Thanks for the reply. It doesn't appear to be macros, at least not that I
can tell. (nothing in the Normal.dot, for instance). The odd thing is
this: after two days of not being able to fully open Word or Excel (or
Access for that matter), they worked fine! Opened instantly for a day and
then the next day back to slow as molasses again. And then the day after
that, they were fine again! And have been fine since.
I've run the usual virus checks and ad-aware, etc. and not found anything
that seems to be related. Obviously something is going on, but ??
Oh well! As it stands now, I'll keep my fingers crossed that it stays OK.
Thanks,
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Simmons" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Slow start on Word & Excel
> On thing that comes to mind is that you may have macros that are slowing
down the start process. Word and Excel will execute macros that are stored
in two special sub-directories. I don't have 97 installed now (I have
Office XP) but 97 acts the same. On my Windows XP machine (I don't know
your operating system), the Word "Startup" folder is at C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup. Any macros embedded in templates
stored in that directory will be executed when Word is started. Similarly,
a sub-directory named XLStart is in the Office 10 sub-directory and macros
in any "XLT" templates there will be executed upon start.
>
> Some macro viruses store their macros there to make sure they are executed
when Word or Excel is started. The other thing that could be happening is
that in your Normal.dot template has a macro that is trying to reach a
network file that is no longer available and the application will timeout
trying to locate that file. If you can get them to open, go to Tools >
Macro > Macros... and see if there are any in the Normal template.
>
> While you are at it, I'd check both Word and Excel to make sure that your
Macro Security (Tools > Macro > Security is set to Medium and that there are
only sites you know in the trusted list.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Doug
>
> ========================
> At 3/26/2004 12:11 AM, Steve Brumbaugh wrote:
>
> I have a problem with Word and Excel starting very, very slowly. In fact,
Excel at least doesn't really start at all since eventually it just says
"not responding" and won't do anything. This is Office 97 running on WinXP
> and I never had any problem with this before today.
>
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