Office XP Application Hang

Exit MS Word, delete the normal.dot file on your hdd, and then try again.

normal.dot is a template file and it can get corrupted very easily. MS Word will create a brand new (clean) one when it finds none on your local hdd.

If the issue is that Word is extremely slow when doing this across the network, you might want to copy the file to your local hdd in order to work on it, then copy it back when complete.

You might also want to check these XP Speed Tweaks:

http://www.datacreek.net/webgear/tips/xptweaks.html

Your problem comes from the fact that you are accessing and modifying a document over a network. Once you finish working on that document, your application, in this case Microsoft Word XP, has to update the file on the source computer, (where the file is located). This can take som time depending on the characteristics of your network.

I am not happy with XP Office there seem to be many hang ups (TRY) in word TOOLS > OPTIONS then select recommended options for 97. may do the trick also even though not needed check if config has Device=Himem.sys DOS=High,umb Device=emm386.exe noemsand change files to read files=101 MS say not needed as in IO.sys but try anyway let me know if ok colinseel@hotmail.com

Just to add to the mix:

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