Re: Office documents opening very slowly

Hi

I had exactly the same problem. Then I monitored what's happening, when I
double-click the file.
I found out that the problem was Microsoft Antispyware beta1 (one of the
first release)
After deactivating Antispyware everything was fine.


"Wally" wrote:

> Office XP Professional (2002)
> Windows XP Home Edition, SP2
> Dell 2.6 GHz Pentium IV with 512 MB RAM
>
> To clarify... This is a recent problem. Until a month or two ago office
> documents would open very quickly.
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
> > Wally wrote:
> > > Office documents (Word, Excel, PPT) are opening very slowly (1-2
> > > minutes or more) on my PC when I open them by double clicking an icon
> > > in a folder or on the desktop. If I open the application first and
> > > then open the document using the File -> Open menu the document opens
> > > very quickly.
> > >
> > > I'm using McAfee antivirus software and have found no settings that
> > > seem to affect the problem. (I noticed that Norton was causing a
> > > similar problem for some people.) I even turned McAfee virus scan
> > > off completely and still had the problem.
> > >
> > > I've cleaned up and tuned everything I can think of. Any ideas?
> >
> > Office what?
> > System Specs?
> >
> > --
> > Shenan Stanley
> > MS-MVP
> > --
> >
> >
> >
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