RE: Why Office 2007 slow

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RE: Why Office 2007 slow

I also have the problem with slow opening of files in Word 2007. It takes
over 10 minutes to open a file. BUT, I find no occurrence of pdfwriter.xla
anywhere on the hard drive.

Any other clues?

"Bob Smiley" wrote:

> Found it under C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\XLSTART. I found a
> pdfwriter.xla file, which is apparently how microsoft is producing the PDF
> files in their new version. I created a subfolder called "Disabled by Bob"
> and moved it into that folder, so that I wouldn't lose the file if I ever
> decided I wanted it again, and now my excel files open quite quickly.
>
> Thanks Drew for steering me in the right direction by updating your own post!
>
> Bob
>
> "Bob Smiley" wrote:
>
> > Thanks; I was wondering teh same thing. Now I have to find that other post
> > you mention and see if I have something in "XLStart" (whatever that means :eek:)
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > "Drew" wrote:
> >
> > > Finally found the answer in another post. I had a device in XLStart. Once
> > > removed it works as fast as ever.
> > >
> > > "Drew" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I just loaded the released version of Office Suite 2007. Why do Word and
> > > > Excel take forever to open files. Outlook seems fine. I haven't used the
> > > > other programs in the Suite yet, but the ones I am using are sooooo sloooow.
 


Re: Why Office 2007 slow

If you are using Symantec/Norton AntiVirus, try disabling the Office
Plugin that comes with it (but don't disable Norton AutoProtect). See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329820 "How to use Office programs
with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in" for more information.

PeterH wrote:

> I also have the problem with slow opening of files in Word 2007. It takes
> over 10 minutes to open a file. BUT, I find no occurrence of pdfwriter.xla
> anywhere on the hard drive.
>
> Any other clues?
>

 
Re: Why Office 2007 slow

Thanks for the info. I had found another thread that indicated Norton could
be the problem. I had thought I had disabled it already, but it turns out
there were some services running.

I tried to uninstall, and it took about 15 minutes for the progress bar to
get to the end, and then nothing more happened. Had to do a hard stop to get
out of it. After rebooting, although it seemed the files were all there,
Norton was not running, and Word was working ok (still slow compared with
Word 2003, but only taking 10 secs to load a file instead of 10 minutes.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> If you are using Symantec/Norton AntiVirus, try disabling the Office
> Plugin that comes with it (but don't disable Norton AutoProtect). See
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329820 "How to use Office programs
> with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in" for more information.
>
> PeterH wrote:
>
> > I also have the problem with slow opening of files in Word 2007. It takes
> > over 10 minutes to open a file. BUT, I find no occurrence of pdfwriter.xla
> > anywhere on the hard drive.
> >
> > Any other clues?
> >
>
>
 
Re: Why Office 2007 slow

I am running McAfee AntiVirus. How would I fix my problem too?
P.S. I do not have any occurence of pdfwriter.xla either

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> If you are using Symantec/Norton AntiVirus, try disabling the Office
> Plugin that comes with it (but don't disable Norton AutoProtect). See
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329820 "How to use Office programs
> with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in" for more information.
>
> PeterH wrote:
>
> > I also have the problem with slow opening of files in Word 2007. It takes
> > over 10 minutes to open a file. BUT, I find no occurrence of pdfwriter.xla
> > anywhere on the hard drive.
> >
> > Any other clues?
> >
>
>
 

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