Word will not open

I have Word 2000 on my Gateway desktop. Just a few days
ago, Word began to have problems in opening. The Initial
Word box shows up, but the document format window never
opens to allow you to create a document. After waiting
several minutes, the only way to get out is to hit Ctrl-
Alt-Delete. Then the following message box shows up:

"The system is dangerously low in resources! Would you
like to terminate the following applications? Winword
(not responding)"

When I click "Yes", the box closes. However, from that
point on, whenever I try to open anything, a similar
message appears. I then have to reboot the system to get
it to work again. After rebooting, as long as I do not
try to open Word, the computer works perfectly.

I have deleted and reinstalled Word from the CD that came
with the system, but no change was noticed.

Any similar problem out there with a probable
solution??????

Thanks, Mark Bukowski

Suzanne
Wed Sep 08 11:57:12 CDT 2004

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Mark Bukowski" <bukowskime@bv.com> wrote in message
news:002501c495bf$7315fed0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I have Word 2000 on my Gateway desktop. Just a few days
> ago, Word began to have problems in opening. The Initial
> Word box shows up, but the document format window never
> opens to allow you to create a document. After waiting
> several minutes, the only way to get out is to hit Ctrl-
> Alt-Delete. Then the following message box shows up:
>
> "The system is dangerously low in resources! Would you
> like to terminate the following applications? Winword
> (not responding)"
>
> When I click "Yes", the box closes. However, from that
> point on, whenever I try to open anything, a similar
> message appears. I then have to reboot the system to get
> it to work again. After rebooting, as long as I do not
> try to open Word, the computer works perfectly.
>
> I have deleted and reinstalled Word from the CD that came
> with the system, but no change was noticed.
>
> Any similar problem out there with a probable
> solution??????
>
> Thanks, Mark Bukowski