RWN
Sat Feb 07 21:02:31 CST 2004
Don't know if this applies but the following problem and solution
cropped up a while ago.
All,
The solution has been identified. It is due to the latest
Brother Laser printer driver. In my case, it is the
latest version of the Brother HL-1440 driver. I removed
the printer, reloaded the original driver which came with
the printer (replacing an updated version obtained from
the brother website) and the problem has ceased.
Thanks to all who replied with this problem. I would
never has suspected the printer. I also don't recall
updating the driver.
with gratitude,
rmd
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings All!
>
>I am Running Word 2002 Sp 2 (10.5815.4219) on an up to
>date Windows XP professional system.
>
>Every 10 seconds like clockwork, the hour glass appears
>for about 2 seconds. When the hour glass is active, all
>input ceases until the activity is complete. In addition
>to the hourglass, the upper lefthand corner of the ruler
>box surrounding the document gets grayed out (about 1/2"
>of ruler in both the horizontal and vertical
directions).
>The rulers reappear when the hourglass goes away. The
>activity continues to happen even when the open document
>is put into the background by clicking another open
window
>(such as an excel file). It doesn't appear to be a
>personal setting as both users of the machine encounter
>the problem. Ths problem has just started happening
after
>about nine months of using the machine with no problem.
>
>The document is not autosaving as this has been checked.
>It is not a speech or language recognition problem as
>these have been deactivate and checked.
>
>Help Please!!
>
>rmd
--
Regards;
Rob
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"Sandy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:bde101c3ed01$939a0280$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> hour glass pops up every few seconds as if system is
> trying to save. This only happens with Word (Office
> 2002). This started recently. Scanned, defragged,
> reinstalled XP, etc. -- still have the problem.
>
> It annoying