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Fixing Errors with Microsoft Office Diagnostics

Wednesday June 24, 2009
Recently I had trouble saving my Excel 2007 spreadsheets. Every time I tried to save a file to my hard drive, I got an error message saying that there had been "a sharing violation" and I was forced to save the file with a new name. Microsoft's website didn't yield any help, so I tried Microsoft Office's diagnostics program that comes with Office 2007.

The Microsoft Office Diagnostics program contains six tests that check various parts of Office 2007 and your computer. The program checks such things as your computer's memory and hard drive, corrupt files, and registry settings.

Fortunately for me, the Setup Diagnostic test found some corrupt Office 2007 files. These files were replaced right away and my "sharing violation" problem was gone.

For more information on how to use this feature, read the article on Fixing Errors with Microsoft Office Diagnostics.
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June 26, 2009 at 7:57 am
(1) Cecil Jones says:

I’m not really very smart when it comes to computers, but can a spreadsheet be used to capture and compare sports statistics and tendencies? Do you recommend anything currently available on the market?

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