Problems opening older Word XP docs in Word2003

Hi All

I have just loaded Office2003 on 2 new PC's on my LAN. If I try and open
some "older" word docs created about 1 year ago from my server, word hangs.
However I can still open them using the other Word XP and Word 2000
machines.
I also found that if I copied the file to the new PC's Desktop and
disconnected the LAN cable, they opened.

Anybody any ideas what could be causing this ? All the permissions on the
server are A-OK.

Regards

Gary D

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830561 "Documents that have
attached templates take a long time to open in Word 2002 and in Word 2003".

Gary D wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I have just loaded Office2003 on 2 new PC's on my LAN. If I try and open
> some "older" word docs created about 1 year ago from my server, word
> hangs. However I can still open them using the other Word XP and Word
> 2000 machines.
> I also found that if I copied the file to the new PC's Desktop and
> disconnected the LAN cable, they opened.
>
> Anybody any ideas what could be causing this ? All the permissions on
> the server are A-OK.
>
> Regards
>
> Gary D

Thanks for your help, will give it a try !

Regards

Gary D


"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" <garfieldnodie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830561 "Documents that have
> attached templates take a long time to open in Word 2002 and in Word
> 2003".
>
> Gary D wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I have just loaded Office2003 on 2 new PC's on my LAN. If I try and open
>> some "older" word docs created about 1 year ago from my server, word
>> hangs. However I can still open them using the other Word XP and Word
>> 2000 machines.
>> I also found that if I copied the file to the new PC's Desktop and
>> disconnected the LAN cable, they opened.
>>
>> Anybody any ideas what could be causing this ? All the permissions on
>> the server are A-OK.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Gary D
>