Configuration process happens every time I load office. Why?

[KeithM]

The above happens almost every time I try to load an office component. It
takes a few minutes and is really annoying. Is there a reason for this? Can I
stop this?

 

[Gordon]

The above happens almost every time I try to load an office component. It
takes a few minutes and is really annoying. Is there a reason for this?
Can I
stop this?

What exactly do you mean by "configuration process"?

 

[KeithM]

A window opens up before the componenet window. It says configuration process
and there is a progress bar which takes about 2 minutes to complete. This may
be linked to loading active sync but am not sure.

 

[Gordon]

A window opens up before the componenet window. It says configuration
process
and there is a progress bar which takes about 2 minutes to complete. This
may
be linked to loading active sync but am not sure.

Then try disabling active synch and see if there's any difference.
If not, then disable ALL add-ins and add them back one by one until you find
the culprit.