My MS Word has started to run incredibly slow (typing, scrolling, everything) in the last few days. It happens even when there are no other windows open and no programmes running. It seems that this is affecting Word only, as internet explorer etc are ok for now. Checked the taskbar and the only actual programe running in the bacground is my ADSL. I have Windows XP and my virtual memory is 288mb.
Could this be connected to the fact that I have 1GB of music on my laptop as well as a large quantity of photographs? (a big no no, I imagine). Other than that, I don't have any fancy programmes and have recently un-installed Skype and Norton (as they were slowing down my laptop) and it sped up since, only to have Word playing up now.
Thanks everyone.
2006-11-07 01:13:14 · 3 answers · asked by lost_travellers_bar 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
No, I don't believe that it has anything to do with the amount of music on your laptop, UNLESS you're running out of disk space on your C: drive. Il you have less than 100 Mb free, then clean up your drive.
To diagnose the problem, open your task manager while Word is running (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys) and under the Processes tab, look which process is taking all the CPU.
My guess is that your anti-virus might be responsible for this. I've seen wierd thing where it scans forever some bizarre files. Disable it or remove it for a while and try again.
Also, try to install service packs for Office. Look at the link below.
Good luck!
2006-11-07 01:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by Bernz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Do you have Norton Antivirus installed ? If yes then while starting it will scan a file and then only let you open it.
2) Another reason could be Virtual memory ! Try increasing it.
3) Does you Hard disk is running low on space, if yes then try removing some unwanted clutter
4) If Hard disk is cluttered, get some software to clean it.
You can try "System Mechanic" from www.iolo.com
It is one of best software i have even encountered. But use with care !
Happy to discuss :-)
2006-11-07 01:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by eBuddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have too many historic past courses working? Hit the Ctr+Alt+Del to extend the job supervisor, and examine out what you have working. probability is there'll be greater than a number of ineffective junk working interior the historic past. Oh, and when I say "examine out what you have working", I advise bypass to the 'tactics' tab. The 'purposes' one is ineffective. As your computing device gets previous, greater than a number of junky startup courses would be extra on your initiate record, and run as quickly as you login. For Vista: initiate>administration Panel> courses: exchange startup courses to trim some fat off. additionally, while you're working an quite cutting-edge OS, they are going to contain a disk defragmenter. courses>upload-ons>Defrag for me. I additionally locate that issues will decelerate while you're making use of Firefox and look at flash movies. After each and every youtube binge i bypass on, I finally end up having Firefox sucking six hundred-700K, and issues start to get uneven. it relatively is a few form of video loading situation. i do no longer understand, yet after making use of flash and firefox, ensure to close all residing house windows. additionally, a sacrifice to the computing device Gods could be so as. no longer something under seven hundred megs. ensure all inscriptions are in L337. I relatively have convincing anecdotal info it works.
2016-10-15 11:44:03 · answer #3 · answered by cully 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋