2] Run Program Compatibility Troubleshooter To prevent systems from failing to boot properly, boot drivers will not be blocked, but the Program Compatibility Assistant will remove them.

2] Run Program Compatibility Troubleshooter Running the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter has fixed the problem of some users. You can also try this method for the affected Office application.

Click on that item when it appears in the search list and in the window that pops up start the "Program Compatibility Troubleshooter" found there. Once initiated, this will create a list of all ...

This excerpt from Brian Culp's Spring Into Windows XP Service Pack 2 offers advice on diagnosing slow performance, solving program incompatibility problems and disabling pop-up balloons.