Nothing workd so I called Microsoft Activation Help . After giving control of my compuer to them they removed the Registry settings for Office, removed Office and reinstalled. It did not solve the probem and the symptoms were that Excel and Access were fine, but when opening a Word Document the header indicated in the header someting about not activated. However, using File | Help in Word showed Office as Activated. The Microsoft person then added a new User to my system and while booted to the new User uninstalled add reinstalled Office. That solved the problem. I have idea why! Don