When I want to close a document in Word 97 it takes about 30 seconds before closing it, and it's only a single legal size page, so it isn't much info to process anyway. I want to know what could be causing this. The PC is running perfectly, this is the only setback. It's a Pentium 233 with 16 MB Ram running Win98.
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16 MB of RAM? That's the reason why you're having problems. Office is a real memory hog, as is Windows. We had the same experience on one of our computers--it got to be such a problem that they replaced the computer.<br><br> <p>Linda Adams<br><a href=mailto:Garridon@aol.com>Garridon@aol.com</a><br><a href= Adams Online</a><br>I'm a professional writer, published internationally.
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You can run Win98 reasonably well with 32 MB RAM if you never run a program. I would recommend a minimum of 64 MB RAM for any system doing anything at all other than running a browser. <p> Jeff<br><a href=mailto: masterracker@hotmail.com> masterracker@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most ...
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