Computer Problem-Any Suggestions?

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
28/03/2010 13:38

After using a computer for a couple of years it slows down very much and we end up reformatting it. We use the computers in the office almost exclusively with Word and occasional Excel. After two years Word documents slow down tremendously but Excel is not affected. This happened with Word 97 and Word 2003. I tried Defrag and also uninstalled Office and back but it makes no difference. When using Word97 the computer was not connected to the internet so viruses was out of question. Anyway only Word is affected and not Excel. We have just formatted the main computer but is there a way to avoid this in the future?

ismet

greenman


Joined: 16/02/2008
Posts: 526

Message Posted:
28/03/2010 13:47

Is the problem with lost or damaged font files. Had this problem myself and found this resolved it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280821

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
28/03/2010 14:15

Just slow word, otherwise everything else normal

ismet

greenman


Joined: 16/02/2008
Posts: 526

Message Posted:
28/03/2010 14:58

I understand what you are saying, but as the 'support' says, when word starts it has to collect fonts and formatting for the saved documents. If some of these were produced in older versions of Word the fonts may have been lost or damaged, therefore it takes longer to find, hence the slowdown.

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
28/03/2010 15:14

Greenman,

I have uninstalled the office and installed it afresh and it did not make any difference. On the other hand, after formatting I carried on using the same folderes and files and no problem. If the trouble was withg saved fonts, I would stilll have the same problems after formatting since I carried on using the same files.

ismet

ataturk


Joined: 09/09/2008
Posts: 712

Message Posted:
28/03/2010 16:44

Personally I have stopped using microsoft office as it is too limited and very slow. If you want to use an alternative try openoffice.org it is completely free and has everything that office has and more, it is also very quick.



You could also try a program called tune up utilities 2010 just google it and download it. Once installed it will tweak up everything on your pc and keep it running smoothly. If you require a serial just look on youtube.

gates


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
28/03/2010 17:19

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