As DL has said. It is probably a problem with your Windows install. It was most likely already there and the install of Office has brought to the forefront

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"Karen" <Karen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D08B0308-8114-48D3-BE4D-6EDCC183166E@microsoft.com...
>I downloaded Office Home and Student. Now my browser any many of my other
> programs freeze up. I didn't have this problem until I loaded office. Is
> there a way to fix this?