Word 2002 takes 20 sec to load and quite awhile to
close. It is part of Microsoft Works Suite 2003. Other
programs on this system load very fast. I also have Microsoft Office Suite 97 Professional and use Excel every day. Excel loads very quickly. I have 512 MB SDRAM, a 1 GHz AMD Duron Morgan CPU, a 10GB 7200 rpm HD. Deleted all tmp files, I have unistalled Microsoft Works Suite as well
as the Office 97 and then reloaded Word 2002 in Works
Suite about four times.
Cleaned the registry and defragmented HD after
uninstalls. Reloaded --- Word 2002 still extremly slow.
Techs say that I must reformat the HD. Would a repair of
WinXP do just as well? I do not want to format unless it
is the last option. Please offer suggestions. Any idea
about what is happening? Note: The same Works Suite was
loaded on other systems with WinXP and it works fine.