Hi Anne. I have always installed all service patches for every version of Office I have ever used and I have never had the service patches cause Office to run slower. Actually, I've never had a service patch, in itself, cause me ANY problems. Generally, if you are having problems with Office, it's because of some OTHER software you are running that is trying to play with Office and Office doesn't wanna play. I seriously doubt Michele's Office slowdown problems are caused by patches...I would be more likely to suspect addins or antivirus programs,etc. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anne Robson Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 5:11 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: MS Office Very Slow Michele If you have been dutifully downloading product updates I suspect this may be the source of your problem - as you may have noticed I've been posting to this list about similar difficulties for a few weeks now. Am now totally unsure what to do with my Office XP installation as I am having so many different problems with various components! Feel like removing all the updates and reinstalling them one by one until I find the culprit. Trouble is, there are so many updates I hardly know where to begin! Good luck with fixing your glitches Anne ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************