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Santero10
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Jan 31, 2022

Excel not working properly since updating to Windows 11

Hi,   Since I have updated my PC to windows 11 Excel has not been working properly. Every 5 min the sheets seem to be unresponsive when I click on a tab or anywhere on the excel page. To make it wo...
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stylo9
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Sep 05, 2022

Santero10 

I have similar problems. 

My MS Access databases are all but useless using win11 and office pro plus 2021
I suspect the problem arises from VBA, all my dbases are written in VBA and they suffer enormously

I have some little vba code in the excel files and although they have problems, not so much as the databases.

Maybe someone can check out this theory

Cheers

stylo9

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Santero10
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Sep 05, 2022
Hi Stylo9,

I don't think it is a VBA problem as I don't have any. The problem seems to come from Nvidia's graphic card and Windows 11. Unfortunately, I think that only Microsoft is able to repair it but they haven't even acknowledged the issue after nearly 1 year of complaints. This is baffling as Excel is a working tool for many of us and sometimes is borderline unusable.

I don't know how to make them notice, but if somebody does, feel free to help as it seems to be the only way to fix this.

Thank you
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    JFK102819472712
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    Nov 28, 2022

    Santero10 

    I do simple VBA Excel programming.

    Since installation of Windows 11 the message box I add typically for troubleshooting pops up as a transparent display box.

    The useless thing will park its carcass on the screen for 15 seconds and more. Eventually, after a while, before seemingly forever, it may display the message. Or, it may not. At the least, the worksheet cells underneath are viewable but not accessible.

    The hourglass will wear out eventually.

    There is no Option to turn off graphics acceleration.

    My Dell laptop (Tag 1P1LX33) was bought for simple word and worksheet work. So, no special graphics hardware I'm aware of. 

    Except for the above obnoxious and expensive (my time) bug I have not yet stumbled across any other issues since ill-advisedly "upgrading" from Windows 10.

    And, I thought all these Microsoft upgrade screw-ups had disappeared after Windows 3.3!

     

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    stylo9
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    Sep 09, 2022
    My PC uses Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655, no Nvidia card so I don't think it's that and I agree that it can't be VBA so the only thing left is Windows 11 OS.
    I'm so pissed off that MS delivered Windows 10 as "The last version of windows (ever)" and within a couple of years they come out with version 11. which like all other versions is filled with bugs. Maybe we should start a class action against MS for this lie of win10 being the last version ever? that should get their attention

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