Program Stability

[Hydrology]

We just upgraded our company to Office 2007 Pro this week and we are having
lots of problems with the stability of Excel. We are working with the same
spreadsheets that ran flawlessly in Excel 2003 but now Excel is locking up
almost every 10 to 15 minutes. We are seeing this response on all of our
workstations. Each workstation is a dual processor machine with 4 gig of
memory, 400gig hard drive which is generally about 50% full, and an Nvidia
7800gtx graphics card.

We are also having problems with the plots which are unbeliveably slow to
redraw. Just getting the program to respond after clicking on a line can
take 3 or 4 minutes. Granted we often have 4 to 5 lines with 20 to 30
thousend point each, but those same spreadsheets worked like a dream in Excel
2003. I cant even remember the last time Excel 2003 locked up or crashed
with the same class of spreadsheets.

We have gotten all of the Microsoft updates but that has not helped. With
this kind of performance, the program is just not useable. Has anyone found
a way to make the program more stable or respond faster? If we cant find a
solution we will have to go back to Office 2003 until these problems are
fixed.

 

[Jim Rech]

Many people have reported performance issues with Excel 2007, some as bad as
yours. I have not heard of a solution and can only hope MS has one sooner
rather than later.

--
Jim
| We just upgraded our company to Office 2007 Pro this week and we are
having
| lots of problems with the stability of Excel. We are working with the
same
| spreadsheets that ran flawlessly in Excel 2003 but now Excel is locking up
| almost every 10 to 15 minutes. We are seeing this response on all of our
| workstations. Each workstation is a dual processor machine with 4 gig of
| memory, 400gig hard drive which is generally about 50% full, and an Nvidia
| 7800gtx graphics card.
|
| We are also having problems with the plots which are unbeliveably slow to
| redraw. Just getting the program to respond after clicking on a line can
| take 3 or 4 minutes. Granted we often have 4 to 5 lines with 20 to 30
| thousend point each, but those same spreadsheets worked like a dream in
Excel
| 2003. I cant even remember the last time Excel 2003 locked up or crashed
| with the same class of spreadsheets.
|
| We have gotten all of the Microsoft updates but that has not helped. With
| this kind of performance, the program is just not useable. Has anyone
found
| a way to make the program more stable or respond faster? If we cant find
a
| solution we will have to go back to Office 2003 until these problems are
| fixed.
|

 

[Jon Peltier]

I'm a bit surprised that people are still upgrading. The reports of
performance problems are pretty widespread, and you would discover these
issues in an hour or two of pre-upgrade testing.

- Jon

 

[Jim Rech]

The reports of performance problems are pretty widespread

They are if you search forums and newsgroups but I haven't seen one media
'expose' that blows the whistle about this. ZDNet, Office Watch, Thurrott's
WinInfo? You'd think there is article there.

--
Jim
| I'm a bit surprised that people are still upgrading. The reports of
| performance problems are pretty widespread, and you would discover these
| issues in an hour or two of pre-upgrade testing.
|
| - Jon
| -------
| Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
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|
|
| | > Many people have reported performance issues with Excel 2007, some as
bad
| > as
| > yours. I have not heard of a solution and can only hope MS has one
sooner
| > rather than later.
| >
| > --
| > Jim
| > | > | We just upgraded our company to Office 2007 Pro this week and we are
| > having
| > | lots of problems with the stability of Excel. We are working with the
| > same
| > | spreadsheets that ran flawlessly in Excel 2003 but now Excel is
locking
| > up
| > | almost every 10 to 15 minutes. We are seeing this response on all of
| > our
| > | workstations. Each workstation is a dual processor machine with 4 gig
| > of
| > | memory, 400gig hard drive which is generally about 50% full, and an
| > Nvidia
| > | 7800gtx graphics card.
| > |
| > | We are also having problems with the plots which are unbeliveably slow
| > to
| > | redraw. Just getting the program to respond after clicking on a line
| > can
| > | take 3 or 4 minutes. Granted we often have 4 to 5 lines with 20 to 30
| > | thousend point each, but those same spreadsheets worked like a dream
in
| > Excel
| > | 2003. I cant even remember the last time Excel 2003 locked up or
| > crashed
| > | with the same class of spreadsheets.
| > |
| > | We have gotten all of the Microsoft updates but that has not helped.
| > With
| > | this kind of performance, the program is just not useable. Has anyone
| > found
| > | a way to make the program more stable or respond faster? If we cant
| > find
| > a
| > | solution we will have to go back to Office 2003 until these problems
are
| > | fixed.
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Jon Peltier]

Yeah, I guess I notice the reports because I'm in these forums frequently.
But the users should still go for a test drive before taking the plunge.

- Jon

 

[Hydrology]

I guess that we got complacient. Over the past years, Excel has continually
gotten more stable with each new version. We have large spreadsheets, so I
was excited about getting more than 65,000 rows. That was all that I wanted.
All of the rest of the changes, which add no functionality is just a
reshuffling of the menus.