Word 2007 crashes after 10s (fault module = kernel32.dll)

[MichaelK]

Word 2007 (on vista) crashes after 10s (I can type in a few words).

Word initially worked fine, but now always crashes.

Problem still occurs with winword /a amd I installed the service pack.

PS Excel and Powerpoint work fine.

Note: I can delay the crash by looking at the options!

Details:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: WINWORD.EXE
Application Version: 12.0.6211.1000
Application Timestamp: 46d4a7df
Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.20608
Fault Module Timestamp: 465cf04b
Exception Code: e06d7363
Exception Offset: 0001b08e
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 3081

Additional information about the problem:
LCID: 1033
Brand: Office12Crash
skulcid: 1033

PS A separate issue I found when trying to solve this. When looking at
Powerpoint's about:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: POWERPNT.EXE
Application Version: 12.0.6211.1000
Application Timestamp: 46d4a83f
Fault Module Name: ppcore.dll
Fault Module Version: 12.0.6211.1000
Fault Module Timestamp: 46d4a8ba
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0018e490
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 3081

Additional information about the problem:
LCID: 1033
Brand: Office12Crash
skulcid: 1033

 

[Terry Farrell]

Sounds like a corrupt or incompatible printer driver. See this FAQ for help
diagnosing the problem
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm