MS Word running very slow

When i open ms word it takes a very long time before i am able to use it. it
acts like it temporarily locks up. the screen goes white for a while and then
back to word again. eventually i am able to use it and it works fine until i
switch to another window (any application, it doesnt matter). when i switch
back to word, it takes a very long time till i'm able to use it. i can see my
document that i'm working on but the hour glass is there and everything is
frozen for about 5 seconds. it does this everytime i switch windows. i have
ms word 2002.

any suggestions?

i'm running windows xp. sp2. 1.6Ghz. 512Mb RAM. ms word 2002.
i've tried reinstalling word and doesnt work. i dont have any other computer
or software problems.

thanks for your help in advance!

Adam

Adam
Thu Nov 11 20:52:02 CST 2004

Ok. i just found that someone else was having this problem. i unchecked the
"Enable Office Plugin" box and that did nothing. i noticed that person got it
to work by deleting the Microsoft Works add-in. i think my version of word
came with MS Works 2002. i wanted to try this to fix my problem but i
couldn't find instructions on how to delete the MS Works add-in.

does anyone know how to do this?

thanks,
adam

"Adam" wrote:

> When i open ms word it takes a very long time before i am able to use it. it
> acts like it temporarily locks up. the screen goes white for a while and then
> back to word again. eventually i am able to use it and it works fine until i
> switch to another window (any application, it doesnt matter). when i switch
> back to word, it takes a very long time till i'm able to use it. i can see my
> document that i'm working on but the hour glass is there and everything is
> frozen for about 5 seconds. it does this everytime i switch windows. i have
> ms word 2002.
>
> any suggestions?
>
> i'm running windows xp. sp2. 1.6Ghz. 512Mb RAM. ms word 2002.
> i've tried reinstalling word and doesnt work. i dont have any other computer
> or software problems.
>
> thanks for your help in advance!
>
> Adam

garfieldnodie
Thu Nov 11 21:01:02 CST 2004

Hi, Adam. Click on Start | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Microsoft
Works Suite Add-In for Word | Remove.

"Adam" wrote:

> Ok. i just found that someone else was having this problem. i unchecked the
> "Enable Office Plugin" box and that did nothing. i noticed that person got it
> to work by deleting the Microsoft Works add-in. i think my version of word
> came with MS Works 2002. i wanted to try this to fix my problem but i
> couldn't find instructions on how to delete the MS Works add-in.
>
> does anyone know how to do this?
>
> thanks,
> adam
>
> "Adam" wrote:
>
> > When i open ms word it takes a very long time before i am able to use it. it
> > acts like it temporarily locks up. the screen goes white for a while and then
> > back to word again. eventually i am able to use it and it works fine until i
> > switch to another window (any application, it doesnt matter). when i switch
> > back to word, it takes a very long time till i'm able to use it. i can see my
> > document that i'm working on but the hour glass is there and everything is
> > frozen for about 5 seconds. it does this everytime i switch windows. i have
> > ms word 2002.
> >
> > any suggestions?
> >
> > i'm running windows xp. sp2. 1.6Ghz. 512Mb RAM. ms word 2002.
> > i've tried reinstalling word and doesnt work. i dont have any other computer
> > or software problems.
> >
> > thanks for your help in advance!
> >
> > Adam

Adam
Thu Nov 11 21:25:02 CST 2004

That worked! thank you so much!

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

> Hi, Adam. Click on Start | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Microsoft
> Works Suite Add-In for Word | Remove.
>
> "Adam" wrote:
>
> > Ok. i just found that someone else was having this problem. i unchecked the
> > "Enable Office Plugin" box and that did nothing. i noticed that person got it
> > to work by deleting the Microsoft Works add-in. i think my version of word
> > came with MS Works 2002. i wanted to try this to fix my problem but i
> > couldn't find instructions on how to delete the MS Works add-in.
> >
> > does anyone know how to do this?
> >
> > thanks,
> > adam
> >
> > "Adam" wrote:
> >
> > > When i open ms word it takes a very long time before i am able to use it. it
> > > acts like it temporarily locks up. the screen goes white for a while and then
> > > back to word again. eventually i am able to use it and it works fine until i
> > > switch to another window (any application, it doesnt matter). when i switch
> > > back to word, it takes a very long time till i'm able to use it. i can see my
> > > document that i'm working on but the hour glass is there and everything is
> > > frozen for about 5 seconds. it does this everytime i switch windows. i have
> > > ms word 2002.
> > >
> > > any suggestions?
> > >
> > > i'm running windows xp. sp2. 1.6Ghz. 512Mb RAM. ms word 2002.
> > > i've tried reinstalling word and doesnt work. i dont have any other computer
> > > or software problems.
> > >
> > > thanks for your help in advance!
> > >
> > > Adam

Michael
Sat Dec 04 14:23:05 CST 2004



"Adam" wrote:

> When i open ms word it takes a very long time before i am able to use it. it
> acts like it temporarily locks up. the screen goes white for a while and then
> back to word again. eventually i am able to use it and it works fine until i
> switch to another window (any application, it doesnt matter). when i switch
> back to word, it takes a very long time till i'm able to use it. i can see my
> document that i'm working on but the hour glass is there and everything is
> frozen for about 5 seconds. it does this everytime i switch windows. i have
> ms word 2002.
>
> any suggestions?
>
> i'm running windows xp. sp2. 1.6Ghz. 512Mb RAM. ms word 2002.
> i've tried reinstalling word and doesnt work. i dont have any other computer
> or software problems.
>
> thanks for your help in advance!
>
> Adam