Microsoft Office and Adobe Won't Open After 3/11 Updates

This morning I installed all of the 3/11 updates (Java update, daylight savings time, Quicktime, etc.). After my computer restarted, I can no longer open any Microsoft office product (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint) or Adobe Reader. There is not specific error message other than "Word has encountered an error" when I am opening the program and then the program immediately closing. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no success. Any one else having problems?
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

aj
been having some similar problems, mainly related to Entourage. am working with eMacs, primarily, and network home directories. have not had any problems--yet--on my macbook pro.
what has been a successful fix, thus far, has been to delete Microsoft User Data folder (in Documents folder). I would keep a backup of current/old folder if you use Entourage b/c messages, addresses etc are stored in database.
move entire MS User Data folder to another location, then try launching Office app and folder will be re-created. see if that works for now.

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