Re: Wi-Fi and Slow Opening Office Files

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From: TF (terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 22:29:08 +0100

Ah WordStar! The days when a wordprocessor new its limitations and where
Desktop Publishing took over! (I was a real fan of WordStar 6.)

Word will access the Internet (or try to) to check for all sorts of
information and also send Microsoft information about how you are using Word
(Office). Some of these options can be changed in Help, Customer Feedback
Options. Also, if Help is set to check on line before off line, it too will
try to establish if and Internet link is available. I have also Identified
that Intellipoint randomly connects to check for updates and that coincides
with an Office application starting and establishing a connection.

Also the point I made about the printer: you must ensure that you have
installed a local printer and set it as the Windows Default - otherwise Word
will spend its life looking for a printer somewhere else.

Terry

"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9a6d01c478d0$99bd7ec0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
: This computer is a stand-alone, and is frequently, but
: not always, connected to some kind of internet access.
: Sometimes the access is dial-up, and at my current
: location the access to the internet is Wi-Fi. I am not
: really a part of any particular network. I have used
: Linkspot, Flying-J, and T-Mobile Wi-Fi connections
: depending upon where I'm located. Does MS Word "think"
: I'm using those as a server?
:
: I'd like to keep MS Word on a leash and confine its
: activity to my local hard drive. Its useless forays into
: the ethereal reaches of the internet not only take up too
: much time, but make me quite nervous. There's no reason
: for MS Word to be looking, searching, sniffing (or
: whatever else it does) anywhere except my hard drive,
: even when I might be connected to internet access. I want
: to control the software and not have the software control
: me.
:
: (I'm starting to miss my old WordStar 5.5)
:
: Thanks,
:
: Dave
:
:
: >-----Original Message-----
: >Normal.dot was already attached, and it is slow anyway.
: >(!!RATS!!) Are there any settings I can make to keep
: this
: >software from (apparently by design) drifting off into
: >the stratosphere looking willy-nilly for who knows what?
: >I happen to know where my files are, and if I need MS
: >Word to do any searching, I want to tell it when to
: >search and what to search for. Is this the way that it
: >is, so therefore, when I'm on Wi-Fi I'm stuck?
: >
: >Help, help, help!!!
: >Thanks,
: >
: >Dave
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >>-----Original Message-----
: >>If the attached template is or was on the network, Word
: >will spend a lot
: >>more time looking for it if you are connected than when
: >you are not (it
: >>doesn't take as long to search your HD and give up as
: it
: >does to search the
: >>network). If the attached template has been deleted or
: >moved, then try
: >>attaching Normal.dot and see if that doesn't speed
: >things up.
: >>
: >>--
: >>Suzanne S. Barnhill
: >>Microsoft MVP (Word)
: >>Words into Type
: >>Fairhope, Alabama USA
: >>Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
: >>Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-
: ups
: >to the newsgroup so
: >>all may benefit.
: >>
: >>"Dave" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
: >message
: >>news:857e01c47836$4f86d4e0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
: >>> Both MS Word and Excel apparently operate fine except
: >>> when I'm connected to Wi-Fi. The problem is that then
: >it
: >>> takes about a minute and a half to open a file. I
: don't
: >>> know what it's doing with Wi-Fi connections that it
: >>> doesn't otherwise do, but I wish it wouldn't do
: >whatever
: >>> it is. Ninety seconds is much too long a wait to load
: >an
: >>> almost empty DOC file :(
: >>>
: >>> What can I do to stop this little irritation???
: >>>
: >>> Thanks for any help
: >>>
: >>> Dave
: >>
: >>.
: >>
: >.
: >

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