thanks Jim for your prompt response. I have tried that and still does not
seem to fix the problem.

"Jim Cone" wrote:


Try emptying your Recycle bin and deleting everything in the Windows Temp folder...
Start | Run | %temp%
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Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)


"erni"
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All of a sudden accessing file in my hard drive from any of the Microsoft
Office 2003 Service Pack 3 is almost impossible as it takes a long time. It
seems that something is frozen. I have tried using other software to access
the hard drive and it seems to work fine. I used to have the same problem
with an older laptop and I ended up changing it. Now with my new laptop the
same issue continues. What can I do ?....Thanks