Microsoft KB Archive/50995

Works: Documents Open Slowly over a Network

PSS ID Number: Q50995 Article last modified on 06-10-1996

2.00

MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOMS =

Microsoft Works 2.0 documents may open slowly over a network, especially when compared to other products, such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.

= CAUSE =

The reason for this behavior is twofold:

  When you open Works, the entire program must be loaded into memory on the local workstation. Other products can dynamically allocate themselves, loading only necessary portions of the program. -and-   Works loads files by using network commands in an inefficient manner, locking themselves to blocks of memory. 

KBCategory: kbother kbnetwork kbprb kb3rdparty KBSubcategory: mwksmisc macworkskb Additional reference words: 3rdparty ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.