or viruses, even if i create a doc on another machine and open it on this one it resets.
I have tried openoffice and wordpad they open the documents and work fine, it justs seems to centre around word/office. I tried Office 07 with no luck either.
What can it be?
The computer needed a reload as it had a couple of spyware and bits, it was time for a freshen up and wasn't a genuine windows. Other than that everything worked fine.
I have reloaded with a genuine windows xp home and installed all the latest available drivers and all windows updates. I had a list of software that was on the machine before and have reinstalled this. I installed Office 2003 and have a problem with it.
If i open Word either a blank doc or an existing file the whole machine resets and i get the bios screen, then it boots back into windows. I sometimes can get it long enough to type a couple of letters then bang it resets again.
I have tried reloading windows again and then just doing drivers, updates and office with the same problem.
I have run superpi, prime, 3dmark, games and all other software and all works fine no problems. Internet works, all the existing documents open on another machine fine, there is no spyware or viruses, even if i create a doc on another machine and open it on this one it resets.
I have tried openoffice and wordpad they open the documents and work fine, it justs seems to centre around word/office. I tried Office 07 with no luck either.
What can it be?