Michelle,
It's rather remarkable that such different programs as Word and Excel and Outlook all 'hang'. All I can suggest is
a. You delete normal.dot to see if that helps Word.
b. You delete personal.xls and run Excel in safe mode (see http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6129-0.html?forumID=29&threadID=42310&messageID=503479) to see if that helps Excel.
c. You uninstall and reinstall MS Office
d. You do a housecall and panda online check for virusses.
Hope this helps.
Kees
I've been using Office 2003 on Windows XP for a few months now with no problems. Suddenly, tonight, I can't open files in any of the programs without the computer locking up. I need to use the task manager to quit the program. I have tried Word, Excel, and Outlook. (I don't normally use Outlook.) Excel lasted the longest and Word is the worst. Help????

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