How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Gary — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:37:55 GMT

I THANK you very much for this fix and your work in finding the answer to this common problem. I found this in my search for an answer on my first click. I know this thread must be quite old but it seems it`s still helping people not to loose their minds. LOL Have a wonderful day.

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Deana — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:30:15 GMT

Amazing fix, thank you so much! The only step lacking is that once it gives you the choices of characters, you need the Word CD to install the one that you want!

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

RG — Tue, 20 May 2014 04:12:41 GMT

This is the fix I've been looking for for the past several years. You are the first person I've found (including Microsoft help desk workers) who has figured this out and mad a fix for it. I installed Office back in 2006 and this is the first time I haven't had to fiddle with the registry to change the assistants. IT WORKS!!! IT REALLY WORKS!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Eva — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:48:00 GMT

Thank you so much, David, it worked for me too.

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Murado — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:31:14 GMT

Dear David,

Actually worked!

Thank you very much and warm greeting from Istanbul, TR...

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Sandi914 — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:08:53 GMT

David, thanks. It worked!!

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Dawn Berlitz — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:09:50 GMT

thank you i got my favorite office assistant Links back i love that little office assistant she is my favorite out of the bynch

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Sue — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:28:23 GMT

Hi, David, How can I make this work in Windows XP? It seemed working the first time, and then it just diappeared and not working any more... Please help me!

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

bjeeg — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:05:25 GMT

Thank you SO much!

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

devkumar — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:16:10 GMT

thank it worked for me too

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Yank In OZ — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:27:32 GMT

Great blog, have spent weeks trying to get Rocky back. Doing as you instructed took just 1 minute. You're a legend.

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Steve Black — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:28:19 GMT

Here is the best solution from Microsoft:

support.microsoft.com/.../969168

This link works for both 32 and 64 bit win 7, but you have to follow the instructions if the system you install to is different than your download system (because the page auto detects your version of win 7).

I have X64 and it works perfect.

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:27:56 GMT

WAHOOO!! You rock hardcore!! Thanks so much for this!

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

David Overton — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:09:33 GMT

Billy,

Have you extract the files as described above - they should end up in that location by default.

Thanks

David

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Billy — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:23:23 GMT

Getting RegSvr 32 Error:

X The module "c:windows\msagent\agentdpr.dll" failed to load.

Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files.

The specified module could not be found.

Any help would be appreciatede @:

billy_green66@hotmail.com

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Christian von Delius — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:24:37 GMT

THANK YOU!!

Having only clip has been bugging me extremely!

Your Agentdpv.dll fix worked excellently

Thanks for sharing..

-Christian

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Dave — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:27:16 GMT

Thanks for troubleshooting and posting this fix. I missed my dog.

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Vicki — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:42:07 GMT

David, Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and making it easy for me to get my kitty back!!!

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Iain — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:56:58 GMT

To get rid of the pink background against the Office Assistant in Windows 7, right click the short cut to the application (e.g. Word) and go to properties, chose the compatibility tab, and tick-box 'Disable desktop composition'. Click Apply then OK. The windows task bar will change but it goes back once you exit the application.

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Russ — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:42:09 GMT

Works beautifully with Office 2000 - thank you - my son is very happy again.

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Linda — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:34:47 GMT

Dave,

After reading Kay's explanation about the command prompt and exactly how to enter the info, I got my office assistant to work.

Knowledge is a wonderful thing. You are a wise man and Kay was a great interpreter.

I can go to sleep now...........

Linda

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Linda — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:51:14 GMT

I can't get this to work. I have downloaded the Agent 2.0 Core components: self-installing executable file your link lead me to and have gotten to the administrator: command prompt.

I don't really understand how to type all that c:\windows\msagent...etc stuff in. I have tried several ways and none work. When I type it in line by line I get a message that says:

"The system cannot execute the specified program."

I have gotten other messages that are similar when I type the whole thing in all at once. I am lost.

Are there spaces between the .dll and the c:\ info?

I guess you can tell that I am not all that computer savvy. I need "Dick and Jane" instructions.

Any more suggestions?

re: How to get the Office Assistant in Office 2003 (clippy) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Dave M — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:46:34 GMT

Thanks so much, David - easy-to-follow instructions which worked a treat! I would not have had the first clue how to sort this out. Brilliant!

re: How to get the Office Assistant (Office 2003) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Diane — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:09:16 GMT

I can't believe it! So easy, and it worked.

Thanks!

re: How to get the Office Assistant (Office 2003) to work in Windows Vista, i.e. remove the "Not enough memory" error messages

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:56:02 GMT

David, it totally works.

Don't do it from the RUN prompt. Do it from a command prompt.

I got back my ROCKY.... DAVID, YOU ROCK!!!!!

Thanks!