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From: nagel@wintermute.ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: MS Word 4.0 freezing -- HELP!!
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Date: 5 Oct 90 18:19:01 GMT
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I am having a very strange problem with Microsoft Word 4.0 and after
trying everything I know, I thought I'd turn to the collective
wisdom of the net to hopefully find a solution.

Background: I have a Mac 512Ke with a Dove 548S (2M) upgrade.  I run
System 6.04 usually have a smattering of INITs.  MS Word is version
4.0 (not a or b).

Recently, the Dove board fritzed, and while it was out for repair, I
borrowed an SE/30, and used my hard disk for everything.  After I got
the Dove board back, I installed it and tried it out.  Soon, my wife
noticed that MS Word was freezing up.  This is not unheard of, so I
did my standard "re-install Word from the locked master disk, remove
all setup files, etc." to start from a fresh uncorrupted state.  I
also scanned for virii, but found none.  Launching the freshly
installed MS Word resulted in the same behavior, albeit, it took a
bit longer to manifest.  That behavior is, more precisely, that
sometime soon after starting Word, usually after selecting a menu
command, the screen locks up, but the mouse still moves normally.
Nothing breaks out of this (apparently) tight loop, not even
breaking out to MacsBug and doing an 'es' or even an 'rs'.  My final
hope was that perhaps the System was corrupted (unlikely since every
other application I've used works fine).  I reinstalled System 6.04,
turned off all INITs by dragging them to a subfolder, re-installed
MS Word again, restarted, and launched MS Word.  Same behavior.
This is _extremely_ frustrating.  Has anyone ever experienced this?
Is there anything else I should try?  Incidentally, I've also used
MacTools Deluxe to analyze my hard disk, rebuilt the desktop, and
checked everything that I think might even remotely affect MS Word.

In short: HELP!!
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Mark Nagel
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