how to fix buffer overrun detected in word 2003

[Modky]

After about 5 seconds I recieve an error message "buffer overrun detected"
program must close. How may I correct this in simple layman language/

 

[hgnlordowen]

Restart your computer. If you are still having trouble, try updating the
driver for your video card. Failing that, try start menu>run or Windows key +
R then type winword.exe /r to repair Word.

A buffer overrun means the computer allocated a block of memory to read
something, but what it tried to read was bigger than the amount of memory
created for it. A huge file might do this, but it is more likely that your
drivers are out of date or your Word installation has become corrupt.

 

[yekke]

I have restarted my computer and I have done what was written below to repair
Word. I even ran the Detect and Repair from within Word. How do you update
the driver for the video card?
Perhaps I should allocate more memory for Word. How do I do that?
Is there anything else to try?

 

[Graham Mayor]

The video driver is not the first place I would look to fix this - see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm or
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541

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[Gideon]

go to:
my computer->C: ->documents and settings -> appliction data ->microsoft->
proof->txt file named costum> open it and deleat all records> save
changes>reboot the pc

 

[Graham Mayor]

I take you mean Custom.dic - the personal dictionary? How would deleting its
contents help?

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