Alec Smythe <asmythe[at]TeamForte.com> wrote:


Hi Alec,

> Whenever I switch windows in word I get this incredible delay ... sometimes
> maybe 30 seconds. It feels like it is maybe waiting for something on the
> network, which it isn't getting.

I see. Are you using a firewal on you Mac ??? It could be related (it
should at least induce delays as you start the application).
>
> I've been kind of living with this for several months, but its getting
> really irritating. I'm beginning to suspect maybe I have some type of virus,
> but I don't know how to figure out if I do. I tried removing office and
> restalling it, but that didn't seem to help.


It could be worth doing some cleanup on your hard drive. Make sure every
thing is up to date (system and Office), repair permissions through
DiskUtility (under 10.2.6), delete the
~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Carbon Registration Database file (~/
stand for the location of your user folder) and reboot. The first launch
of an Office app will take a little longer but the pref file I asked you
to delete can get corrupted and induce slowdowns in amny operations.

Also check your hard drive for damage (Norton, DiskWarrior.....).

Corentin


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in article 1fxudq3.1z080s61lewt1iN%crasmen[at]mvps.org, Corentin Cras-Méneur at
crasmen[at]mvps.org wrote on 7/9/03 7:35 PM:

> Alec Smythe <asmythe[at]TeamForte.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Alec,
>
>> Whenever I switch windows in word I get this incredible delay ... sometimes
>> maybe 30 seconds. It feels like it is maybe waiting for something on the
>> network, which it isn't getting.
>
> I see. Are you using a firewal on you Mac ??? It could be related (it
> should at least induce delays as you start the application).
>>
>> I've been kind of living with this for several months, but its getting
>> really irritating. I'm beginning to suspect maybe I have some type of virus,
>> but I don't know how to figure out if I do. I tried removing office and
>> restalling it, but that didn't seem to help.
>
>
> It could be worth doing some cleanup on your hard drive. Make sure every
> thing is up to date (system and Office), repair permissions through
> DiskUtility (under 10.2.6), delete the
> ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Carbon Registration Database file (~/
> stand for the location of your user folder) and reboot. The first launch
> of an Office app will take a little longer but the pref file I asked you
> to delete can get corrupted and induce slowdowns in amny operations.
>
> Also check your hard drive for damage (Norton, DiskWarrior.....).
>
> Corentin
>

Thanks! That appears to have made a HUGE difference. I am truly grateful.

Alec

Alec Smythe <asmythe[at]TeamForte.com> wrote:

> Thanks! That appears to have made a HUGE difference. I am truly grateful.


Well Alec, I'm quite glad it helped :-)))


Corentin


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Charles Fletcher <fletchbiz[at]mac.com> wrote:

Hi Charles,

> Your suggested fix has apparently done some nice work on my computer (iMac
> G3 700, Mac OS X, Office:mac fully updated). I deleted the file you
> referenced and it fixed a number of little annoying problems I was having in
> both Word and Entourage.

Nice :-))) This file seems to need a little clean up from time to time.
Since it does not contain any personalization and since it is
automatically re-created.....
>
> This group has again proven its value! Thanks for the suggestion.

Well I'm glad it did the trick :-))


Corentin

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