'problem starting the Office Assistant'
 

Hello,

I know this is slightly off-topic but...

I'm using Excel from Office 2000 and am getting an error on startup
which I'd really like to get rid of:

- There was a problem starting the Office Assistant. Would you like to
try installing it?

I did try to re-install it but it didn't help.

Any tips on how to get rid of this would be welcome!

Thanks!

'problem starting the Office Assistant'
 

From Excel, along the menu at top, click Help and de-select "Show the
Office Assistant". I'm biting my tongue, trying to resist the urge to
editorialize about THAT particular piece of code.

'problem starting the Office Assistant'
 

On 21 Nov 2005 18:51:30 -0800, "Dave O" wrote:

From Excel, along the menu at top, click Help and de-select "Show the
Office Assistant". I'm biting my tongue, trying to resist the urge to
editorialize about THAT particular piece of code.


Man I wish it would be that easy to fix it!
Unfortunately Help does not have "Show the
Office Assistant" as selected.

And when I select "Show the
Office Assistant" I get the error message referred to in my original
message.

This one goes a bit deeper than normal.

'problem starting the Office Assistant'
 

On 21 Nov 2005 18:51:30 -0800, "Dave O" wrote:

From Excel, along the menu at top, click Help and de-select "Show the
Office Assistant". I'm biting my tongue, trying to resist the urge to
editorialize about THAT particular piece of code.


Hi Dave,

I figured it out though (with MS's help nonetheless!)
I went into Setup Programs to Install/uninstall programs and selected
Office 2000. I went in and found an option to deselect the Office
Assistant there.

I'm very relieved! :)
Man was it starting to really bug me.