Word 97 crashes

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Word 97 SR1, NT4 SP5. User frequently crashes (Winword.exe The instruction 0x77f64d48 referenced memory at 0xffffffffe. Memory could not be read.) Office has been reinstalled, also gave user new PC all to no avail.

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There is an SR2 for Word 97. How about installing it?

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Still the same problem with SR2!

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Hi dharris,

What are you doing when you receive the error message? e.g. Opening a file, Saving, Spell check, etc…

When you gave the user a new PC did you also recreate their profile?

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It seems to only occur when either printing or more usually saving. We did recreate the profile on the new machine.

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It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. Isn’t that the way Word is supposed to work?

Is the user opening up the same document? Maybe the document is the problem and not Word.

I’ve also seen problems with user profiles. I’ve had to blow away the profile(Not fun), and the problem with Word goes away.

One other idea. Is the user installing any macros, add-ins, templates? Maybe one of those is the problem.

Good luck.

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