Word and Excel open slow!

I'm running Word and Excel 2000 on Win XP Home ed. All of a sudden, word and excel take about twice as long to open (whether I open an existing document or try to start a new one). They're slow! I just started happening today. I haven't done anything different. I haven't installed any new software, patches, etc. that would effect the system. I have tried restarting the computer, but no luck. I've got a 1.3ghz Duron and 256mb ram, so I don't think its the machine. I don't have any other programs running, so I'm not bogging it down. I don't know why they would open slow all of a sudden.

Once they're open, they perform fine. And, they are the only two programs that open slow. Everything else (Outlook, Power Point, IE, etc.) all open normally.

Any thoughts?

 

view this thread - http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26434 - it might be worth a try

 

Also have a look at this thread: Thread

 

The thread mentioned by JohnB
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26432
suggests that the NAV virus definitions update of Jan 7 may be causing this. There are new definitions as of today (Jan 8) so maybe that will fix the problem.

 

don't think it is down to virus defenitions as my subscription lapsed just before christmas and i haven't got around to resubscribing yet.

 

have a look at this thread: http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26434

 

Yes, mine seems to be network/broadband related too! When I go to network connections and disable my LAN Connection, Word works fine. But, as soon as I re-enable the connection, Word gets all slow again.

How do I fix this on Win XP Home ed.?

Thanks!

 

I see what you mean! I, too, went into NAV and unclicked the Office Plug-in. Word and Excel work fine now. Any idea why this is happening?

 

Update - it was not Norton or anything else on your PC. See Serious problem with NAV Virus Definitions dated 04-01-07 through Live Update? for details.