Re-installing Publisher from storage unit

Oh for God's sake, Mike! Don't call people liars without any proof. Not nice!
I do have a Word (MS Office 2003) and a Publisher 2003. Works, too, as I
love that for general letter writing. Bought 'em all when I bought my
Toshiba, which had only bare bones Windows pre-installed. I cut and paste
letters into Word to send it out in an attachment. Most people have MS Word,
but not Works. I also have a pdf program that allows me to turn my Publisher
newsletters into a pdf for sending my e-mail.

And I did back up all the original CDs on my storage unit which I brought
with me. However, when I spilt my tea on my laptop, my computer went wonky
and started cannablizing itself. For some reason, the programs on the
storage unit backups got corrupted or couldn't be accessed--or maybe they
were never copied right in the first place:*(. I couldn't get them to
install back into my computer. I wound up going to a computer doctor for a
very expensive fix and the guy said he'd got my files back. I saw the files
listed under documents and was elated. He lied about everything else,
though. He couldn't get my programs out my storage unit, either, so he
installed his old 2002 Word and old Works program into my laptop and they are
far inferior to 2003. He never even told me he did this, either, and he
didn't tell me Publisher was missing altogether, although not the
newsletters. I found out when I reached my next port of all and I couldn't
open them up. I am just livid! I've had to rebuild that newsletter using
2002 Word. All I wanted to do was re-open the project I'd already done
before I left--a newsletter I spent weeks on! But, of course, it wouldn't
open up, as Publisher had disappeared. I tried one of the tricks listed
here, lie about my country, to download the Publisher 2007 trial version
(which looks like it would be pretty good), but the servers where I am now
are not very weak and all of them have too many time-outs or dropped
connections to download anything really big, as that download is. Plus,
they've had so many power outages here, I'm thinking about buying a little
portable generator.
When I go back through the town where that so-called computer expert is, I'm
getting my money back and report him to the Better Busines Bureau!
I guess I'll just have to wait until I get home next month to re-install my
programs.
I may have to buy a new laptop pretty soon, as I am still experiencing a lot
of screen freezes and so forth. The moral of this story is: if you're going
to drink tea while you're on your computer, have it in a travel mug.

By the way, if you lose your car keys, the manufacter will send the keys or
the design to the car dealership within a few days. My car is unfortunately
all too easy to break into. That's how my backup CDs got gone--a thief tried
to steal my car and took my CDs instead. Pain in the neck. Also, if your
car gets broken into in Calgary, don't expect the police to do anything at
all about it! Only the police in Victoria can compare for such utter
uselessness in this regard.

Yes, I've had quite a lot of unpleasant things happen over the last while.

Marysue



"Mike Koewler" wrote:

> Mary,
>
> Not helpful, but deserved. The OP is suggesting something akin to saying
> you lost your car keys but the car is yours, the manufacturer should
> have foreseen this happening and devised a method where the car can be
> started by waving a driver's license in front of it.
>
> Not to mention, some things don't make a lot of sense. She has her data
> files back-up (I presume from her post) but then she talks about
> finishing a project in Word??? Unless it is a very simple project, or
> she had hundreds of unmarked boxes that contains the program CD, it
> would normally be much faster to locate the CD. Nor did she ask if
> anyone could print the file for her to give to her clients who
> apparently need it yesterday.
>
> Maybe it's reading all those "my dog chewed up my CD and I can't install
> Pub after my computer crashed" posts that makes me wonder if there
> really is a CD hidden in a box, packed away for the movers - A box that
> isn't labeled.
>
> Mike
>
> Mary Sauer wrote:
> > And this is helpful how???
> >
>

Hello Marysue

Am Jeffrey

Did you ever find out how to get your publisher to print, as I dont
understan how I can print in word but not in publisher, please direct me.

I do not know if you are given my email address but here it is email:
jeffreytvalerie.TakeThisOut@hotmail.co.uk

"Marysue" wrote:

> Well, no one goes around carrying all their program instalation CDs wherever
> they go, for Pete's sake! There should be some temporary solution on the MS
> site--like a way of opening your MS Pub newsletters to finish your
> project--or at least be able to print what you've got done of it for your
> customers and maybe dry to do the rest on Word. This is a ridiciulous major
> inconvenience and if Microsoft can't solve it -- or refuses to solve it--then
> it deserves to tank and let someone else with more user-friendly material and
> reasonable customer service take over!
>
> I paid a lot of money for MS Publisher 2003--at least, a lot of money to me.
>
> "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
>
> > You can't without the CD. I'd suggest you start peeking in boxes - I just
> > hope you have them labeled to narrow down your choices.
> >
> > --
> >
> > JoAnn Paules
> > Microsoft MVP - Publisher
> >
> > How to ask a question
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
> >
> >
> >
> > "Marysue" <Marysue.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7970DC43-0362-4E76-8308-0F84EEB06098@microsoft.com...
> > > My system crashed big time. I need to reinstall Publisher from my storage
> > > unit as my CD is missing (I'm moving, so it's probably packed somewhere).
> > > It's my favourite program! How do I do that?
> >