I am running Word 97 on Windows XP.
> 
> When I open a word document, the page comes up but a 
> message window pops up that says something like:
> 
> C:\...\desktop\document1.rtf is being used by fred. Do you 
> want to make a copy?
> 
> I am signed on the computer under my own User ID, and the 
> file I am opening is in my own folder, so I don't know why 
> these messages pop up every time I try to open my own 
> documents. The document is not open anywhere else either.
> 
> Anyone know how to correct this annoying problem??

There are any number of causes for this. Please go to Microsoft's
Technet at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;kbhowto&sd=TECH&ln=EN-US&FR=0

Choose Word 97 as the product, and type "do you want to make a copy"
into the keywords area.

Unfortunately, it could also be a network issue that the network is
not refreshed often enough.

~Dreamboat
Author: Dreamboat on Word