Word 2007 (and Wordpad) freezes seconds after starting

I AM SO HAPPY! I have been trying to figure this thing out for the last week!
Nothing else worked, but the printer thingie did!

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

> Wow! So there was something really amiss with a network printer somewhere.
>
> Terry
>
> "Johan" <Johan DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DBE783DA-AF2E-4528-8B93-03B2F57677C0@microsoft.com...
> > God, yes!
> >
> > The issue suddenly also extended to Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, which
> > would crash when opened or when i tried to save. But hey! All problems
> > were
> > solved by deleting all my network printers and setting Adobe PDF as the
> > default printer!
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> >
> >
> > "Terry Farrell" wrote:
> >
> >> Good point about WordPad which is part of Windows and nothing to do with
> >> Office other than it shares Word's file format.
> >>
> >> That suggests it may be a Windows problem. However, freezing at that
> >> point
> >> in Word is often the symptom of a partially corrupt or incompatible (or
> >> even
> >> missing) printer driver. But I have not know WordPad to need a printer
> >> driver. However, it may be worth exploring the printer first. Then
> >> perhaps
> >> insert the Windows Vista DVD and selecting the Repair option. The Vista
> >> recovery console will open and examine Vista for any problems, replacing
> >> any
> >> damaged file from the DVD.
> >>
> >> Terry
> >>
> >> "Johan" <Johan DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9537FEC3-D3A4-4063-8138-1D240A5F74F3@microsoft.com...
> >> > The strange thing here is that both Word and Wordpad have the same
> >> > issues,
> >> > and reinstalling Office does not help. I am reluctant to format and
> >> > reinstall
> >> > Windows, but I feel I'm running out options here. Thanks for the help
> >> > btw
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Terry Farrell" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> If Word does not start in Safe Mode, then it is seriously damaged. In
> >> >> Safe
> >> >> Mode Word is running in its default install condition bypass
> >> >> customizations,
> >> >> add-ins, macros, templates, printer driver, etc. It suggests that Word
> >> >> installation is itself damaged. Run Office Setup and select the Repair
> >> >> function.
> >> >>
> >> >> Terry
> >> >>
> >> >> PS Word must have a normal.dotx somewhere: it is usually in the User
> >> >> Profile
> >> >> but you must have Hidden Files and Folders option enabled in Explorer
> >> >> to
> >> >> find it.
> >> >>
> >> >> "Johan" <Johan DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:E82B55A8-D629-4DD4-BEE7-0BAFDF611EF3@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > Starting winword.exe /a does nothing to my problem, I get exactly
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > same
> >> >> > error message. I have not tried "Try renaming your Normal template"
> >> >> > as
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > couldn't find such a file in the office folder.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Terry Farrell skrev:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> So what happened when you started Word in Safe Mode?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
> >> >> >> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "Johan" <Johan DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:22FBFF30-D9D4-42D1-9747-362AE499D849@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >> >I have an issue with Word and Wordpad: both programs freeze
> >> >> >> >seconds
> >> >> >> >after
> >> >> >> > starting (about 5-10 seconds for Word and 1 second for Wordpad. I
> >> >> >> > am
> >> >> >> > able
> >> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> > type in Word before it freezes, not in Wordpad). I have tried
> >> >> >> > reinstalling
> >> >> >> > the entire office package, and I have all the newest updates
> >> >> >> > installed.
> >> >> >> > I
> >> >> >> > have also tried all the steps from
> >> >> >> > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm,
> >> >> >> > without
> >> >> >> > success.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > The error message just says "Office/Wordpad has stopped working,
> >> >> >> > and
> >> >> >> > will
> >> >> >> > be
> >> >> >> > closed"
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I am running norwegian Vista 32 sp1 (the problem appeared before
> >> >> >> > I
> >> >> >> > installed
> >> >> >> > sp1)
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > All suggestions are appreciated!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
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