Hi Fred

Do you have Google Desktop loaded on these machines?
If so, go to Control PanelPrograms and FeaturesRemove Google Desktop.

It can be a real killer with Excel 2007.

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Regards
Roger Govier

"Fred" wrote in message
...
I have same problem with large data sets. In earlier Excel versions, they
ran just fine, but in Excel 2007, the program chokes up: e.g., I try to
do a
'search-and--replace' in one column, and the systems freezes for a minute
(showing "not responding" in the banner); e.g., I try deleting a column
at
the very end of the spreadsheet, and the program freezes, then crashes.
I'm
running Excel 2007 on both my desktop and laptop (pretty new PC's with
tons
of power and storage), and am having identical problems.

Worst of all, I can't find any helpful hints on the internet to deal with
this. As it stands, Excel 2007 is pretty useless for my needs, and I'll
have
to get back to an earlier version. So much for the much-touted
million-row
expansion ...

"Norm" wrote:

I have spreadsheets going easily from 16000 to 64000 lines, I used to
make
EXCEL 2003 charts by using 3-4 worksheets easily. They were big but ran
very
fast. EXCEL 2007 is simply very slow, even if I try to do a chart from
scratch.

Simple line charts, scatter points nothing graphically demanding and my
computer is a P4 full of memory.

Anybody out there with the same problem?

Norm