Microsoft Office locks up while tethered

Question

I tether my 8330 to my laptop through Verizon, and it works OK until I try to open a Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.,) program while tethered which locks up the MS program. If I close the internet access/tether, the MS program instantly frees up, but then I can't re-tether without rebooting the computer.
Some months ago, I called VZ support and they had me reinstall the VZ Access Manager and it seemed to take care of the problem initially, but it came right back (the first time I was on the road - sort of figures)
Doe anyone know what I need to do to resolve this conflict?
Thanks
Will
Will Hepburn

Answer 1

Open a finder window and right click on the Macintosh HD entry and select Get Info. That will show you the size of the drive and the amount of free space left.
Or you can do both tasks with Disk Utility. In the Applications folder open the Utilities folder and Disk Utility is in there. Once it opens select the Macintosh HD entry and the First Aid tab, if it isn't already selected. You'll find the Verify disk option in that tab.
Look at the bottom of the window and you will see the size of the drive and the free space. Capacity and Available items.