I keep getting this fault in Excel 97 when opening the
file.  Can anyone help me understand why?
EXCEL caused a general protection fault
in module <unknown> at 0000:000003e4.

I cannot open Excel.  I deleted it and reinstalled.  
Still cannot open.  I am not getting any errors.  All my
other programs in Office 2000 work.  I read over the
other questions and answers asked about Excel but nothing

An additional note to the one I posted earlier this
morning.  I don't know that this is not normal, but when
I run the task manager, Excel is listed twice when I'm
having the slowness problem.

Hello,
I'm having the same problem that was stated in the last 2
messages. It takes close to a minute to open a file in
Word or Excel. In the lower left of the

Anyone know what the internal memory limit is for the new
Excel 2003?
I think 2002 was 100 mb.

"Cannot make this change bc there are too many row or
column items"
Is there a limit on the number of rows in a pivot table
and how do I expand this??

Is there any way to use the feature that automatically
backs up the file to restore the file to that backup?  I
inadvertently closed Excel without saving my recent
changes which I would like to have back (big dummy), but

I have P4 system with 512mb of ram running Win2k and
Office 2k. I am currently having problems with a 2mb Excel
file locking up on me and crashing. It is a very important
file and I can't afford to lose it. What can I do?

I also downloaded office updates to office 2000
yesterday, 1-8-04, and now it takes 90 seconds to open
excel to a blank worksheet, and about 60 seconds to open
a file. I get the message.,.. "resuesting virus scan"  

My spreadsheet, which was originally created in Excel 97,
when opened in Excel 2000 exhibits a problem during
calculation. The spreadsheet contains no VB code and no
circular references, but does contain large VLOOKup

Symantec's latest Norton Antivirus update is the culprit.
try http://service.symantec.com/fixit which redirects to
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/20
03081411062739?OpenDocument&src=ivr_na_con

i'm having difficulty opening up excel and then when it
finally opens it takes a long time to open up a file
this problem just started today 1-8-04
any help would be appreciated

When copying some numbers from our intranet or from a .txt
file, Excel often changes the end of the numbers or
totally changes the formatting of the numbers.  When I try
to reformat the cells, most of the time it gives me most

excel 97 is not saving to network drive correctly.  Temp
files are being generated.  Latest SR1 SR2 have been
installed.  Still problems saving to network drive.

When I open excel and word the load time is very slow.  
There is a message that says something to the effect
of "requesting virus scan".  After close to 1 minute the
program has loaded, but when opening a file the whole