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Opening Word 2007 Stalls if Default Printer offline
I have a HP LaserJet 5L connected to an old Win98 machine that I'm using as a
print server. I turn on the machine & printer only when I need to print from one of the other machines in the house. I just built a new machine with Windows XP Pro SP2 and Office 2007 Professional (Trial). After added the networked HP 5L as my default printer, Word 2007 would stall for 60 seconds whenever it was opened. Presumably, Word was attempting to communicate with the default printer on startup and had a long timeout before it would give up. Funny thing is that Excel 2007 didn't seem to care that the printer couldn't be found. My workaround: install a dummy local printer (HP 5L on LPT1) and set it as the default printer. So it takes a couple extra steps to print to the networked printer, but better than having Word hang every time it is opened. Keywords: office word 2007 slow hang lock lockup stall default printer offline ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Opening Word 2007 Stalls if Default Printer offline
Thank you for this. I have been scratching my head for days with this problem
on a lexmark printer. "dave" wrote: I have a HP LaserJet 5L connected to an old Win98 machine that I'm using as a print server. I turn on the machine & printer only when I need to print from one of the other machines in the house. I just built a new machine with Windows XP Pro SP2 and Office 2007 Professional (Trial). After added the networked HP 5L as my default printer, Word 2007 would stall for 60 seconds whenever it was opened. Presumably, Word was attempting to communicate with the default printer on startup and had a long timeout before it would give up. Funny thing is that Excel 2007 didn't seem to care that the printer couldn't be found. My workaround: install a dummy local printer (HP 5L on LPT1) and set it as the default printer. So it takes a couple extra steps to print to the networked printer, but better than having Word hang every time it is opened. Keywords: office word 2007 slow hang lock lockup stall default printer offline ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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