Thanks. Excellent advice. I appreciate your answering all my posts. I was
very concerned and I wanted to maximize my odds of getting an answer. Thank
you.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Just remove the patch. Set Windows not to install updates automatically and
flag this patch as one not to be installed.
When it is fixed, it will be fixed with a different numbered patch (probably
soon, given all the grief that it has caused).

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Edward H. Sebesta wrote:
Also, wouldn't removing the Security Patch only work until the next
XP update which would reinstall the patch?

"Edward H. Sebesta" wrote:

I need to have my WORD work and save. Both the Open and Save As is
broken. I just hangs up. I need a fix soon.

I am concerned that removing the security patch will expose me to
hackers.

For those of you who always think it is the Users fault, I have done
a security scan for viruses and adware. I have McAfee security. This
problem has taken hours of my time as I had to first do scans and
check that I had updates current, etc.

I did call Microsoft support which just means a persons reads a
script that you can call and pay for help. No acknowledgment at all
that there is a problem.