Sawubona, I have narrowed the problem down to the network connection...after disconnecting network drives, the save as works fine... How do I fix the network connections.... Siyabonga , Sikufisela Lusuku Loluhle. Mphatsi : Kusetjentiswa Kwabongcodvo mshina Lucingo : +27 33 897 4463 Sikhahlameti (Fax) : +27 33 342 3725 Makhala Ekhukhwini : +27 84 511 9495 (Cell) Likheli Kubongcodvo mshina : bongani.shezi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 2005/12/02 07:22:40 AM >>> Sounds like you are either connected to network drives when you're not on the network, so there's a delay trying to figure out the proper connection...or you have addins that are causing problems...or your video driver needs to be updated. * check network connections and disable any that are not current * start Word with the /a switch to stop addins and see if that helps * tune down your hardware accelerator and see if that helps, if so, update your video driver See these articles for details... Maintaining Your Computer http://www.mousetrax.com/maintain.html Add-ins...One of Word's Most Common Problems http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=282 Dian D. Chapman Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP MOS Certified, Editor/TechTrax Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BONGANI SHEZI Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:57 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Word 'Save As' Sawubona / Greetings, I am running MS Office XP... When I select the 'Save As' option from both Word and Excell, they both hang, after bringing up the box for the directory structure... What is causing Word and Excel not to respond after selecting the 'Save As' option, this happens after the directory structure box has been displayed on the screen... Siyabonga , Sikufisela Lusuku Loluhle. Mphatsi : Kusetjentiswa Kwabongcodvo mshina Lucingo : +27 33 897 4463 Sikhahlameti (Fax) : +27 33 342 3725 Makhala Ekhukhwini : +27 84 511 9495 (Cell) Likheli Kubongcodvo mshina : bongani.shezi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************************* 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. 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