Outrageously slow Excel Autosave in Excel 2007 - any way to influence MSFT?

[TomCon]

Excel is Autosaving while i write this. Already has been for about 3
minutes. I can tell it hasn't finished by the fan on my laptop and
processor is 100%. Its INCREDIBLY hard to be productive when you are
suddenly stopped from using Excel for, literally, 5 minutes, at random
moments. Others on this group have confirmed that they have this problem.
It TOTALLY SUCKS.

That is the case with Excell 2007, and its autosave. Apparently this is due
to my having Excel files open in Excel 97-2003 format, instead of converting
to the new format. So, as many as possible, i have converted. But, some
cannot be converted. Those i must share with colleagues. And, those i use
with MICROSOFT's own product, the pocket PC.

Is there any known way to actually influence MSFT to fix this. In my opinon
it is a real low-life business practice that only real scum-bag type
companies would engage in. They want people to upgrade. I have. But, i am
penalized. But, they implicitly put me in thier court, to try to convince
my colleagues to upgrade, since i have, or else if my colleagues do not
upgrade, my own work is unbearable interrupted. I wonder if this even
violates an anti-trust decree. If not, it should. And if not, it still
STINKS as a way to treat your customers who have upgraded. They know that
it will take YEARS before the majority of Excel users are at 2007 format.
SO, they are saying that it is perfectly ok to interrupt the workflow of
those of us who work with such colleagues.

Any thoughts on this? Thanks.

[Excel is still Autosaving, so i still cannot return from this message to do
Excel work].

 

[Harlan Grove]

Excel is Autosaving while i write this. Already has been for about
3 minutes. . . .

See if the following link addresses your configuration.

http://smurfonspreadsheets.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/security-pah/#comment-9326

 

[Jim Rech]

Why don't you turn Autosave off?

--
Jim
| Excel is Autosaving while i write this. Already has been for about 3
| minutes. I can tell it hasn't finished by the fan on my laptop and
| processor is 100%. Its INCREDIBLY hard to be productive when you are
| suddenly stopped from using Excel for, literally, 5 minutes, at random
| moments. Others on this group have confirmed that they have this problem.
| It TOTALLY SUCKS.
|
| That is the case with Excell 2007, and its autosave. Apparently this is
due
| to my having Excel files open in Excel 97-2003 format, instead of
converting
| to the new format. So, as many as possible, i have converted. But, some
| cannot be converted. Those i must share with colleagues. And, those i
use
| with MICROSOFT's own product, the pocket PC.
|
| Is there any known way to actually influence MSFT to fix this. In my
opinon
| it is a real low-life business practice that only real scum-bag type
| companies would engage in. They want people to upgrade. I have. But, i
am
| penalized. But, they implicitly put me in thier court, to try to convince
| my colleagues to upgrade, since i have, or else if my colleagues do not
| upgrade, my own work is unbearable interrupted. I wonder if this even
| violates an anti-trust decree. If not, it should. And if not, it still
| STINKS as a way to treat your customers who have upgraded. They know that
| it will take YEARS before the majority of Excel users are at 2007 format.
| SO, they are saying that it is perfectly ok to interrupt the workflow of
| those of us who work with such colleagues.
|
| Any thoughts on this? Thanks.
|
| [Excel is still Autosaving, so i still cannot return from this message to
do
| Excel work].
|
|

 

[Gord Dibben]

Autosave is only saving a copy of the workbook in case of an Excel crash or OS
crash.

The copy is deleted if Excel closes normally, so the term "Autosave" is a
mis-leading.

It is "Autorecovery" and only useful in the above conditions.

Turn it off and make regular saves while working.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[TomCon]

People have of course suggested the obvious, turn it off. I may, as it is
approaching intolerability. Howerver, why do i have to lose what could be
convienet protection, that i'd have if i were still at Excel 2003, and have
been used to having for years (it goes back to about 1995 when you had to
save every few minutes for fear of a crash).

My advice to the world: Don't upgrade to Excel 2007 unless all of your
colleagues already have. Take my word for it, it is INTOLERABLE working
with long, random interruptions.

[As i write this, Excel 2007 is again locked to me]
Tom

Autosave is only saving a copy of the workbook in case of an Excel crash
or OS
crash.

The copy is deleted if Excel closes normally, so the term "Autosave" is a
mis-leading.

It is "Autorecovery" and only useful in the above conditions.

Turn it off and make regular saves while working.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Excel is Autosaving while i write this. Already has been for about 3
minutes. I can tell it hasn't finished by the fan on my laptop and
processor is 100%. Its INCREDIBLY hard to be productive when you are
suddenly stopped from using Excel for, literally, 5 minutes, at random
moments. Others on this group have confirmed that they have this problem.
It TOTALLY SUCKS.

That is the case with Excell 2007, and its autosave. Apparently this is
due
to my having Excel files open in Excel 97-2003 format, instead of
converting
to the new format. So, as many as possible, i have converted. But, some
cannot be converted. Those i must share with colleagues. And, those i
use
with MICROSOFT's own product, the pocket PC.

Is there any known way to actually influence MSFT to fix this. In my
opinon
it is a real low-life business practice that only real scum-bag type
companies would engage in. They want people to upgrade. I have. But, i
am
penalized. But, they implicitly put me in thier court, to try to convince
my colleagues to upgrade, since i have, or else if my colleagues do not
upgrade, my own work is unbearable interrupted. I wonder if this even
violates an anti-trust decree. If not, it should. And if not, it still
STINKS as a way to treat your customers who have upgraded. They know that
it will take YEARS before the majority of Excel users are at 2007 format.
SO, they are saying that it is perfectly ok to interrupt the workflow of
those of us who work with such colleagues.

Any thoughts on this? Thanks.

[Excel is still Autosaving, so i still cannot return from this message to
do
Excel work].

 

[Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices]

See if the following link addresses your configuration.

http://smurfonspreadsheets.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/security-pah/#comment-9326

I see the same thing and don't have Google Desktop installed.
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What is on my Pocket PC? http://www.ehansberry.com/
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What is an MVP? -

 

[Neeyo.Swoth]

People have of course suggested the obvious, turn it off. I may, as it is
approaching intolerability. Howerver, why do i have to lose what could be
convienet protection, that i'd have if i were still at Excel 2003, and have
been used to having for years (it goes back to about 1995 when you had tosaveevery few minutes for fear of a crash).

My advice to the world: Don't upgrade to Excel2007unless all of your
colleagues already have. Take my word for it, it is INTOLERABLE working
with long, random interruptions.

[As i write this, Excel2007is again locked to me]
Tom

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message

Autosave is only saving a copy of the workbook in case of an Excel crash
or OS
crash.

The copy is deleted if Excel closes normally, so the term "Autosave" is a
mis-leading.

It is "Autorecovery" and only useful in the above conditions.

Turn it off and make regular saves while working.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Excel is Autosaving while i write this. Already has been for about 3
minutes. I can tell it hasn't finished by the fan on my laptop and
processor is 100%. Its INCREDIBLY hard to be productive when you are
suddenly stopped from using Excel for, literally, 5 minutes, at random
moments. Others on this group have confirmed that they have this problem.
It TOTALLY SUCKS.
That is the case with Excell2007, and its autosave. Apparently this is
due
to my having Excel files open in Excel 97-2003 format, instead of
converting
to the new format. So, as many as possible, i have converted. But, some
cannot be converted. Those i must share with colleagues. And, those i
use
with MICROSOFT's own product, the pocket PC.
Is there any known way to actually influence MSFT to fix this. In my
opinon
it is a real low-life business practice that only real scum-bag type
companies would engage in. They want people to upgrade. I have. But, i
am
penalized. But, they implicitly put me in thier court, to try to convince
my colleagues to upgrade, since i have, or else if my colleagues do not
upgrade, my own work is unbearable interrupted. I wonder if this even
violates an anti-trust decree. If not, it should. And if not, it still
STINKS as a way to treat your customers who have upgraded. They know that
it will take YEARS before the majority of Excel users are at2007format.
SO, they are saying that it is perfectly ok to interrupt the workflow of
those of us who work with such colleagues.
Any thoughts on this? Thanks.
[Excel is still Autosaving, so i still cannot return from this message to
do
Excel work].

I have the same issue, but it's not confined to autorecovery. It
happens also when just trying to Save or SaveAs. I have to manually
kill the process or it will sit there, saying it is saving, for
hours.

 

[vrskod]

I have the same issue, but it's not confined to autorecovery.  It
happens also when just trying to Save or SaveAs.  I have to manually
kill the process or it will sit there, saying it is saving, for
hours

I have the same problem when I try to save or save as the file in the
Office97-2003 format. Autosaving (autorecovery) made it, I tried to
switch it off with minimal effect.
Excell2007 is for thi reason practically unusable. Almost every
attemtp to save anything I have to finish with the hard reset of the
PC.
Old Office2000 worked in the same system with no problems.
Some similar problems had in older Office versions some relationsship
with more net connections installed/opened in the system.
But I have only one net connection in my PC, there are not any
reziduals of other attempts of creating other net connections on my
PC.
The same problem I have on two PCs with 2 different WinXP-SP2 systems
- Office2007 is the same (3 pcs licence).
System specification:
- Sempron2200+, RAM 1MB, HD 160GB, His Radeon9250ViVo graphic card,
ADSL router - via Ethernet, WinXP-SP2, Panda 20085 AV+Firewall
- Sempron2800+, RAM 1MB, HD 80GB, His Radeon9250ViVo graphic card,
ADSL router - via USB, WinXP-SP2, Panda 20085 AV+Firewall

My recommendation - DO NOT UPGRADE TO MICROSOFT OFFICE2007 - it is
much worse as older versions of MS Office. Microsoft has as usuall no
interest in finding any sollution.

Does anybody have any suggestion hove to solve this problem? Saving
all files in Office2007 format is not a sollution for me.