Word 2007 instablility on Vista

[John]

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?

 

[On the Bridge!]

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?

 

[On the Bridge!]

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

if you cannot find an answer here try there

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?

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

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.

 

[Telstar]

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

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.

 

[gerryf]

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