Guest gary Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 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 Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 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 Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Application lock-up How do I see what the Event Log contains?
Guest gary Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 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 Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 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 Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 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
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