Re: Word 2002 with Vista

I am also having this same problem. Did you find a solution


"Terry Farrell" wrote:

From all the symptoms, I still believe this is the printer driver. Please
try a different printer driver: it doesn't matter if you don't have another
printer, just get a driver (download a Canon ip4300 driver as I know this
works fine with Word 2007) and install it as a local printer set to Windows
default and test.

Terry

"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I forgot a key word ... no Network printer. I had a local one that was
working fine.

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

No printer? Well that is your problem. Word MUST have and see a locally
installed printer driver. It doesn't matter if you don't actually have a
printer, but Word must see a printer driver that is set as the Windows
default.

Terry

"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well the lack of printers and addons means it has to be a corrupt
normal.dot.
Since I'm unable to correct that, how do I go about completely
uninstalling?
Deleting or renaming that file does not seem to correct the issue. If
I
uninstall and reinstall, will I have the same issues? Or do I need to
reformat the drive and start anew?

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

Well if Word hangs when launched, it usually indicates a corrupt
normal.dot,
a corrupt or incompatible printer driver, a corrupt or incompatible
add-in
or possibly (though far less likely) a corrupt Word Data Key in the
registry. As it starts in Safe Mode, it definitely indicates one of
those
causes. In Safe Mode, Word is starting in its default install
condition
bypassing all templates, add-ins, macros, customisations, etc. There
just
isn't anything else. It MUST be one of those causes.

Terry

"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've tried everything in that list multiple times to no avail.

Dan

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

Try the tips in this FAQ. If none work, report back for some
further
help
with this. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

Terry

"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It just hangs. In addition, I only using one account on the
machine
and
it
is an Admin.

Dan

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

As a test, find winword.exe (in Program Files, under Microsoft
Office),
right-click and select Run as Administrator. Does that open now?

Terry

"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Terry,

As I said in my first post, I already tried all of that. In
theory,
I
would
follow the "If Word Crashes as Soon as it Opens" even thought
it
does
not
crash.

I've renamed and removed Normal.bat file with no success.

I've opened Word in Safe mode (both via Run and using Ctrl.
That
will
open
Word but I cannot access any existing documents. Even if I
create
one
in
Safe Mode, I cannot reopen it later.

I've deleted the potentially corrupy Registry key - it did not
appear
to
regenerate itself.

I do not have a network printer hooked up, not have I ever had
one
on
this
particular computer.

I do not run any Norton products on this machine.
Additionally,
I
do
not
run Outlook, so there should be no Outlook Journal conflicts.

I never get an error message until I kill Word via Task
Manager.
Regardless, there wasn't anything in the Startup that was
mentioned
in
that
and other articles.

Do you have any other suggestions besides the generic help
article
that
I
already said did not work?

Thanks,
Dan

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've been running Office 02 with Vista for about 6 months
without
issue.
A
few weeks back, I started running in to issues with Word.
I
can
only
open
Word in Safe mode. At no point can I open an existing
document.

So far, here are the steps I've taken:
- Uninstall completely and reinstall Word
- I've removed the normal.dot.
- I've verified that I have NO addins other than
WordEEFonts
which
seems
to
be harmless.
- I have NO toolbars other than the stock MS.
- I've read through all of the walkthroughs and MS
documents
that
have
been
listed here and elsewhere and tried the various ideas.
- I do not have any new printers installed that were not
there
the
day
I
installed Office.

To further confuse matters (for me at least), I have no
issues
with
Excel/Access/Powerpoint.

Any thoughts? I'm at my wits end.







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