Office has Encountered a Problem and Needs to Close.

by Raphael Nikolai on June 26, 2009 and Revised on May 1, 2012

in TroubleShooting

You receive an error message saying something like, “application has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”" and then the program closes when you run any program by Office 2003.

Affected products:

  • Microsoft Office 2003 Application Error Report
  • Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

Instructions:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click on classic view on the left column.
3. Click Display.
4. On the Settings tab, click Advanced.

5. On the Troubleshoot tab, move the Hardware acceleration slider control to the third position (from the left) or completely to the left depending on the gravity of your problem.. (i recommend trial and error process for this one.. hehehe) and then click OK.application-error

6. Click OK.

here’s a screenshot to give you  more detailed view on the steps above.

If you have any more questions, then feel free to comment below. Also, please stat the application you were using when you had this proble. I would like to request every one to participate on this survey so that we can have a concrete list on what application experience this issue.

  • http://medsopinions.blogspot.com/ Medha

    Oh my God this is the message I often get when there is such a problem and believe me this is a nuissance for me, well can you imagine having such problems now and then! Now on I can solve it myself thanks to you.

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