[Brock Sampson]

I have been recently invited to participate in Office 2010 beta and I am
having probs with word 2010 beta...Always at open, it encounters an error and
has to close. All the other office programs work just fine! (outlook, access,
excel etc all ok)

On the top bar it does show word fails validation, all the other programs
validate just fine....I have tried the repair option, completely removed all
office products, run tools like CCleaner, complete reinstall and revalidate
and fully updated MS updates and of course needed reboots. I am running XP
Pro SP3

But I still have the same issue-any ideas?
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!

[Yves Dhondt]

Do you have any addins installed? If so, try starting Word with the /safe
option and disable them.

Yves


"Brock Sampson" wrote in message
...
I have been recently invited to participate in Office 2010 beta and I am
having probs with word 2010 beta...Always at open, it encounters an error
and
has to close. All the other office programs work just fine! (outlook,
access,
excel etc all ok)

On the top bar it does show word fails validation, all the other programs
validate just fine....I have tried the repair option, completely removed
all
office products, run tools like CCleaner, complete reinstall and
revalidate
and fully updated MS updates and of course needed reboots. I am running XP
Pro SP3

But I still have the same issue-any ideas?
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!

[Jay Freedman]

If you need any additional help with this problem, please don't post
in the public forum. Problems with the beta are under your
nondisclosure agreement. Instead, post in the setup and installation
forum on Connect -- you should have gotten instructions on how to find
the beta forums when you got your invitation.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:03:17 +0100, "Yves Dhondt"
wrote:

Do you have any addins installed? If so, try starting Word with the /safe
option and disable them.

Yves


"Brock Sampson" wrote in message
...
I have been recently invited to participate in Office 2010 beta and I am
having probs with word 2010 beta...Always at open, it encounters an error
and
has to close. All the other office programs work just fine! (outlook,
access,
excel etc all ok)

On the top bar it does show word fails validation, all the other programs
validate just fine....I have tried the repair option, completely removed
all
office products, run tools like CCleaner, complete reinstall and
revalidate
and fully updated MS updates and of course needed reboots. I am running XP
Pro SP3

But I still have the same issue-any ideas?
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!

[Yves Dhondt]

Jay,

The beta is public now
(http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx) so I doubt there are
any restrictions on where to talk about it.

Yves

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
If you need any additional help with this problem, please don't post
in the public forum. Problems with the beta are under your
nondisclosure agreement. Instead, post in the setup and installation
forum on Connect -- you should have gotten instructions on how to find
the beta forums when you got your invitation.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:03:17 +0100, "Yves Dhondt"
wrote:

Do you have any addins installed? If so, try starting Word with the /safe
option and disable them.

Yves


"Brock Sampson" wrote in message
...
I have been recently invited to participate in Office 2010 beta and I am
having probs with word 2010 beta...Always at open, it encounters an
error
and
has to close. All the other office programs work just fine! (outlook,
access,
excel etc all ok)

On the top bar it does show word fails validation, all the other
programs
validate just fine....I have tried the repair option, completely removed
all
office products, run tools like CCleaner, complete reinstall and
revalidate
and fully updated MS updates and of course needed reboots. I am running
XP
Pro SP3

But I still have the same issue-any ideas?
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!

[Jay Freedman]

Ah, so it is... I foresee a lot of unanswerable questions in this
newsgroup, then.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:09:05 +0100, "Yves Dhondt"
wrote:

Jay,

The beta is public now
(http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx) so I doubt there are
any restrictions on where to talk about it.

Yves

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
.. .
If you need any additional help with this problem, please don't post
in the public forum. Problems with the beta are under your
nondisclosure agreement. Instead, post in the setup and installation
forum on Connect -- you should have gotten instructions on how to find
the beta forums when you got your invitation.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:03:17 +0100, "Yves Dhondt"
wrote:

Do you have any addins installed? If so, try starting Word with the /safe
option and disable them.

Yves


"Brock Sampson" wrote in message
...
I have been recently invited to participate in Office 2010 beta and I am
having probs with word 2010 beta...Always at open, it encounters an
error
and
has to close. All the other office programs work just fine! (outlook,
access,
excel etc all ok)

On the top bar it does show word fails validation, all the other
programs
validate just fine....I have tried the repair option, completely removed
all
office products, run tools like CCleaner, complete reinstall and
revalidate
and fully updated MS updates and of course needed reboots. I am running
XP
Pro SP3

But I still have the same issue-any ideas?
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!

[Peter T. Daniels]

The first one would be, How do I get it? I went to Yves's link, saw
that I wouldn't expect to use any of the 10 "improvements" anyway
(though the one that recovers unsaved documents might be handy), but
if it can handle newly added Unicode ranges, then I need it, clicked
the Download button, and it took me to a page asking me to "Sign in."
Signing in didn't work, so it suggested that maybe I need to sign _up_
first. But (a) that apparently means signing up for "Office Live,"
which I see from threads here can be quite problematic, and (b) there
wasn't any hint of how to sign up.

On Nov 26, 12:28*pm, Jay Freedman wrote:
Ah, so it is... I foresee a lot of unanswerable questions in this
newsgroup, then.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:09:05 +0100, "Yves Dhondt"



wrote:
Jay,

The beta is public now
(http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx) so I doubt there are
any restrictions on where to talk about it.

Yves

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
.. .
If you need any additional help with this problem, please don't post
in the public forum. Problems with the beta are under your
nondisclosure agreement. Instead, post in the setup and installation
forum on Connect -- you should have gotten instructions on how to find
the beta forums when you got your invitation.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP * * * *FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:03:17 +0100, "Yves Dhondt"
wrote:

Do you have any addins installed? If so, try starting Word with the /safe
option and disable them.

Yves

"Brock Sampson" wrote in message
...
I have been recently invited to participate in Office 2010 beta and I am
having probs with word 2010 beta...Always at open, it encounters an
error
and
has to close. All the other office programs work just fine! (outlook,
access,
excel etc all ok)

On the top bar it does show word fails validation, all the other
programs
validate just fine....I have tried the repair option, completely removed
all
office products, run tools like CCleaner, complete reinstall and
revalidate
and fully updated MS updates and of course needed reboots. I am running
XP
Pro SP3

But I still have the same issue-any ideas?
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!-

[Brock Sampson]

Thanks to Yves and Aidan Heritage @ the web site
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Microsoft...-safe-mode.htm
I found the answer to and fixed my own problem...Yes it was a add in option
that I thought was disabled causing the problem called "wordTabs v2.31" It
worked great in word 2003 allowing multiple tabs for multiple
document-switching instead of having more than one word program
running...What I didnt know was how to activate the safe switch which is run
cmd "winword.exe /a" which I found at en.allexperts.com posted by Aidan, I
was then able to launch 2010 w/o addons (no crashing) and then disabled the
add-ins one at a time until I found the culprit...It is working great
now....Thank you again Yves and Aidan.

--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!


"Yves Dhondt" wrote:

Do you have any addins installed? If so, try starting Word with the /safe
option and disable them.

Yves


"Brock Sampson" wrote in message
...
I have been recently invited to participate in Office 2010 beta and I am
having probs with word 2010 beta...Always at open, it encounters an error
and
has to close. All the other office programs work just fine! (outlook,
access,
excel etc all ok)

On the top bar it does show word fails validation, all the other programs
validate just fine....I have tried the repair option, completely removed
all
office products, run tools like CCleaner, complete reinstall and
revalidate
and fully updated MS updates and of course needed reboots. I am running XP
Pro SP3

But I still have the same issue-any ideas?
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!

.

[Brock Sampson]

In trying to update to all of your posts, I have not tried the /safe option,
I can only assume you mean to boot into safemode and try it, b/c I can do
nothing with word in normal mode as soon as it opens I get the usual MS has
encountered an error and needs to close and wants to send the error report to
MS.
Is there another /safe option you are talking about?
I believe it does have something to do with validating the product as out of
all the office products )excel, access, powerpoint etc) validate and work
just fine...Word 2010 is the only one that says failed validation.
Is there any ways to pre-validate the product before open like thru a
command prompt?
And as far as add-ins goes, there were some addins for outlook 2003 for like
my AV SW but they were disabled long ago, no other addins I am aware of
especially for word or even how to check since the program crashes at every
launch.I will check outlook for addins, where else can i look?

I do have a valid key, but dont even get the chance to enter it on word.

As far as posting in this forum, I dont know what to say besides deal with
it or sorry, It took me forever to find a forum to ask for help, i saw
nothing in the agreement about where to post or at least missed it, I always
scan them but really who actually reads every single word, (unless you are a
lawyer) But provide me with links to the appropriate forums and I will be
happy to post there.

As far as how to get and test the product, ( the link provided in Yves post
is valid to download 2010 office beta)...yes you need a windows live ID and
only an ID, I dont use windows live but am able to use my email address as
the ID and I found out about the technical preview (which was invite only and
I downloaded, but never installed) and was later invited to the beta test
version (which I did recently install and am having problems with) by reading
"My Digital Life" that is where I found the link and signed up for the invite.

I hope this helps other people but I am still looking for an answer to my
question.
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!


"Brock Sampson" wrote:

I have been recently invited to participate in Office 2010 beta and I am
having probs with word 2010 beta...Always at open, it encounters an error and
has to close. All the other office programs work just fine! (outlook, access,
excel etc all ok)

On the top bar it does show word fails validation, all the other programs
validate just fine....I have tried the repair option, completely removed all
office products, run tools like CCleaner, complete reinstall and revalidate
and fully updated MS updates and of course needed reboots. I am running XP
Pro SP3

But I still have the same issue-any ideas?
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!

[Gordon Bentley-Mix[_2_]]

No worries Brock. It's all good. Looks like you found an answer in spite of
everything. BTW, to start Word in safe mode, just hold down the Shift key
whilst it's loading...
--
Cheers!

Gordon Bentley-Mix
Word MVP

"Brock Sampson" wrote in message
...
In trying to update to all of your posts, I have not tried the /safe
option,
I can only assume you mean to boot into safemode and try it, b/c I can do
nothing with word in normal mode as soon as it opens I get the usual MS
has
encountered an error and needs to close and wants to send the error report
to
MS.
Is there another /safe option you are talking about?
I believe it does have something to do with validating the product as out
of
all the office products )excel, access, powerpoint etc) validate and work
just fine...Word 2010 is the only one that says failed validation.
Is there any ways to pre-validate the product before open like thru a
command prompt?
And as far as add-ins goes, there were some addins for outlook 2003 for
like
my AV SW but they were disabled long ago, no other addins I am aware of
especially for word or even how to check since the program crashes at
every
launch.I will check outlook for addins, where else can i look?

I do have a valid key, but dont even get the chance to enter it on word.

As far as posting in this forum, I dont know what to say besides deal with
it or sorry, It took me forever to find a forum to ask for help, i saw
nothing in the agreement about where to post or at least missed it, I
always
scan them but really who actually reads every single word, (unless you are
a
lawyer) But provide me with links to the appropriate forums and I will be
happy to post there.

As far as how to get and test the product, ( the link provided in Yves
post
is valid to download 2010 office beta)...yes you need a windows live ID
and
only an ID, I dont use windows live but am able to use my email address as
the ID and I found out about the technical preview (which was invite only
and
I downloaded, but never installed) and was later invited to the beta test
version (which I did recently install and am having problems with) by
reading
"My Digital Life" that is where I found the link and signed up for the
invite.

I hope this helps other people but I am still looking for an answer to my
question.
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!


"Brock Sampson" wrote:

I have been recently invited to participate in Office 2010 beta and I am
having probs with word 2010 beta...Always at open, it encounters an error
and
has to close. All the other office programs work just fine! (outlook,
access,
excel etc all ok)

On the top bar it does show word fails validation, all the other programs
validate just fine....I have tried the repair option, completely removed
all
office products, run tools like CCleaner, complete reinstall and
revalidate
and fully updated MS updates and of course needed reboots. I am running
XP
Pro SP3

But I still have the same issue-any ideas?
--
Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!

[Beth Melton]

Hi Brock,

I'm glad you were able to find your answer. :-) If you're still looking for
Office 2010 specific groups you can use those found he
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...ory/office2010

~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

"Brock Sampson" wrote in message
...
As far as posting in this forum, I dont know what to say besides deal with
it or sorry, It took me forever to find a forum to ask for help, i saw
nothing in the agreement about where to post or at least missed it, I
always
scan them but really who actually reads every single word, (unless you are
a
lawyer) But provide me with links to the appropriate forums and I will be
happy to post there.

Brock Sampson
GO TEAM VENTURE!