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by computerusageco

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I am running Windows ME. Everything is fine until suddenly when I try to open Word 2000 everything freezes up with the Word 2000 on the screen. When I do ctl,alt,delete the following message appears:
The system is dangerously low in resources!
Would you like to terminate the following application?
Winword [Not responding]
At this time a reboot is required. Tryed to unstall Word and reinstall but nothing works. Adding memory does not help. Presently running 128MB and added another 128MB. Problem same. Help.

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by dklippert

Locate and delete/rename Normal.dot. Delete the TMP files Word leaves behind. They start with a tilde (~) delete ~*.*
Start word on the command line with:
Winword.exe /a
Look at any Add-ins by using Tools>Templates and add-ins

by computerusageco

Although this answer did not solve my problem, it did point me in the right direction to solve. Thanks. What is the Normal.dot file anyway and what does the /a on Winword.exe indicate?
Thanks again.

by popeye_doyle

As Above answer : goto start search files or folders search for NORMAL.DOT in C Drive & Delete any entries listed. This problem will also occur if you have more tahn one MSoffice version on the system I.e works suite & office97, if this is the case you will need to remove both to resolve.

Rgds

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