Unfortunately, you will need the CD as even a detect or repair (Under help
menu of any office app) will need the CD to effect a repair in most cases

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"carrotops" wrote in message
...
I use Excel every week to type up business documents, but today something
went wrong. I clicked on the icon and a box popped up that said "Please
wait
while Windows configures Microsoft Office XP Small Business." Then it
asks
me to insert my Office CD.

I've looked all over for my CD and I cannot find it anywhere, but I need
to
use Excel or I'm in big trouble. Does anybody know why Excel won't open
anymore when it worked fine last week and I haven't uninstalled or changed
it
since? Does anybody know how to fix it?

By the way, it was trying to install a "Office Service Pack 2" a little
while ago and that was also causing it to ask for the CD, which I never
found, so these problems may be linked somehow. I don't know.

Thanks for any and all help!