Have now done this but makes no difference - Word still hangs on first
opening of a .doc. However, Word opens fine if I just open the application
and don't open a file...

"katin42" wrote:

If possible, turn on virus checking to rule this out as the problem.

"Old Gustav" wrote:

When I first load up Word 2003 by double clicking an existing Word document
it always takes ages - over a minute. Subsequent file opening times are
normal. It only happens when starting Word for the first time. It's as if the
file I'm clicking cannot associate with the application porgramme. It's not
virus checking because I have this option turned off in NAV 2005. This is a
new PC running XP Home SP2 and I haven't messed around with anything. Any
ideas???