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Re: Word says the disk is write protected!

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From: Mr S.J. Walloe
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:46
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In article <1994Oct25.090855.2522@clp2> wensels@clpgh.org (Susan Wensel) writes:
>One of my co-workers tried to upgrade from Word for Windows 1.0 to Word for
>Windows 6.0.  After doing so, Word will not save anything he writes -- it
>keeps insisting that the disk is write protected (including floppies).  I
>have heard of this phenomenon before but, like an idiot, never thought to
>save the responses.
>
>Just a few notes on the issue:
>
>  Share is loaded in the autoexec.bat, not config.sys.
>  His document path is the same as the command line path.
>  His Word for Windows path is in the autoexec.bat path command.
>
>His system is:
>  386SX
>  6 meg of RAM
>  127 meg hard drive with 7 meg free (this drive may be doublespaced).
>  I don't know about the swapfile.
>
>Remember, this worked with Word for Windows 1.0.  As far as I know, he hasn't
>done anything to the system since his upgrade.
>
>To save bandwidth, feel free to e-mail me.
>
>--
>Susan Wensel
>wensels@clp2.clpgh.org
>
>Partial sig file:
>
>Of course these are my opinions.  If they were my boss's, he'd be me.
>

The fix is to get the Word 6a which fixes the bug in Word 6.0
This file is to be found on ftp.microsoft or mirror sites such as
src.doc.ic.ac.uk

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Subject: Re: Word says the disk is write protected!
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