Application lock-up

[Guest gary]

In Excel 2007, while saving a spreadsheet; selecting, deleting or

inserting columns; etc, an hourglass appears on my monitor and I can

hear the local hard disk spinning (the sound is more noticeable than

when the hard disk is not being accessed).

 

But, after the process ends, the hard disk repeatedly speeds up and

slows down and I can't work on the spreadsheet (the hourglass remains

on my monitor).

 

Task Manager's "Application" page shows that "Microsoft Excel" is "Not

Responding". And, the "Processes" page shows that the "Mem Usage" for

EXCEL.EXE does not change.

 

What is causing this problem and how can I resolve it?

[Guest Michael A. Loginov]

Re: Application lock-up

 

Your OS or Your Excel is thinking. Just thinking. May be, Excel needs more

computer resources to do its tasks - what is Your PC configuration? May be,

something is going on with HDD itself and it works very slow. Do You have some

records about Excel in Your event logs?

 

gary wrote:

> In Excel 2007, while saving a spreadsheet; selecting, deleting or

> inserting columns; etc, an hourglass appears on my monitor and I can

> hear the local hard disk spinning (the sound is more noticeable than

> when the hard disk is not being accessed).

>

> But, after the process ends, the hard disk repeatedly speeds up and

> slows down and I can't work on the spreadsheet (the hourglass remains

> on my monitor).

>

> Task Manager's "Application" page shows that "Microsoft Excel" is "Not

> Responding". And, the "Processes" page shows that the "Mem Usage" for

> EXCEL.EXE does not change.

>

> What is causing this problem and how can I resolve it?

[Guest gary]

Re: Application lock-up

 

How do I see what the Event Log contains?

[Guest gary]

Re: Application lock-up

 

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name GARY

System Manufacturer Dell Inc.

System Model OptiPlex GX280

System Type X86-based PC

Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz

Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A04, 02/09/2005

SMBIOS Version 2.3

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.

040803-2158)"

User Name GARY\user

Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time

Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 136.41 MB

Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

Page File Space 1.20 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

[Guest Marc]

Re: Application lock-up

 

 

"gary" <gcotterl@co.riverside.ca.us> wrote in message

news:102bcf10-783e-4eb7-a6d7-8d2b7fe4c707@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com...

> How do I see what the Event Log contains?

 

Windows has multiple ways to run virtually everything, for Event Viewer:

 

Start > Run > eventvwr.msc

 

Right click My Computer > Manage > Event Viewer

 

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

 

 

Marc

[Guest gary]

Re: Application lock-up

 

Hi Marc,

 

If the reason for the lock-up is recorded in the Event Log, which

log(s) and what Event Type(s) do I look at?

 

Gary