[Trainload of Fools]

Hi all.

Running Office 2003 Standard on Windows XP Home.

When I have multiple Word documents open and minimised, I find that Word will shut down without warning if I attempt to maximise one (either by the taskbar or Alt+Tab). I get no error message after. Unsaved work must be salvaged from recovered files.

This only happens with two or more documents open, and it doesn't matter what documents they are, their contents, or how big they are. The only exception is when both of them are empty, new documents.

I'm sorry if this has been asked before. Any help would be appreciated.

I am submitting a support request to Microsoft, but it keeps failing at the moment, so I will try them again later.

Any ideas?