Excel 2000 freezes with 100% CPU

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Jan

When Excel is started for one user on a Windows 2000
computer it takes the CPU usage to 100% and Excel will not
start. If I logon as another user Excel opens without a
problem. The user it works for is an administrator on the
machine, the user it does not open for has been made an
administrator but it still will not open.

I even uninstalled Office 2000 as the user having the
problem and the same results occur. 100% CPU and no Excel
for the one user and Excel opens just fine for the other.

Anybody know what is going on here?
Thanks in advance,
Jan
 
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Ken Wright

Try finding and deleting the *.xlb file. This is the toolbar customisation
file, so you will lose all csutomisations, but I guess that's not really a
problem at the moment anyway. This file tends to get bloated and cause Excel to
keel over, and Excel will simply create a new file when you restart it. This
would be a problem even if you uninstall and reinstall, so it may possibly be
the problem. You can always just rename the file if you prefer to *.old, and it
will have the same effect.
 
D

Dave Peterson

On top of Ken's advice, I'd clean up the windows temp folder.

May not help, but it shouldn't hurt.
 
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