computer freezing when opening office programs

microsoft tried to break the rising popularity OS/2 by modifying word to grab 1gig of ram on opening if my memory serves me rightly, it didnt affect other office apps.

and as an aside,

most installs of 98 wont even boot with 1gig of ram in the machine, the os usually needs a PAE patch if my memory serves me rightly.

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Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Thoughts on this subject

If you just installed this program (office) and then all this happened then you most likely have a RAM issue

(It can also make your video card outdated) Hence: Hardware problems

Most "off the shelf" computers are sold with the bare minimum RAM

The minimum amount of RAM, if you want windows to run "Office" is;
Win 98 = 1gig
win 2000= 2gig
Win XP = 2gig
Vista= 4gig

Windows tries to use as much RAM as possible when running it's programs
& the more you use & the more you stick in up-todate programs (office 03 upgraded to Office 07) the worse it gets

Bill Gates: What happened to clean & simple? :mad:

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My old laptop has 1 gig runs office perfectly on XP, my sons PC has office with 0.750 gb - runs office perfectly, my new laptop 2 gig on Vista runs office perfectly, my main PC with 1 gig on XP runs perfectly

Can't really see where you get your numbers from - but what I do understand is that the more memory you have the more the MS OS and Office will try to use.

My feeling is that ACE has some doggy memory and may want to have that tested first. Or just upgrade to a bigger/better / memory.

Can't really see where you get your numbers from - but what I do understand is that the more memory you have the more the MS OS and Office will try to use.
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Read what i wrote (some times i write and don't realize how it could be read)
Didn't mean "must have for that product" / just what seems to be good overall

Each setup is different

Trouble with computers, is that it's like politics, sometimes best left alone ;)

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Ditch Windows.
MS Office is very demanding of resources, and apart from the above suggestions, it is possible that it is not frozen, but running a Word or Excel macro that is using all your resources, quite possibly one that was added to your computer as an unintended attachment to one of those Word documents someone sent you.

John

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The easiest way is to use a Linux and Open Office instead of Bill's stuff. ;)

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Originally Posted by garryc

The easiest way is to use a Linux and Open Office instead of Bill's stuff. ;)

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I was sort of hinting that, although O.O.o is pretty much of a memory hog itself, and also has a few undocumented features. But at least it does not run Word or Excel macro-viruses.

John

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Originally Posted by incisor

most installs of 98 wont even boot with 1gig of ram in the machine, the os usually needs a PAE patch if my memory serves me rightly.

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from what I remember 98se will run with 1GB or more and it will register that it has over 1GB but ti can only use 512mb total.

XP = 4GB
vista 32bit = 4GB
vista 64bit home = 16GB
vista 64bit business = a lot

Mike99R
"the more memory you have the more the MS OS and Office will try to use."

XP can only use a max of 2GB for OS, (3GB if you modify startup) and 2GB apps, (1GB if you modify startup)

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Originally Posted by HangOver

from what I remember 98se will run with 1GB or more and it will register that it has over 1GB but ti can only use 512mb total.

XP = 4GB
vista 32bit = 4GB
vista 64bit home = 16GB
vista 64bit business = a lot

Mike99R
"the more memory you have the more the MS OS and Office will try to use."

XP can only use a max of 2GB for OS, (3GB if you modify startup) and 2GB apps, (1GB if you modify startup)

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Hangover
Thanks for that info

I had 1.5gig on 98SE with no dramas (never used 98 1st edition)
& oh no, more RAM to buy $$$$ (running XP pro with 2gig) ;)

& no wonder i am avoiding vista!!! :(

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Originally Posted by HangOver

from what I remember 98se will run with 1GB or more and it will register that it has over 1GB but ti can only use 512mb total.

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se has the pae fix built in, that was one of the bigger reasons for its release

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Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Hangover
Thanks for that info

I had 1.5gig on 98SE with no dramas (never used 98 1st edition)
& oh no, more RAM to buy $$$$ (running XP pro with 2gig) ;)

& no wonder i am avoiding vista!!! :(

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I hope I haven't misleaded you with those figures for ram they incicate the MAXIMUM ram that the operating system CAN use, not what you NEED to use.

XP = 4GB
vista 32bit = 4GB
vista 64bit home = 16GB
vista 64bit business = a lot

in my experience if you are just using office stuff, email etc 2GB on XP will be fine. Saying that DDR ram is very cheap at the moment. not so the case with SD.
My laptop has 1GBram, my desktop 2GB ram both on XP pro both run fine.