I was totally unable to open any word document by clicking on it - running
virus checker kept coming up and totally hanging up my system so that I had
to shut my machine down by pressing the on/off button! Doing as Suzanne
suggested aliviated my problem. Thanks so much!


"BillK62" wrote:

Thank you, Suzanne. I didn't realize it was coming from Norton. Turning it
off resolved the problem.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The message is coming from your AV, not from Word. If this is Norton
AntiVirus, disable its Office Plug-in.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"BillK62" wrote in message
...
How do I disable the "Requesting Virus Scan..." delay that occurs
everytime I
try to load a document from my hard disk. I have a robust virus checker.
My
hard drive is clean. I don't want to wait an 15 seconds everytime I want
to
open a Word file.

(Microsoft insisting that I check for viruses everytime I want to load a
document is a bit infuriating to me, especially after download XP SP2,
which
has slowed my computer noticeably already.)