Word 2003 Hangs my Compaq PC Every Day

[Bitkiller]

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. 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 but it
did not solve the problem. 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

 

[anon k]

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. 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 but it
did not solve the problem. 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

I used to have a Compaq that Word would overwork whenever I typed. The
processor fan would step up, and you could feel the extra heat coming
out of the vents. If I dared to switch into toolbar customization mode,
even if I did nothing, the machine would work so hard that it would shut
down from overheating within half a minute.

I never found out what caused that - the computer died just under a
month after the warranty expired - but when I was trying to find a
solution, it did seem that a LOT of people had similar problems.

I was running XP Pro with Word 97 at the time.