Outlook freezes when saving an attachment

[Frost]

This problem is similar to a previous post but Outlook freezes altogether on
this one. Here's what I'm doing when I encounter this problem:

1. Open, then close attachment.
2. Right click on attachment and select Save As.

At this point, the dialog box freezes, then Outlook freezes altogether. I
would restart Outlook by having to kill the app via Task Manager. Once
Outlook is launched, Word automatically launches with a "cannot find object"
error message. The attachment itself is not necessarily a Word document. An
Office Repair has been performed via Control Panel. System is on XP2, running
Office 2003.

Any help on this would be much appreciated.

 

[K. Orland]

Have you tried File, Save As when the attachment is open? Before you close it
and right-click on it.
Do you have alot of mapped drives? Is the attachment large?