A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
Check if you are able to download and view the report properly in Windows Clean-boot. To enable Clean-boot in Windows XP, refer to the link given below:
Note: all non-Microsoft services (including the security software) are disabled in Clean-boot. Enable clean-boot at your own risk.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
Once the troubleshooting is done in Clean-boot, ensure to enable Normal Start-up.
If you are able to view the Help content in Clean-boot then it may be blocked by a non-Microsoft service likely to be the anti-virus or the firewall software installed on the computer.