Re: Hourglass craziness in Word '97

From: TF (terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:54:38 +0100

Don

Has your AV been updated recently? Not that I suspect a virus but it may the
AV App that's causing the problem.

You may be able to find the culprit if you open the Task Manager, View the
Processes list and see what is eating the CPU when the hour glass pops up. 

-- 
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/
"Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB26C348-0035-46BC-9578-CABB1F3AE798@microsoft.com...
: I've been using my Word '97 nearly every day for many
: years with no problem.  Today, for some unkown reason, it
: turned tempermental.  It became hesitant and then the
: cursor began to turn into an hourglass (like it was
: saving the file) EVERY TEN SECONDS. I reinstalled the
: program, Word '97, but it's still doing it.  I have
: nothing checked in the Options/Save tab.  I'm in the
: creation business, so the hourglass phenomena interferes
: with my thinking.  Does anyone have any idea what is
: causing this problem and what I might try to correct it?
:
: By the way, I have done a virus sweep and a close sweep
: for adware, etc.  There's nothing there.
:
: Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
:
:
: -- 
: Thanks,  Don

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