[Simeon]

pointertovoid, on 09 June 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

I have grammar/spellcheck for 3 European langueages in Word 97, it wasn't included though I had to downlaod them. Do you know why o97 doesn't install in Windows 7?

Strangle I have just managed to install Office 97 on Windows 8 (im surprised to say the least!) although it asked me if I wanted to enable 16-bit program execution.

[Asp]

pointertovoid, on 09 June 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

I've installed Office 2003 recently, and:
- I does bring some grammar checking in several languages, including limited German declension, I appreciate;
- On an X25-E SSD and a 3.3GHz Core 2 duo running W2k with Ahci, o2003 starts almost instantly (o97 really is instantaneous).
On a 7k160 and PIIIs 1.4GHz, o2003 takes 1s while o97 takes zero.

Office by default installs a quickstart process -- which means that when you boot Windows, you also start Office. Which slows down your Windows boot of course.

So then it can open a file "instantly" because it's already in memory and chewing up cycles waiting for you to call it.

If you're using Office frequently then you might be happy with this; if you only use it once a week, less so.

Other juggernauts also use this method to make them appear more nimble, like many Adobe programs.

Just be aware of this and choose which you allow to run.
I deactivated all the quickstart processes using a startup manager.

This post has been edited by Asp: 09 June 2013 - 08:48 AM