Re: Word slow to open...what to do?



The "virus scan" message is coming from your AV. If it's Norton AntiVirus,
disable its Office Plug-in.

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"montidatta" <montidatta.1qd863@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I just purchased Microsoft Office Professional 2003, and Word is very
> slow to open. It can take up to a couple of minutes. As Word is
> loading up, at the bottom left hand corner of the screen is the phrase,
> "running virus scan...". I've set the security level to medium, hoping
> that would reduce the time it takes for Word to low, but it doesn't
> seem to matter. I have a HP Laserjet 1012 installed, and Word is set
> to print on it as a default. I have a symantec client firewall that is
> enabled. My computer is an Acer Travelmate, with a Pentium III
> processor. If possible, can someone provide me with at least three
> tricks of the trade to fix this problem? Thanks!
>
>
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> montidatta

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