Although "Diversity Abstract Vagueness Negative Transitions,"  "Prose and Style," "Style," "Diction-Suggest and Check," "Problem Sentences," and "Grammar Capitalization & Punctuation" time out, "Organization and Development," "To Be," "Clarity," "Punctuation of Introductory Elements," and "Parallelism and Punctuation" work just fine.

Possible Problem:  Windows environment variables (esp. "PATH" and "COMSPEC") have been modified.  We have only seen these problems in association Novell Client logon scripts.  Writer's Workbench requires PATH and COMSPEC to be set to the Windows default:

Windows '95 and Windows '98:

PATH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND  (There will be other directories here [delimited by ";",] but this one is needed for Writer's Workbench to function properly)
COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM

Windows NT:

PATH=C:\WINNT\system32
COMSPEC=C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe

HOW DO I CHECK TO SEE IF THESE ARE SET PROPERLY?

Click on Start, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt (In NT, it is "Command Prompt")
Type "set" followed by pressing the "Enter" key.
Check the "PATH=" line to make sure it includes C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND or C:\WINNT\system32, depending on if you are using Win'95/98 or NT.
Check the "COMSPEC=" line to make sure it is "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM" or C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe, depending on if you are using Win'95/98 or NT.

Possible Resolution:   If you are running NetWare client, have your administrator make sure the PATH and COMSPEC are set as defined above, especially after logging on to the Novell network and running the logon script.

If you are using Windows Networking or on a stand-alone PC, edit the "AUTOEXEC.BAT" file by clicking "Start," then "Run," then typing "sysedit" followed by enter.

Type "REM " in front of any lines that include "PATH=" or "set PATH=" or "COMSPEC=" or "set COMSPEC="

Now restart the system and Writer's Workbench should run.

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Last modified 08/08/03.