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Why does Word run virus scan on every diskette I try to save on?
I can save Word documents on diskettes and then when I want to open those
files Word automatically runs virus scan. This takes forever. Is there something wrong with the program or is there a way that I can stop it from doing it on EVERY file/diskette? |
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Why does Word run virus scan on every diskette I try to save on?
Word doesn't run virus scans - your anti-virus software does, and that's
where to look to make changes. -- Enjoy, Tony "gonzojm2000" wrote in message ... I can save Word documents on diskettes and then when I want to open those files Word automatically runs virus scan. This takes forever. Is there something wrong with the program or is there a way that I can stop it from doing it on EVERY file/diskette? |
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Why does Word run virus scan on every diskette I try to save on?
As Tony says, that's your AV's doing, not Word's, but you should not be
directly saving to or opening from diskettes, anyway. This is a very risky procedure. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "gonzojm2000" wrote in message ... I can save Word documents on diskettes and then when I want to open those files Word automatically runs virus scan. This takes forever. Is there something wrong with the program or is there a way that I can stop it from doing it on EVERY file/diskette? |
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Why does Word run virus scan on every diskette I try to save on?
Never ever read from, write to or print from floppy with Word. This is the
most certain method of ensuring document corruption. Copy to the hard disc and work on the document from there. This is equally relevant to other removable media such as CDRW. The virus scan message comes not from Word but from linked anti-virus software. Checking of Word/Office documents can usually be deselected in the AV program e.g. in Norton AV by turning off its Office Plug-in. With some versions of the Norton product it may be necessary to unregister the calling DLL by running the following command line from Windows Start Run regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton antivirus\officeav.dll" or regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton systemworks\norton antivirus\officeav.dll" Other AV apps eg the popular free ediition of Grisoft's AVG antivirus software, require similar treatment. In this instance: regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Free\avgoff2k.dll" -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org gonzojm2000 wrote: I can save Word documents on diskettes and then when I want to open those files Word automatically runs virus scan. This takes forever. Is there something wrong with the program or is there a way that I can stop it from doing it on EVERY file/diskette? |
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