Word 2007 instablility on Vista

I am about to get out my system restore dvds and completely start over on
this laptop out of frustration. I bought a Sony Vaio in April of 2007 and
gave the trial version of Office 2007 a run. I liked what I saw and
purchased the small business version prior to the trial expiring. I
uninstalled the trial version prior to installing the purchased version. I
am not sure at what point the problem started and it only seems to affect
Word but it was last summer some time. I have been hoping one of the updates
(either Vista or Office) would solve the problem but they haven't.

When I start Word 2007 and a new doc opens or I open an existing doc the
busy rotating icon alternates with normal. I can type, select text and
backspace(as well as any other function of a normal working Word) but with
some lag time. Having heard of problems with Vista I installed Office on my
desktop running XP and have absolutely no problems. I was in Best Buy and
saw the latest version of my laptop with Word 2007 working perfectly. Cannot
seem to find a solution on Google.

I have uninstalled and re-installed Office on the laptop as well as the
update but still have the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem and
found a solution?

--
Thanks
John

strange...

have you installed the SP1 for Office?

what antivirus are you using? Can you turn it off for a little and see if
that strange thing stops? some antivirus
check for viruses in office files.

Look at the botton of WORDS status bar. There is a little book with a pencil
there, normally when you type its moving (animation) but when you stop
typing the animation stops. Does yours stop or does it seem to go on
animating?



"John" <> wrote in message
news:C964ADB6-BBDA-4F0C-8E7F-...
>I am about to get out my system restore dvds and completely start over on
> this laptop out of frustration. I bought a Sony Vaio in April of 2007 and
> gave the trial version of Office 2007 a run. I liked what I saw and
> purchased the small business version prior to the trial expiring. I
> uninstalled the trial version prior to installing the purchased version.
> I
> am not sure at what point the problem started and it only seems to affect
> Word but it was last summer some time. I have been hoping one of the
> updates
> (either Vista or Office) would solve the problem but they haven't.
>
> When I start Word 2007 and a new doc opens or I open an existing doc the
> busy rotating icon alternates with normal. I can type, select text and
> backspace(as well as any other function of a normal working Word) but with
> some lag time. Having heard of problems with Vista I installed Office on
> my
> desktop running XP and have absolutely no problems. I was in Best Buy and
> saw the latest version of my laptop with Word 2007 working perfectly.
> Cannot
> seem to find a solution on Google.
>
> I have uninstalled and re-installed Office on the laptop as well as the
> update but still have the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem
> and
> found a solution?
>
> --
> Thanks
> John

Oh also there is a newsgroup microsoft.public.office.misc

if you cannot find an answer here try there



"On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
news:47cc84f9$...
> strange...
>
> have you installed the SP1 for Office?
>
> what antivirus are you using? Can you turn it off for a little and see if
> that strange thing stops? some antivirus
> check for viruses in office files.
>
> Look at the botton of WORDS status bar. There is a little book with a
> pencil there, normally when you type its moving (animation) but when you
> stop typing the animation stops. Does yours stop or does it seem to go on
> animating?
>
>
>
> "John" <> wrote in message
> news:C964ADB6-BBDA-4F0C-8E7F-...
>>I am about to get out my system restore dvds and completely start over on
>> this laptop out of frustration. I bought a Sony Vaio in April of 2007
>> and
>> gave the trial version of Office 2007 a run. I liked what I saw and
>> purchased the small business version prior to the trial expiring. I
>> uninstalled the trial version prior to installing the purchased version.
>> I
>> am not sure at what point the problem started and it only seems to affect
>> Word but it was last summer some time. I have been hoping one of the
>> updates
>> (either Vista or Office) would solve the problem but they haven't.
>>
>> When I start Word 2007 and a new doc opens or I open an existing doc the
>> busy rotating icon alternates with normal. I can type, select text and
>> backspace(as well as any other function of a normal working Word) but
>> with
>> some lag time. Having heard of problems with Vista I installed Office on
>> my
>> desktop running XP and have absolutely no problems. I was in Best Buy
>> and
>> saw the latest version of my laptop with Word 2007 working perfectly.
>> Cannot
>> seem to find a solution on Google.
>>
>> I have uninstalled and re-installed Office on the laptop as well as the
>> update but still have the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem
>> and
>> found a solution?
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> John
>
>

John

Check the options in your installed anti-virus program. I had the same
problem and it ended up being an option for the AV program to check Word
files each time they were accessed.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"John" <> wrote in message
news:C964ADB6-BBDA-4F0C-8E7F-...
>I am about to get out my system restore dvds and completely start over on
> this laptop out of frustration. I bought a Sony Vaio in April of 2007 and
> gave the trial version of Office 2007 a run. I liked what I saw and
> purchased the small business version prior to the trial expiring. I
> uninstalled the trial version prior to installing the purchased version.
> I
> am not sure at what point the problem started and it only seems to affect
> Word but it was last summer some time. I have been hoping one of the
> updates
> (either Vista or Office) would solve the problem but they haven't.
>
> When I start Word 2007 and a new doc opens or I open an existing doc the
> busy rotating icon alternates with normal. I can type, select text and
> backspace(as well as any other function of a normal working Word) but with
> some lag time. Having heard of problems with Vista I installed Office on
> my
> desktop running XP and have absolutely no problems. I was in Best Buy and
> saw the latest version of my laptop with Word 2007 working perfectly.
> Cannot
> seem to find a solution on Google.
>
> I have uninstalled and re-installed Office on the laptop as well as the
> update but still have the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem
> and
> found a solution?
>
> --
> Thanks
> John

I had a similar problem and it ended up being USB issues with Microsoft
Wireless keyboard...

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <> wrote in message
news368E23E-4341-4CCF-81D2-...
> John
>
> Check the options in your installed anti-virus program. I had the same
> problem and it ended up being an option for the AV program to check Word
> files each time they were accessed.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "John" <> wrote in message
> news:C964ADB6-BBDA-4F0C-8E7F-...
>>I am about to get out my system restore dvds and completely start over on
>> this laptop out of frustration. I bought a Sony Vaio in April of 2007
>> and
>> gave the trial version of Office 2007 a run. I liked what I saw and
>> purchased the small business version prior to the trial expiring. I
>> uninstalled the trial version prior to installing the purchased version.
>> I
>> am not sure at what point the problem started and it only seems to affect
>> Word but it was last summer some time. I have been hoping one of the
>> updates
>> (either Vista or Office) would solve the problem but they haven't.
>>
>> When I start Word 2007 and a new doc opens or I open an existing doc the
>> busy rotating icon alternates with normal. I can type, select text and
>> backspace(as well as any other function of a normal working Word) but
>> with
>> some lag time. Having heard of problems with Vista I installed Office on
>> my
>> desktop running XP and have absolutely no problems. I was in Best Buy
>> and
>> saw the latest version of my laptop with Word 2007 working perfectly.
>> Cannot
>> seem to find a solution on Google.
>>
>> I have uninstalled and re-installed Office on the laptop as well as the
>> update but still have the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem
>> and
>> found a solution?
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> John
>

I might also be inclined to check for and disable all add-ins, at least
temporarily


Click on the Office Orb, choose WORD OPTIONS, go to ADD-INS

select the add-in types from the drop down box and select GO, then disable
them

"John" <> wrote in message
news:C964ADB6-BBDA-4F0C-8E7F-...
> I am about to get out my system restore dvds and completely start over on
> this laptop out of frustration. I bought a Sony Vaio in April of 2007 and
> gave the trial version of Office 2007 a run. I liked what I saw and
> purchased the small business version prior to the trial expiring. I
> uninstalled the trial version prior to installing the purchased version.
> I
> am not sure at what point the problem started and it only seems to affect
> Word but it was last summer some time. I have been hoping one of the
> updates
> (either Vista or Office) would solve the problem but they haven't.
>
> When I start Word 2007 and a new doc opens or I open an existing doc the
> busy rotating icon alternates with normal. I can type, select text and
> backspace(as well as any other function of a normal working Word) but with
> some lag time. Having heard of problems with Vista I installed Office on
> my
> desktop running XP and have absolutely no problems. I was in Best Buy and
> saw the latest version of my laptop with Word 2007 working perfectly.
> Cannot
> seem to find a solution on Google.
>
> I have uninstalled and re-installed Office on the laptop as well as the
> update but still have the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem
> and
> found a solution?
>
> --
> Thanks
> John