Unusual response times in MS apps

[tbar2112]

Hi,

I have battled for some time with extreme response times in Word and Excel for certain operations. I just created a new document and chose save. In order to save it in the correct location I clicked on the "Save in" drop-down which browses the disk for a location. When I do that, the "Save in" window goes grey for about two minutes and then comes back. I also have extremely long response times when opening small or large word docs. I am starting to think it might be my Word installation and not my T60 with 2GB RAM. I run Outlook 2003, Opera, Skype at the same time.

I should have a very clean system - defragged, clean registry, clean of tem files and other crap. I tried to disable my virus program (Norman) as well, but it has no effect.

Any idea?

[Bunny Lebowski]

If Windows Explorer is laggy as well it may be that the computer is spending time accessing a networked folder or a CD,or some other device.

[tbar2112]

If Windows Explorer is laggy as well it may be that the computer is spending time accessing a networked folder or a CD,or some other device.

The delays only happen when doing file operations initiated from word or excel. I do not have a network drive or CD in the drive.

[paOol]

this might sound crazy, but if you're running on the AC adapter for power while the battery is NOT plugged in, then your thinpad wont perform at 100%.

[tbar2112]

this might sound crazy, but if you're running on the AC adapter for power while the battery is NOT plugged in, then your thinpad wont perform at 100%.

It does sound weird, but that is not the issue with mine...

[K0LO]

Check your disk for bad sectors by running chkdsk /r.

I had a similar thing happen to me when my disk went bad. Coincidentally one of the Office DLLs was located right where the bad sectors were located.

There may also be disk read error events logged in the Windows event log. Check to see.