rockhillmanor
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New computer came with MS Office program installed.
Trick is you have to register and purchase it.
Which I choose not to because the computer also comes with MS Works which I 'prefer'.
It has a preset in the computer that it changes to MS office to open my programs and then requires I register to buy it, when I click no, it blocks me from accessing the attachment.
It has now changed how my email attachments are opened and they are opened with MS office and until I agree to register it and buy it, it won't let me print the attachments out.
They also blocked me from changing how the files are open, by shooting it right to the register and buy. Click no and I lose access to the file.
I think MS has gone to far with this forcing you to register and buy their software! Anyone have any tips to override this?
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Tiger4x4RV
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You might try this. No guarantees. I run XP Pro and Microsoft Office. Your computer is different.
Go to your Docs folder and right-click on one of the word processing docs in there. (Nothing in there? Make a dummy doc.)
Right-click should bring up a bunch of options, one of which is "open with". Highlight Open With and you will see a list of programs and the option to "choose program". Do the latter. It should bring up a longer list of programs. Choose the program you want as word processor (Works, in your case) and then check the box that says "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file."
I hope this works for you. If it does, and for sure the documents open, then maybe go ahead and uninstall the unwanted program.
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jorbill2or
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Why haven't you deleted MS office ??? you don't want it and just because its on the computer when you bought it you don't have to keep it ... If a file cant find MS office it will ask you how to open it.
Truth is something some how it asked you if you want MS Office to be the default program to open a file ( maybe you thought it asked about MS works) and someone said YES.
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jorbill2or wrote:Why haven't you deleted MS office ??? you don't want it and just because its on the computer when you bought it you don't have to keep it ... If a file cant find MS office it will ask you how to open it.
Dubble ditto on that
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rockhillmanor
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Thanks for the tip on the dummy doc. I'll try that.
On the new Vista computers they add all these softwares and on line internet services and when you click to delete them it sends you to thier screen with OUT an exit box to click so no matter where you click it installs them!!!! You have to shut your computer down to get out of the screen. AND they keep opening periodically every month or so. Just like blocking out the 'open with' option on the office one.
Seems like such a waste of time of the programmers at MS programming these to try and trick consumers into installing them. What's the point of all of it?
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cybervanner
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Also...make sure you are not using Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express for your E-mail. Outlook is an office program, and by deleting office, you will delete your E-mail program! That's not all that bad though, because Microsoft Outlook is probably responsible for why it is directing your documents to go straight to office applications...since it is one!!!
Download Mozilla Thunderbird and set it up as the other half of this dilemma 
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campingrandma
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It isn't on the new "VISTA" computers, it is on your brand of computer. They are the ones that choose to load that junk. Go to Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, find MS OFFICE and uninstall it. It is really that simple. I did it on my new computer, you can do it on yours. It didn't send me anywhere else. If yours is doing that, there are bigger problems than having a trial version of MS OFFICE installed.
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Campfire Time
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Dump MS Works and MS Office. MS Works because I know way to many people that have documents from older versions that they can longer open. Office because its a memory and disk space pig, and is way over priced. Go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall. If you must keep Works, uninstall MS Office to get rid of the default open behavior. It'll free up some disk space too.
I strongly recommend going to http://www.openoffice.org/ and downloading the free and excellent OpenOffice package. Just remember to change all the default file settings to be MS Office compatable. Then, as was suggested, download Mozilla Thunderbird from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ and the Lightning scheduling plugin (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/) for a total Outlook replacement.
All free, and much less problematic than MS products.
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ReadyToGo
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So now you know how to uninstall a program. Now learn how to change what extension brings up which program.
Go to Start, default programs. Go to associate a file type with a specific program. Find what extension you want to go to which program. Couldn't be easier.
It is always curious to me that you ask a simple question and people post what software you should be running instead of answering your question. Oh Well.
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WMeyers
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another way, in VISTA:
"Start"
"Control Panel"
"Programs"
"Default Programs"
"Make a file type always open a specific program"
then change the program associated with each of the Office file extensions
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