Loading file in Word 2003 from Explorer is SLOW! 25 seconds!

[P Vault]

Starting a new thread hoping to catch some MS attention--

I have a 2.8 GHz, 7200 RPM disk, 512 MB mem machine.

If I click on a 30K doc file in explorer it takes 18 - 25 seconds to load
word 2003 and the file.

If I quit that and immediately try to load ANOTHER file, it loads and
displays in 2 or 3 seconds.

If I quit THAT one and try to load a 3rd file, it takes 18-25 seconds again.

This is curious and frustrating behavior. i don't have Norton Anti-Virus
running and have no Word add-ins.

I have completely removed and reinstalled Word 2003 twice.

All other programs load and operate normally. A 200 page PDF file loads into
Adobe Acrobat in 5 seconds or so. Word itself, when clicking the Word icon,
loads in a second or so. Inside word, the same doc files mentioned above
load in 1 or 2 seconds.

If there's a MS Word guru here, please reply. I just can't find the answer.


Thanks for your help--

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Starting a new thread hoping to catch some MS attention--

Very few folks from MS frequent this newsgroup, and sadly the few who do
generally less than MVPs. By starting a new thread, you are omitting the
details of all the things you've tried or that have been suggested before.

 

[Beth Melton]

Here you go:
http://support.microsoft.com
and
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top

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[P Vault]

Very few folks from MS frequent this newsgroup, and sadly the few who do
generally less than MVPs. By starting a new thread, you are omitting the
details of all the things you've tried or that have been suggested before.

The new msg INCLUDES all the details of what I've tried and what has been
suggested before.