publisher 2003 keeps freezing

[cb145]

publisher 2003 keeps locking up when i try to convert anything, that is,
ANYTHING AT ALL into columns, more specifically 2 columns. i have a decent
system, ive tried defragging all my partitions with the page file turned off,
ive scanned time and time again for spyware and found nothing, and ive fixed
all registry problems. this is getting really annoying, as i need this
specific project for school. I havent upgraded from an older version, this
is my first time running publisher of any version at all. Im running under
WinXP sp1, with all the critical updates and service packs, and office 2003
has all the service packs as well. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME !? a question
im sure many microsoft customers often ask.

 

[John Inzer]

publisher 2003 keeps locking up when i try to convert
anything, that is, ANYTHING AT ALL into columns, more
specifically 2 columns. i have a decent system, ive
tried defragging all my partitions with the page file
turned off, ive scanned time and time again for spyware
and found nothing, and ive fixed all registry problems.
this is getting really annoying, as i need this specific
project for school. I havent upgraded from an older
version, this is my first time running publisher of any
version at all. Im running under WinXP sp1, with all the
critical updates and service packs, and office 2003 has
all the service packs as well. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO
ME !? a question im sure many microsoft customers often
ask.

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Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:

(329820) OFF: Latest Information on Using
Microsoft Office with the Norton Anti-Virus
Microsoft Office Plug-In
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329820

Disabling Script Blocking in Norton AV might be
a good idea also:

(830257) "Windows Is Low on Memory"
Error Message When You Use the Edit
Story Command in Publisher
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830257

How to disable Script Blocking
in Norton AntiVirus 2001
http://tinyurl.com/2fts

How to disable script blocking in
Norton AntiVirus 2002 or 2003 or 2004
http://tinyurl.com/2ftp


It's also possible that you have a corrupted
or outdated printer driver..

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

publisher 2003 keeps locking up when i try to convert anything, that
is, ANYTHING AT ALL into columns, more specifically 2 columns. i
have a decent system, ive tried defragging all my partitions with the
page file turned off, ive scanned time and time again for spyware and
found nothing, and ive fixed all registry problems. this is getting
really annoying, as i need this specific project for school. I
havent upgraded from an older version, this is my first time running
publisher of any version at all. Im running under WinXP sp1, with
all the critical updates and service packs, and office 2003 has all
the service packs as well. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME !? a question
im sure many microsoft customers often ask.

No because most MS customers aren't stupid enough to install garbageware
(i.e. any Norton application). You run NAV (or anything else for that
matter) you have to expect problems!

 

[Mary Sauer]

Sarah, I have Norton and have used it for years and years. I've not had one minute of
problems with the application. The disabling of the "script blocking" is not hard to
do.
When you consider how many folks use this anti-virus software and how few inquiries
are on this forum, it turns out it isn't all that troublesome. A one time fix is all
it takes to perform correctly in conjunction with Publisher.

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

In cb145 <[email protected]> posted:
|| publisher 2003 keeps locking up when i try to convert anything, that
|| is, ANYTHING AT ALL into columns, more specifically 2 columns. i
|| have a decent system, ive tried defragging all my partitions with
|| the page file turned off, ive scanned time and time again for
|| spyware and found nothing, and ive fixed all registry problems.
|| this is getting really annoying, as i need this specific project for
|| school. I havent upgraded from an older version, this is my first
|| time running publisher of any version at all. Im running under
|| WinXP sp1, with all the critical updates and service packs, and
|| office 2003 has all the service packs as well. WHY IS THIS
|| HAPPENING TO ME !? a question im sure many microsoft customers often
|| ask.

Do you experience issues when running Windows in SAFE mode?
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from Mary

When you consider how many folks use this anti-virus software and how
few inquiries are on this forum, it turns out it isn't all that
troublesome.

I think the ratio of people who look to this group for assistance to the
number of users with problems is far too small.

Most users will:
a) Blame Microsoft and mouth off about crap Microsoft software to anyone
they can, without trying to investigate possible solutions to the problem or
the root cause of the problem.
b) Find some website/forum that fulfills a similar function to this
c) Find some technically-knowledgable friend to look into the problem, who
will normally find an answer in the KB or Google Groups
or d) Pay someone to sort the problem