How Do I Make Microsoft Word Starter Load Faster

[Melita]

Hello,

With my Windows 7 Home Premium I use Microsoft Word Starter 2010, which came preloaded to my laptop. I save much information in it's standard 'document' page. When I click on a saved document, after about 5 seconds it displays the small window "Microsoft Word Starter 2010" and goes through some process, telling me it is 'starting', 'processing' and takes a further 10 to 20 seconds for the actual document to open. This happens even when opening a blank document. Is there any way that I can speed up the opening of a document.

Regards.

 

[AC]

Hi. Welcome to the forums.
Maybe you could use these tips?
How to Speed Up Microsoft Office: 8 Tips | TechJaws.com

-Darren

 

[Melita]

Thank you Darren for the welcome message. The link you gave opened to the web page. In that page there is a link to a page in another site which does not open. Please see the attached screen shot. I have been trying to get it, but so far no success.

Best regards.

 

[AC]

Hmmm. Try a different browser maybe? It opens for me in Chrome on Ubuntu, and IE9 and Firefox in W7.

 

[Melita]

Thanks, I will.

 

[Irene]

You could try a repair:
Word Starter edition is very slow. - Microsoft Community

Try to repair Office starter 2010 and verify the status.
To do so go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Select the Office 2010 suite installed > Click on Change > Repair > Continue.

 

[Melita]

Hello Irene,

Thank you for this. I did the 'repair' a couple of weeks back but no joy. The link that 714 gave has something there. It opens a web site 'techjaws.com". It tells you to move some of the startup files of Word to another place. Unfortunately, a search in C: using the link they give, turns up blank. I tried for over an hour, everywhere in the computer.

Further, 'techjaws' page gives another help link which does not open. I got the message "You tried to visit www.theworldofoffice.com, which is not loading. I also changed my DNS server and tried with the same result using IE9, Firefox and Chrome (as 714 suggested). Pasted the URL and tried, with the same result.

So I am back to square one!

Best regards.

 

[Layback Bear]

Could you give us a screen shot of msconfic/Start Up.

 

[Melita]

Here it is. It shows the full list.

Regards.

 

[Layback Bear]

I think this will help you.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11728-optimize-windows-7-a.html

 

[Irene]

Not sure if this will help, but is worth looking at:
How to Make Microsoft Word Load Faster « ten mov.es

 

[Melita]

Thank you. I unchecked 'update automatic links at open', but I can't get the 'Add-inns' page. This being word 2010, the option is not there. There is no improvement in loading so far.

Regards.

 

[Layback Bear]

Did you do any thing that was suggested in post #10?

 

[Irene]

Do you have the following update installed?
Description of the Office 2010 Click-to-Run update: February 14, 2012

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office 2010 Click-to-Run. This update provides the latest fixes for Office 2010 Click-to-Run. Additionally, this update contains stability and performance improvements.

 

[Melita]

Hello Irene,

I didn't know about this update. In your link, under 'Properties>Applies to' ,Word Starter is not mentioned (only Office Starter is in that list). Mine being Word Starter, does it apply to me?

 

[Melita]

Did you do any thing that was suggested in post #10?

Thank you for this tutorial. Some of the things in it I had already done and quite a few I learned from this tutorial. I did those yesterday. Word starter remains the same.

Word Starter has been like this always, about the same speed from the beginning. It doesn't look as if the computer is responsible for this because everything else about the computer is fine.

If I can access the startup programs of Word and disable the ones I never use (the majority of them), I am sure things would improve. Please see my post #7.

Regards.

 

[Irene]

Word Starter is not mentioned (only Office Starter is in that list). Mine being Word Starter, does it apply to me?

I would say yes, because 'Word' is part of the Office Suite.