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<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/excel/thread/cd732087-7b1f-44d4-9315-2b8c9d4b1ed6" rel="ugc nofollow">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/excel/thread/cd732087-7b1f-44d4-9315-2b8c9d4b1ed6</a><br />
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which leads to a hotfix at this KB which at first does not seem related : <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981711" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981711</a><br />
the KB does not describe your symptoms, however the post in the original thread does describe your exact symptoms, and says that this hotfix is the solution.<br />

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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/excel/thread/cd732087-7b1f-44d4-9315-2b8c9d4b1ed6 [http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/excel/thread/cd732087-7b1f-44d4-9315-2b8c9d4b1ed6]

which leads to a hotfix at this KB which at first does not seem related : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981711 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981711]
the KB does not describe your symptoms, however the post in the original thread does describe your exact symptoms, and says that this hotfix is the solution.


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I recently upgraded my file server from Windows 2003 to 2008 R2 Standard server. After this, Office 2010 applications like word, excel, powerpoint etc take a long time to open files in the network shared drive. It says that its downloading the file and waits for about a minute before opening up. Can we set this to not function this way and just open up. I can open the pdf files without any significant delay. It does not give me any such message as downloading etc.Only the office files. I have attached a sample to show this downloading message on excel. I get similar messages on word and powerpoint as well. Any clues?<br />
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I recently upgraded my file server from Windows 2003 to 2008 R2 Standard server. After this, Office 2010 applications like word, excel, powerpoint etc take a long time to open files in the network shared drive. It says that its downloading the file and waits for about a minute before opening up. Can we set this to not function this way and just open up. I can open the pdf files without any significant delay. It does not give me any such message as downloading etc.Only the office files. I have attached a sample to show this downloading message on excel. I get similar messages on word and powerpoint as well. Any clues?

Office applications slow in opening files from the network

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

Microsoft Office

Networking is the process of connecting computing devices, peripherals and terminals together through a system that uses wiring, cabling or radio waves that enable their users to communicate, share information and interact over distances. Often associated are issues regarding operating systems, hardware and equipment, cloud and virtual networking, protocols, architecture, storage and management.