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Old September 22, 2008, 10:57 AM
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Default Slow MS Office file access
When opening a file in either Word or Excell it takes soooo looong to load it. Not really the opening part but just jumping through the directories. It's on an office network and most files I open are on a different computer though the same thing happens when trying to get to a file on this machine.

when using other software like Quatro or ACAD I can just whip through the folders, no lag at all, only MS Office stuff. Windows Explorer is fine too.

Any ideas?
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Have you tried a re installation of office?
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Old September 26, 2008, 01:34 PM
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I see that on our office network too, but just with larger files 10M-20M+
Office2K and 2007.
fact is sometimes office even crashes/locks up.
I just get a copy, do what I have to do, and copy it back now.

I just realized that solution is to just give up! sorry, no help here.
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Old September 26, 2008, 02:05 PM
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Something to do with a virus scanner perhaps?
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Old September 27, 2008, 05:49 AM
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Not really the opening part but just jumping through the directories.

If you have mapped network drives that are not actually present this will occur.


Right click & disconnect any mapped drive that is not currently available, sometimes you will need to reboot after & MS Office will stop being so mischievous!

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Also, if you have a dvd or cd in your drive, it will slow down.
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Old October 1, 2008, 10:04 AM
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If you have mapped network drives that are not actually present this will occur.


Right click & disconnect any mapped drive that is not currently available, sometimes you will need to reboot after & MS Office will stop being so mischievous!

Good luck, regards, Dizz
That did the trick. Thanks!
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Yes, it seems you need to reconfigure your antivirus. Antiviruses are configured by default to scan for virus ms office files before opening, same for optical drives. I will suggest you to disable the antivirus for sometime and see if the issue is resolved.
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That did the trick. Thanks!
You’re very welcome!

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