Hello VaGreen100, Wednesday, July 20, 2005, 3:49:16 AM, you wrote: Vac> I have Windows 98. Vac> When I try to open Excel [part of Office 97], I get the message Vac> below. Dell technician suggested uninstalling and reinstalling Vac> but Excel won't uninstall. I tried installing from disc and I get Vac> something similar to below. Can anyone offer suggestions. To remove Excel you need to run the Office 97 installation CD and use it to de-select it. Then run the CD again to add Excel back. Is this what you did, and if so what error messages did you get ? -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe