It is possible that there are some artifacts of older Word versions still
present that are confusing the issue. Registry entries tend to get left
behind. If repairing the Word installation from the installation media does
not fix it, then it might be worth employing a registry cleaner - though be
very aware that some of them can do more harm than good. My favourite is
RegVac http://www.regvac.com/ but do ensure that it works with your
operating system. Otherwise refer to the
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm page on my web site and add
the registry key suggested there to prevent reconfiguration.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




"miatapete" wrote in message
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I got excited about this answer but when I tried it Word 2007 still does
the
configuration thing for maybe 60 seconds. (to get to run as administrator
you have to right click the icon and select properties and then choose
compatibility tab).

Thanks Graham for the information but there must be something else.

Pete

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It doesn't matter how many users there are - if this is Vista or later,
right click the icon and choose run as administrator.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"miatapete" wrote in message
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Thank you for the reply . . . but. Word is on only this one computer;
always
logged in as administrator. Other versions have been un installed
already
like I said.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Run Word as administrator and allow it to reconfigure.
If you have more than one Word version installed - see the registry
changes
shown at http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"miatapete" wrote in message
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Word opens very slowly because it performs a configuration process
every
time
it starts?


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