Word 2003 Hangs my Compaq PC Every Day

[Guest]

Hi,

I have Word 2003 running with all updates on an XP
Professional laptop and plenty of free memory. However,
Word will completely hang the machine stand alone of
hooked into our network. Control - Alt delete does
nothing as it is completely frozen. I have repaired the
installation as well as removed and reinstalled Office. I
even went so far as to take my Normal.dot from my home PC
to work (also 2003) but it did not solve the problem.
This happens with both large and small files at work but
never at home so I think that the documents are sound.
Some days it doesn't happen and then there are days when
it will happen about 8 times a day.

Any ideas out there? I have also checked with SystemWorks
2005 as well as several other utilities but all say the
PC is fine.

Thanks

 

[TF]

Word needs to see a printer driver: I am guessing that it cannot see a
driver when it needs it. Try installing your network printer as a local
printer and test again.

As an aside, after all those hangs, you may need to clean up the abandoned
temp files: see the following FAQ for some help with this
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm



: Hi,
:
: I have Word 2003 running with all updates on an XP
: Professional laptop and plenty of free memory. However,
: Word will completely hang the machine stand alone of
: hooked into our network. Control - Alt delete does
: nothing as it is completely frozen. I have repaired the
: installation as well as removed and reinstalled Office. I
: even went so far as to take my Normal.dot from my home PC
: to work (also 2003) but it did not solve the problem.
: This happens with both large and small files at work but
: never at home so I think that the documents are sound.
: Some days it doesn't happen and then there are days when
: it will happen about 8 times a day.
:
: Any ideas out there? I have also checked with SystemWorks
: 2005 as well as several other utilities but all say the
: PC is fine.
:
: Thanks
: