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Word causes system to freeze

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Using Word in Office XP. When program opens the system freezes. Checking Task Manager I find that 100% of the resources are being used. Any fix would be appreciated

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Have you downloaded the Office Service Packs?

How much memory is in the system? I’ve had documents with large page counts and or embedded graphics lock XP up.

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A common cause of this issue is corruption of the normal template.

To resolve, locate all copies of normal.dot and delete them. When you next start word it will re-create the template from scratch.

Hopefully this should fix your problem 🙂

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Are you on a network? I have experienced a similar problem when opening up word because for some reason, if there are dns issues, word will take a long time to open. I believe its because it is trying to connect to mapped drives, but it having problems finding the server.
Adding a host file entry for your file and print server will usually resolve the problem.

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I uninstalled Office XP Pro, then installed Office 2000 and now Word works fine and the system does not lockup.

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