Office files that are saved to a network drive take an unexpectedly long time to save in Word, Excel, Powerpoint 2002 and 2003 (329309)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Word 2002
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Excel 2002
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
This article was previously published under Q329309

SYMPTOMS

When you are using one of the following programs to save a file to a network location, the save operation may take an unexpectedly long time to complete:
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

CAUSE

This behavior may occur if Symantec "Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition version 7.x" is installed on your computer. The File System Realtime Protection feature of this program can cause the performance slow down when you save files.

WORKAROUND

For more information about the Norton AntiVirus Office Plug-in, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

329820 How to use Office programs with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in

MORE INFORMATION

For information about how to contact your hardware manufacturer, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K

60781 Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P

60782 Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/29/2006
Keywords:kbnetwork kbsavefile kb3rdparty kbprb kbui KB329309 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO
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