Office 2000 Issue

Rgen72 · 02-12-2005, 02:28 PM

My problem is this...recently I did a few upgrades to my computer. Processor, hardrive, ram, and cd burner (I doubt this is the cause of my problem, but I'm just laying things out on the table). I installed all the software that was in my last hardrive. Everything works great with the exception of Office 2000. Everytime I go to click on an Office document whether it be Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc... It would take approximately 75 seconds to load up. It works but its a nuisance to have to wait. I applied all three Service Patches, but to no avail. The only way a document would load up normally would be if I looked up the executable file e.g. Winword.exe to open up Word and then do a file -open and select the file name and location. Only then would the file load up normal. I even tried e-mailing a Word document to a friend and had that person do the same thing I did and the file came in normal time. Last thing... again I doubt this would make a difference but I did burn a bunch of documents to CD from my last drive then copied them to my new drive. I know what your thinking now...virus/spyware. Checked them out both came clean. Besides I didn't have this problem on my old hardrive.

Any suggestion?

-rg

**jancz3rt** · 02-12-2005, 02:58 PM

This is kind of weird. Just wanna ask whether you have trie fully unistalling it first. Then I would install it again .... try it without the patches.

JAN

Bobo · 02-12-2005, 05:22 PM

I also have office 2k, and it takes pretty long, could be the program, or too little ram, or something else totally different

Why not make a shortcut to the *.exe file on the desktop?

PC Technology INC. · 02-12-2005, 05:36 PM

Maybe the hard drive is begger than the old one. So it takes longer to find Winword.exe

Bobo · 02-12-2005, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC Technology INC.

Maybe the hard drive is begger than the old one. So it takes longer to find Winword.exe

At my school they use office 2k, and it is off a 400GB network drive.....only like 10sec to find

Rgen72 · 02-12-2005, 08:06 PM

I haven't uninstalled Office2000 yet. As far as having too little ram...I started with 198MB of ram before I installed Office. I now have 384MB of ram. Go figure. I did make a short cut of the Winword.exe file so I can launch Word then do a file - open to load up the documents in normal time (5-10 seconds). And that's what I would have to do for Excel, Access and Word. I doubt having a bigger hardrive is the culprit. If that's the case why do other programs load up in normal time. Anyway, I thank all of you for helping. Must do some more research. Thanks!

02-12-2005, 02:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rgen72 New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2	Office 2000 Issue My problem is this...recently I did a few upgrades to my computer. Processor, hardrive, ram, and cd burner (I doubt this is the cause of my problem, but I'm just laying things out on the table). I installed all the software that was in my last hardrive. Everything works great with the exception of Office 2000. Everytime I go to click on an Office document whether it be Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc... It would take approximately 75 seconds to load up. It works but its a nuisance to have to wait. I applied all three Service Patches, but to no avail. The only way a document would load up normally would be if I looked up the executable file e.g. Winword.exe to open up Word and then do a file -open and select the file name and location. Only then would the file load up normal. I even tried e-mailing a Word document to a friend and had that person do the same thing I did and the file came in normal time. Last thing... again I doubt this would make a difference but I did burn a bunch of documents to CD from my last drive then copied them to my new drive. I know what your thinking now...virus/spyware. Checked them out both came clean. Besides I didn't have this problem on my old hardrive. Any suggestion? -rg

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jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Ahmmm.. This is kind of weird. Just wanna ask whether you have trie fully unistalling it first. Then I would install it again .... try it without the patches. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

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02-12-2005, 05:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	I also have office 2k, and it takes pretty long, could be the program, or too little ram, or something else totally different Why not make a shortcut to the *.exe file on the desktop?

02-12-2005, 05:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
PC Technology INC. banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montreal, Quebec Age: 19 Posts: 281	Maybe the hard drive is begger than the old one. So it takes longer to find Winword.exe

02-12-2005, 08:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
Rgen72 New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2	I haven't uninstalled Office2000 yet. As far as having too little ram...I started with 198MB of ram before I installed Office. I now have 384MB of ram. Go figure. I did make a short cut of the Winword.exe file so I can launch Word then do a file - open to load up the documents in normal time (5-10 seconds). And that's what I would have to do for Excel, Access and Word. I doubt having a bigger hardrive is the culprit. If that's the case why do other programs load up in normal time. Anyway, I thank all of you for helping. Must do some more research. Thanks!