Microsoft KB Archive/145890

WordArt on Gateway Computers Pre-Installed with Bob and Win95

PSS ID Number: Q145890 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

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= SYMPTOMS =

When running Bob on a Gateway 2000 Pentium computer with Windows 95 and Microsoft Bob pre-installed, you receive either of the following errors when inserting Word Art in Bob’s Letter Writer:

I can’t seem to create that object. If you want, I can try creating something else for you.


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You receive the following error when trying to create a card in Great Greetings:

I couldn’t add the text to your card. Try this: Close any other programs you have running, then try to add your text again.

= RESOLUTION =

To register Bob WordArt in the Windows 95 Registry, do the following:

  Close Bob.   Click the Start button and then click Run.   Type the following: Utopia.reg   Click OK when you see the following message: Information in C:.REG has been successfully entered into the Registry.   Click the Start button and then click Run.   Type the following: Utopiawa.reg   Click OK when you see the following message: Information in C:.REG has been successfully entered into the Registry.   Start Bob. You should now be able to create cards in Great Greetings and insert WordArt in Letter Writer. </li></ol>

= MORE INFORMATION =

Some Gateway 2000 computers that come pre-installed with Windows 95 and Microsoft Bob do not have Microsoft Bob correctly registered in the Windows 95 Registry. This has been documented in the following Gateway 2000 models:

P5 75 P5 90 P5 100 P5 120 P5 133XL

KBCategory: Kbusage KBSubcategory: B_Shell

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