Possibly the printer driver or a partially corrupt normal.dot.
See the following FAQ for help diagnosing this problem.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...artingWord.htm
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
"Ed" wrote in message
...
Whenever I open Word it takes about 15 seconds for it to get beyond the
opening flash. I though it
was AVG doing the Resident Shield check, but I turned that off and it
didn't help.
Any thoughts?
TIA
Ed