Office 2002 installed - system much slower

[+Bob+]

WinXp Home client

I installed Office 2002 (upgraded 2000) a few days ago. Immediately
after I noticed a major impact on performance. File open, save, etc is
much slower in all applications, typing hangs a bit much of the time,
starting Control Panel results in noticeable time for the icons to
list, switching to the Desktop view takes longer to redisplay icons,
etc. When a major performance hog starts up (e.g. daily AV scan)
performance - which used to drop to "OK but a little slow - now drops
to "pause the A/V or it's way too slow to comfortably do anything".
The "ear dyno" detects much more swapping going on.

I've checked the usual startup locations (HKLM/Run, HKCU/Run) as well
as start menu start up and I don't see anything additional starting.
Also, task manager does not show any new applications/processes that I
can see (although I might have missed something there)

Any ideas ?

 

[DatabaseBen]

yeh,
uninstall your headache

or

simply buy your self
office 2003 or 2007 and enjoy the holidays..

 

[Poprivet]

WinXp Home client

I installed Office 2002 (upgraded 2000) a few days ago. Immediately
after I noticed a major impact on performance. File open, save, etc is
much slower in all applications, typing hangs a bit much of the time,
starting Control Panel results in noticeable time for the icons to
list, switching to the Desktop view takes longer to redisplay icons,
etc. When a major performance hog starts up (e.g. daily AV scan)
performance - which used to drop to "OK but a little slow - now drops
to "pause the A/V or it's way too slow to comfortably do anything".
The "ear dyno" detects much more swapping going on.

I've checked the usual startup locations (HKLM/Run, HKCU/Run) as well
as start menu start up and I don't see anything additional starting.
Also, task manager does not show any new applications/processes that I
can see (although I might have missed something there)

Any ideas ?

Try doing a Defrag.

 

[Rock]

WinXp Home client

I installed Office 2002 (upgraded 2000) a few days ago. Immediately
after I noticed a major impact on performance. File open, save, etc is
much slower in all applications, typing hangs a bit much of the time,
starting Control Panel results in noticeable time for the icons to
list, switching to the Desktop view takes longer to redisplay icons,
etc. When a major performance hog starts up (e.g. daily AV scan)
performance - which used to drop to "OK but a little slow - now drops
to "pause the A/V or it's way too slow to comfortably do anything".
The "ear dyno" detects much more swapping going on.

I've checked the usual startup locations (HKLM/Run, HKCU/Run) as well
as start menu start up and I don't see anything additional starting.
Also, task manager does not show any new applications/processes that I
can see (although I might have missed something there)

You could post to an office newsgroup to see if anyone there has any ideas.

 

[+Bob+]

yeh,
uninstall your headache

or

simply buy your self
office 2003 or 2007 and enjoy the holidays..

Is 2002 known to be a dog ?

 

[DatabaseBen]

it is an old one, in computer years.

you forget that hundreds of
updates that have enhanced windows
has most likely left room for true functionality
for the newer versions......

 

[+Bob+]

it is an old one, in computer years.

you forget that hundreds of
updates that have enhanced windows
has most likely left room for true functionality
for the newer versions......

Well, actually, I haven't seen any "functionality" added to Office
since Office 95

But, my concern is that traditionally each version of Office takes
more and more resources to run more and more crap that I don't use.
Is Office 2003 known to be superior performance wise or are you just
suggesting that because it's newer it should be better ?

Bob

 

[DatabaseBen]

it's a suggestion only.

you can test both our
presumptions by trying
out the office trialware
for 60 days via microsoft.com
upon which time a more
accurate assessment can be
ascertained..

if you choose the option
above, be sure to make
a restore point before installing.

and if the feature is provided
install the trialware in a seperate
folder, rather than overwriting
your current office installation...

 

[CS]

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:49:17 -0600, "DatabaseBen"

Well, actually, I haven't seen any "functionality" added to Office
since Office 95

But, my concern is that traditionally each version of Office takes
more and more resources to run more and more crap that I don't use.
Is Office 2003 known to be superior performance wise or are you just
suggesting that because it's newer it should be better ?

I have both Office 2003 and Office 2002. As far as I can see there is
no additional functionality added to 2003 from 2002. Mostly just some
small bells and whistles. Office 2007 sports a new menu format
(ribbon) and supposedly a new standard file format for documents. It
may be worthwhile to upgrade to 2007 depending on your needs.

 

[Rock]

Is 2002 known to be a dog ?

No, Office 2002 runs just fine.