Microsoft KB Archive/215155

= XL2000: Linked Excel Sheet Appears to Make Computer Stop Responding =

Article ID: 215155

Article Last Modified on 10/8/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q215155



SYMPTOMS
When you use a version of Microsoft Access earlier than Access 97 to link to a very large Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, your computer may appear to stop responding when you attempt to create a report.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur because it may take 30 minutes or more to create a report when a version of Access earlier than Access 97 is linked to a very large Excel worksheet.

NOTE: A marginally adequate computer (Pentium 100 with 32 megabytes [MB] of RAM) may take more than 4 hours to complete this task.



RESOLUTION
Your computer has not stopped responding, and everything operates as expected after the report has been created.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: XL2000

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB215155

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