WordArt on Gateway Computers Pre-Installed with Bob and Win95
  
PSS ID Number: Q145890
Article last modified on 06-12-1996
 
1.00 1.00a
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bob, versions 1.0, 1.0a
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SYMPTOMS
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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.
 
- or -
 
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
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 To register Bob WordArt in the Windows 95 Registry, do the following:
 
1. Close Bob.
 
2. Click the Start button and then click Run.
 
3. Type the following:
 
      Utopia.reg
 
4. Click OK when you see the following message:
 
      Information in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\UTOPIA.REG has been
      successfully entered into the Registry.
 
5. Click the Start button and then click Run.
 
6. Type the following:
 
      Utopiawa.reg
 
7. Click OK when you see the following message:
 
      Information in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\UTOPIAWA.REG has been
      successfully entered into the Registry.
 
8. Start Bob. You should now be able to create cards in Great
   Greetings and insert WordArt in Letter Writer.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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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
 
Additional reference words: kids w_bob
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Keywords          : b_shell 
Version           : 1.00 1.00a
Platform          : WINDOWS
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.