Vista keeps crashing when I try to open 20mb spreadsheet

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Joe - 19 Mar 2008 15:31 GMT

It's a new computer with 512mb of ram, and it opens easily on my other
older computers. Any idea why this newer operating system will not
open larger excel files?

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Bob I - 19 Mar 2008 15:35 GMT

If Vista is crashing, perhaps if you ask in that group, then they can
help you diagnose the issue through the error reports?

> It's a new computer with 512mb of ram, and it opens easily on my other
> older computers. Any idea why this newer operating system will not
> open larger excel files?

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Dave F - 19 Mar 2008 16:08 GMT

> If Vista is crashing, perhaps if you ask in that group, then they can
> help you diagnose the issue through the error reports?
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512mb of RAM is not sufficient to run Vista, let alone open a 20mb
spreadsheet.

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Jon Peltier - 19 Mar 2008 19:36 GMT

A lot of confused users have referred to Excel 2007 as Excel Vista. I wonder
if Joe has this misconception. I doubt you could buy a new computer with
only half a gig of Ram.

- Jon
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On Mar 19, 10:35 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> If Vista is crashing, perhaps if you ask in that group, then they can
> help you diagnose the issue through the error reports?
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512mb of RAM is not sufficient to run Vista, let alone open a 20mb
spreadsheet.

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T. Valko - 19 Mar 2008 23:10 GMT

The other day I went to a Staples (right across the street from me) to look
at a new printer. My HP Laserjet 4L that I bought in the mid 90's finally
kicked the bucket!

While I was there I asked for a ballpark price to upgrade the ram on my
*ancient* machine from 256mb ram to 2gb.

Basically, I got into a "mild" arguement with the clerk about how much ram I
needed.

I left the store with a new laser printer.

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>A lot of confused users have referred to Excel 2007 as Excel Vista. I
>wonder if Joe has this misconception. I doubt you could buy a new computer
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> 512mb of RAM is not sufficient to run Vista, let alone open a 20mb
> spreadsheet.

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