Office 2003 not responding

[Hank00055]

I recently moved from a XP with SP3 laptop to a Vista laptop. Office 2003
which I had installed on the XP computer worked fine. However, when I
reinstalled it on the Vista computer, I find that when I try to open a file
in Excel or Windows, it takes the program approximately a minute or so to do
it. When I check task manager, it shows that the program is not responding
during that period. This happens whether I call an old file or one I try to
recall one I just originated and saved.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail.
What am I doing wrong?
Hank

 

[CBoom]

see this video

try disabling the addons from the trust center

http://www.computerboom.com/video_tutorials/disable-addons-office.htm

it might be an addon that is creating this problem!

please tell me if this helps you because I need feedback

 

[Hank00055]

Thanks for your response. Your video appeared to be for Office 2007.
However, in Office 2003, I did find macro security with a Trusted Publishers
tab under options. The only two options were: "Trust all installed add-ins
and templates" and "Trust access to Visual Basic Projects". I unchecked
both, in both Word and Excel and it made no difference.
I'm wondering if increasing the priority on the process in Task Manager
would help.
Do you have any other suggestions?

 

[Peter Foldes]

Did the recently purchased Vista laptop computer come with the Office 2007 Trial

 

[Hank00055]

No, it didn't. Office 2003 more than meets my limited needs, so I don't
really want to buy Office 2007 unless that's the only practical alternative.

Thanks,
Hank

 

[CBoom]

Oh sorry indeed your question was about 2003...

I was multitasking when I answered you .. sorry

You can try this>

Some ANTIVIRUS programs scan each time office opens to load the macro
scanner in case of macro viruses...

I don’t know what antivirus you have, but can you try disabling it
altogether, and run word for example to see if its faster?

If its faster that means that indeed it’s the antivirus playing badly with
office..

just a hunch.. may not be the case...