If it is Word that you are experiencing this issue with then you can try the
following:
If on a network, you could try the following article to resolve your issue:
833041 Office 2003 program is slow or may appear to stop responding (hang)
when you open a file from a network location
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;833041
If it is local to your machine then the first thing to try would be see if
this happens in safe mode by using the following article:
- Word 2003 -
How to Troubleshoot Error Messages That You Receive in Word 2003 (Part 1)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822645
How to Troubleshoot Error Messages That You Receive in Word 2003 (Part 2)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822646
How to Troubleshoot Error Messages That You Receive in Word 2003 (Part 3)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822648
It happens to all my Office 2003 programs Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Whenever I open the Open File Dialog or the Insert File Dialog, and click on
the Look in: drop down box. It just hang there for about 2 minutes before
it shows the drop down list. The worst thing is it keeps on continue like
that everytime I click on a folder in the drop down list. I have tried your
suggestion, but it did not work out. Anymore suggestion?
Thank in advance.
"Franksta" <franksta_m[at]hotmail[dot]com> wrote in message
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Thanks in advance,
jh
"sxt" <sh...@dbix.com.my> wrote in message news:<u2wRBiYM...@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
Any ideas?
1. When the office or vs.net app hangs, for me, it's like 30 minutes.
Both local file and remote file are affected.
2. When program hangs, other programs are not affected. I can not feel
a system wide slow down. I checked CPU usage, it is around 10%.
3. Only programs using this newer, fancier file dialog gets affected.
E.g. my IE 6 using I guess the XP supplied file dialog works just fine.
So anyone has any idea?
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Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
rms
There's a Microsoft Knowledge Base article somewhere that says to add
network drives through network neighborhood and you won't have the same
problem. I haven't tried that yet, but am very happy to be able to open
files speedily again.
Hope this helps.
Lis
"Rob Schneider" <rmschne@removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net> wrote in message
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Lis B. Right On -- It works, it really works!
I have been so frustrated with this slow drop-down file search that even my Prozac showed signs of strain!
Finally, someone with a clue, I even spoke with our HIGHLY PAID tech support staff, only to find absolutely no help whatsoever.
I have yet to figure out how to add those mapped network (VPN) drives to my network neighborhood; however, I am so delighted to have that “snap” back when I access files through the drop-downs in Office 2003 I am not sure I really care about the other drives right now.
Thank you Lis B.!
Thanks!
I didn't have a major problem with excessive time... but, it was bugging me.
Once I disconnected the network drives the file opening became almost
instantaneous.
Great Job