Try one of these: It worked for me!!!
System is dangerously low on resources.
This behavior may occur under any of the following
circumstances:
Word appears to stop responding (hangs), and you press
CTRL+ALT+DELETE to quit Winword.exe through the Task
Manager.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the default Word template
(Normal.dot) is damaged.
RESOLUTION
NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft
Windows, the following steps may be different on your
computer. If they are, see your product documentation to
complete these steps.
To resolve this problem, rename your global template
(Normal.dot). To do this, follow the steps for your
version of Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft Windows XP:
Quit all instances of Word, including Microsoft Outlook if
Word is set as your e-mail editor.
Click Start and then click Search.
In the Search Results dialog box, under What do you want
to search for?, click All files and folders.
In the All or part of the file name box, type Normal.dot.
In the Look in box, select your local hard disk (or an
alternate user template location if you are running Word
from a network server).
Click Search to search for the file.
For each occurrence of Normal.dot that appears in the
Search Results dialog box, right-click the file. Click
Rename on the shortcut menu. Type a new name for the file,
such as OldNormal.dot or Normal-1.dot, and then press
ENTER.
On the File menu, click Close to close the Search program.
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Microsoft
Windows 2000:
Quit all instances of Word. If you use Word as your e-mail
editor, be sure to quit Microsoft Outlook also.
Click Start, point to Search, and then click For Files or
Folders.
In the Search for Files or Folder Named box, type
Normal.dot.
In the Look in box, select your local hard disk (or an
alternate user template location if you are running Word
from a network server).
Click Search Now to search for the file.
For each occurrence of Normal.dot that appears in the
Search Results window, right-click the file, and then
click Rename on the menu that appears. Type a new name for
the file, such as OldNormal.dot or Normal-1.dot, and then
press ENTER.
Close the Search Results window. Restart Word normally
(without using the /a switch).
Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0:
Quit all instances of Word. If you use Word as your e-mail
editor, be sure to quit Microsoft Outlook also.
Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or
Folders.
In the Named box, type Normal.dot.
In the Look in box, select your local hard disk (or an
alternate user template location if you are running Word
from a network server).
Click Find Now to search for the file.
For each occurrence of Normal.dot that appears in the Find
dialog box, right-click the file, and then click Rename on
the menu that appears. Type a new name for the file, such
as OldNormal.dot or Normal-1.dot, and then press ENTER.
Close the Find dialog box. Restart Word normally (without
using the /a switch).
