Problems opening older Word XP docs in Word2003

[Gary D]

Hi All

I have just loaded Office2003 on 2 new PC's on my LAN. If I try and open
some "older" word docs created about 1 year ago from my server, word hangs.
However I can still open them using the other Word XP and Word 2000
machines.
I also found that if I copied the file to the new PC's Desktop and
disconnected the LAN cable, they opened.

Anybody any ideas what could be causing this ? All the permissions on the
server are A-OK.

Regards

Gary D

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830561 "Documents that have
attached templates take a long time to open in Word 2002 and in Word 2003".

 

[Gary D]

Thanks for your help, will give it a try !

Regards

Gary D