After booting up my PC and logging on I’m presented with a fresh profile rather than my usual desktop and applications.

When looking into user profiles on my machine my account is shown twice – however one say under the status column ‘Backup’.

This happens when Windows XP detects that a profile has become corrupted. If you browse my computer you will see that all the files are still there. You will need to copy all the files into your new profile.

When you open any of the office applications on vista it asks you to confirm the terms and conditions.

1. Right click on an Office application icon.

2. Click run as Administrator.

3. Accept the terms and conditions.

You should not see the box come up again now.

When opening a Word document in Office 2003 certain elements such as checkboxes, drop down lists and textboxes do not work.

To fix this you need to adjust the security level of the document, make sure you trust the source before doing this.

Click Tools > Macros > Security.

Change the security level to low.

Save the document then reopen it.