WTF Word!?!?

TheBattousai · Post by **TheBattousai** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:37 am

Gee, I'm gonna keep starting the WTF threads....

Okay, my Microsoft Word is acting like crap. It keeps freezing up and won't acknowledge when I type any letters. Occasionally the whole program just crashes and shuts inself down. I'm trying to write up a resume and its not going too well.... Any help is always appreciated.

smb · Post by **smb** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:18 am

didi you just install a service pack for word ?

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:22 am

Try running the uninstaller of Office which should have a Repair option.

Check for background apps & spyware. Word's prone to problems from 3rd party plugins and macros. Have you installed anything recently that provides either?

TheBattousai · Post by **TheBattousai** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:16 pm

smb- Yeah, I have a Purdue University service pack of Word, gives me all the Office applications.

FP- Well, I had that earlier post about stuff getting installed into my IE, so my guess would be yes. I'm gonna try the uninstaller and pray it has good results.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:20 pm

Sounds like some kind of virus. My father-in-law had a problem with his where it would not allow you to save any documents. It was a viurs (can't remember the exact name).

swinada · Post by **swinada** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:44 pm

I had problems like that quiet a while ago, I was running Win ME and Office XP. Whenever i used Office and had Internent Explorer also open, "word" would start acting up. If i closed IE everything was fine.