DMcG: I found the Event log, and when I tried to open Word again, it generated the following:

  Bytes:
  0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74   Applicat
  0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c   ion Fail
  0010: 75 72 65 20 20 77 69 6e   ure  win
  0018: 77 6f 72 64 2e 65 78 65   word.exe
  0020: 20 39 2e 30 2e 30 2e 32    9.0.0.2
  0028: 37 31 37 20 69 6e 20 77   717 in w
  0030: 69 6e 77 6f 72 64 2e 65   inword.e
  0038: 78 65 20 39 2e 30 2e 30   xe 9.0.0
  0040: 2e 32 37 31 37 20 61 74   .2717 at
  0048: 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20    offset 
  0050: 30 30 33 65 34 66 62 64   003e4fbd
  0058: 0d 0a                     ..      
  
  Words:
  0000: 6c707041 74616369 206e6f69 6c696146
  0010: 20657275 6e697720 64726f77 6578652e
  0020: 302e3920 322e302e 20373137 77206e69
  0030: 6f776e69 652e6472 39206578 302e302e
  0040: 3137322e 74612037 66666f20 20746573
  0050: 65333030 64626634 0a0d 

Very impressive, but what does it mean?