Options like cut and paste work fine, but if you use the drop down menu in MS Word to try and save your document as another file type (IE: template) it begins to not respond

As well as viewing My Docs (or any other folder for that matter) where a click on the folder should expand the + and show the folders contained within ... doesn't. They don't appear until you've clicked on them from within the window, not the file explorer pane.

I've run virus scans with no avail... and other programs such as Outlook aren't having any trouble running as usual. And I've re-booted, shut down, left it alone, all the easy fixes already.

Any suggestions?

4/17/2006 6:14:26 PM

it's probably filled with junk

format.

4/17/2006 6:17:37 PM

things are tough all over

4/17/2006 6:17:50 PM

i know

4/17/2006 6:36:51 PM

Umm ... try rebooting yet?

4/17/2006 6:46:38 PM

according to his post he did

but that could just be a typo

4/17/2006 6:50:45 PM

If you have your Word disks, you might try the REPAIR function.

4/17/2006 10:32:31 PM

After fixing a corrupted TCP/IP protocol in my network connections the problem seems to be gone....

not sure how it's related but it must have had somethiing to do with the address bar not functioning properly

4/17/2006 10:54:21 PM

try restoring the original registers from the xp disc using windows recovery console, google.com for instructions

4/17/2006 11:27:06 PM

what did you do to fix the TCP/IP issue?

4/18/2006 12:10:30 AM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165

Quote :

"SYMPTOMS After you install security update MS06-015 (908531) (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-015.mspx), you may experience one of more of the following issues:• Unable to access special folders like "My Documents" or "My Pictures". • Microsoft Office applications may stop responding when you attempt to save or open Office files in the "My Documents" folder. • Office files in the "My Documents" folder are not able to open in Microsoft Office. • Opening a file through an application's File / Open menu causes the program to stop responding . • Typing an address into Internet Explorer’s address bar has no effect. • Right-clicking on a file and selecting Send To has no effect. • Clicking on the plus (+) sign beside a folder in Windows Explorer has no effect. • Some third-party applications stop responding when opening or saving data in the “My Documents” folder. "

4/18/2006 1:48:29 PM

^ wow, way to go microsoft

^^ reinstalled the TCP/IP protocol using Start - Control Panel - Network Connections - Right click on the wireless network connection - click properties (under the general tab) - clicked on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) - clicked install and ran the installation from a C: address the technian gave me (i can't remember right now what it was, but it was under the WINDOWS folder)

4/18/2006 5:05:54 PM

format C:

4/18/2006 8:00:16 PM