Weird Excel Problem . Cany anyone help me? [hey fellas] [5 mins]
Q: Hey fellas I totally screwed up MS Excel problem and I hope someone has an idea what kind it.
Symptoms:
established – When I use Excel after about 5 minutes (sometimes more or less) my computer is super slow , almost to the point of crashes. The mouse and keyboard both late and hesitant when I try to do something. It will often repeat keystrokes as a result of this hesitation.
The machine remains in this state until the reboot is only way to correct the problem. Excel will not exciting just going away.
This the problem occurs only with Excel.
It makes no difference what I do or have run on the machine (ie other programs open) 0.
system is a AMD X2 3800 +, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD (using about 30GB)
Running Windows XP Pro, NOD32 AV, No Windows Security Scan AV Center
I have Ad-Aware scan, Spybot scan, and defrag several times and this problem will not go away.
Hoping someone here solution as this is a big problem for me (I am an accountant and use Excel all day) Thanks in 0.
advance.
Greg
Re:You could be having:
macro or template trouble: Set Tools|Macros|Security|High Go to Office directory in explorer and delete contents of folders XLStart and Startup
executable hanging trouble: Got to Task Manager and see if you have multiple copies of excel running.
paging file trouble: Rightclick My Computer|Properties|Advanced|Performance and set page file to recommended size
another app eating your memory: Go to task manager|processes and kill everything except windows essential processes and try again
windows eating your memory: go to task manager|processes and kill explorer.exe the Start|Run|Explorer see if it speeds up right away (if this then repair or reinstall windows)
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Do you have all the service packs for Office installed?
yup, I do my best to stay 100% up to date on that stuff.
Greg
Re:Do you have all the service packs for Office installed?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
do you have a personal macro workbook that opens when you open excel? Open Excel and hit alt-F11 to see.
Nope.
This problem is becoming more of an issue. The repair thing helps a little bit (ie I can work for about 30 mins before it goes fubar) but nowhere near fixes the problem.
Short of a complete reinstall of windows and all programs I am clueless on what to do next.
Any other thoughts??
Greg
Re:do you have a personal macro workbook that opens when you open excel? Open Excel and hit alt-F11 to see.
Re:It sounds like there may be something corrupted. Does it happen no matter what file you are working with? If so, then I would try going to Help –> Detect and Repair. You may need the installation CD to fix any problems. Also, you might try not loading add-ins (Tools –> Add-ins and uncheck all of them). Finally, check your startup folder, the XLStart folder, and the Library folder to see if anything in those could be causing the problem.
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