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Article #14177Re: Word says the disk is write protected!
From: Mr S.J. Walloe
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:46
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 -- Steinar J. Walloe Materials,Imperial College,U.K. InterNet: sjw2@ic.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------!!!!WHALES:!!!!------------------------------- INTELLIGENT FOOD FOR INTELLIGENT PEOPLE
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