skyhack

First, I'd see if she has an autosave of the document. Look for a filename in the "~wrdxxxx.tmp" name format in "C:\ Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft". She may find one that's very nearly complete. You could also try the "Open as" options, and go through each of the formats Word allows, and hope you get the right one. It also looks like there may be some character set or language issues. Does she use multiple languages or keyboard layouts? If so, the file may open just fine in the correct language/character set option.

just evil, i guess

Microsoft tells how to get extended functionality from Windows PE editing this hive http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/02/DesktopFiles/default.aspx, so how does it violate the EULA? I'm sure most of the people on this forum know about the "Pro lite" hack, but that doesn't get you everything that XP Pro has, it just seems to open up some networking and remote functionality. I haven't tried it, but this seems to be fundamentally different from, say, stealing and using a corporate key with the old setupp.ini edit. Of course, if Microsoft sees this as a problem, I'd bet that WGA would pick it up and bust your chops for you. http://www.msfn.org/board/style_emoticons/...t/whistling.gif