I just did the update for Windows Vista. Now I can't access any of my
programs I was using, ie. Microsoft Office, Contacts for my email,
etc. I can see the file Windows.old, but I can't get any of them to
operate. What can I do to get those up and running again? Any advice
would be appreciated! Hopefully it's an easy fix =)

kinaeaton@xxxxxx wrote:

> I just did the update for Windows Vista. Now I can't access any of my
> programs I was using, ie. Microsoft Office, Contacts for my email,
> etc. I can see the file Windows.old, but I can't get any of them to
> operate. What can I do to get those up and running again? Any advice
> would be appreciated! Hopefully it's an easy fix =)

You need to reinstall the programs from the installation media (CD/DVD,
installable executable downloaded from the Internet). Then you can copy
over the data in Windows.Old.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

"kinaeaton@xxxxxx" wrote:

> I just did the update for Windows Vista. Now I can't access any of my
> programs I was using, ie. Microsoft Office, Contacts for my email,
> etc. I can see the file Windows.old, but I can't get any of them to
> operate. What can I do to get those up and running again? Any advice
> would be appreciated! Hopefully it's an easy fix =)
>