Office 2003 w/Vista SLOOOOWWW

[Janice1022]

I recently bought a new laptop with Vista. I loaded my old Office 2003 and
now each time I save in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. it is really slow and I
get a "Not Responding" message and wants to shut down. If I wait, eventually
it will save. Very frustrating! I have loaded Office Update SP-3 (last
September) and it doesn't help. Thanks for any advice you can give me!!!

 

[MapleE.]

Hi:
I've been using Word 2000, since I got a brand PC with Vista.

I have NO issue running Word 2000, as if it's a new version of Word.

It might be other programs, Excel and Power Point makes slow-down in
the Computer.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Have you tried repairing your installation of Office or reinstall the suite
to see if it will fix the problem?

 

[Dave]

What folder are you saving to?
Is it on an internal hard drive, an external drive, or network?

I use Office 2003 (Word, Excel, Publisher), and experience no problems

 

[Peter Foldes]

posted to the ms.public.office newsgroup via crosspost

 

[Janice1022]

Thank you all for your help. Yes, I was saving to a network drive. I
actually solved the problem. My laptop was using my wireless connection
instead of the LAN connection. Even though I selected the LAN, I had to
disable my wireless to get back to the saving "speed" I was used to.

 

[MICHAEL]

I recently bought a new laptop with Vista. I loaded my old Office 2003 and
now each time I save in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. it is really slow and I
get a "Not Responding" message and wants to shut down. If I wait, eventually
it will save. Very frustrating! I have loaded Office Update SP-3 (last
September) and it doesn't help. Thanks for any advice you can give me!!!

Even though I've grown to like Office 2007, on one of
my Vista machines I still have Office 2003 installed,
and it is so much faster than Office 2007... at everything.


-Michael