perhaps someone can enlighten me.

i used word 2000 (same copy) on my old w98se pc for ages and had no problems.

my new w2k pc and word 2000 is giving me a headache.

when i start word 2000 (no other office app does this) i get the usual screen (icons, blank page etc) but i then get an extra totally blank screen window with an extra block on the task bar.

incidentally the "W" icon is in top left and the usual windows buttons on the right of the blank screen.

to use word i have to click either on the main screen or on the taskbar block.

if i then click on the extra block nothing happens except it redisplays the same word screen.

if i try to close it (right click, close) it does nothing and does not go away.