"skoal" <skoal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Fredrik Wahlgren" wrote:
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> > "Skoal" <Skoal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E1585839-B4AC-4EBB-AA13-222459E306E8@microsoft.com...
> > > in a machine with all office updates and xp sp2, when using excell
(2000)
> > if
> > > you move from cell to cell either to edit data or just to format a
group
> > of
> > > cells it takes about a minute. even in a new empty excel spread sheet.
> > >
> > > is there a setting or maybe one of the updates cause the program to do
a
> > > search or something to delay the switching between cells?
> > >
> > > any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > On all worksheets/workbooks? It's possible that you have a macro that
you
> > trigger when you change the selection.
> >
> > /Fredrik
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> The macros function has been turned off (auto-security), so the answer is
> no. there are no macros (atleast there shouldn't be any macros running).
>
> it really appears, or takes a long time, if you try to expand the width of
a
> column or row by just dragging the width.
>
> even in a new workbook. it happens on all pages and workbooks. it seem to
> really stand out after an XP update. However, I can not say weither it is
> caused by an XP update.
> Other machines with the same configurations have the same update and they
do
> not have the same problem.
>
> thanks for the help.
>
> Skoal

Does XP refer to Office or Windows? I guess something could have gone wrong
with this particular update. I like to make a ghost image of my machine
immediately after having installed th OS and my most commonly used
applications. I have found that the performance seems to degrade over time

Anyway, I have found a KB article that may help
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815049

/Fredrik