Drop down dir list box causes Word, Excel, Access etc. to lock up.

[spacecomics.com]

When I open the drop-down directory list box in the open file dialog, it
freezes and eventually - after about 60 seconds - says Not Responding. This
happens in Word, Excel, Access, and Front Page, all in Office XP Developer,
which I just installed on my new HP Pavilion with Windows XP Media Center
Edition version 2002 SP2. Could it have something to do with networking,
servers, virus protection? Any ideas what I can do about it? (Please don't
tell me I have to uninstall and reinstall over and over until it works).
I posted this in the general questions group & they said it didn't belong
there. I figure people in this group are smarter.
Thanks.

 

[Karl E. Peterson]

When I open the drop-down directory list box in the open file dialog,
it freezes and eventually - after about 60 seconds - says Not
Responding.

I posted this in the general questions group & they said it didn't
belong there. I figure people in this group are smarter.

Flattery will get you far. <g>

Take a look at these:
http://www.google.com/search?q=0x100C02

 

[spacecomics.com]

Thanks muchly! The first articles explained exactly what the problem is, and
the suggested workaround works fine.