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Old 11-01-2011, 06:30 AM
lazlow lazlow is offline Scrolling wheel in Excel shuts down my computer... Mac OS X Scrolling wheel in Excel shuts down my computer... Office 2008 for Mac
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Hi all,

I hope someone here can shed some light on a problem I've been having. It's a problem with my PC at work, running Office 2003 on Windows XP Professional. My PC and peripherals are Dell. I have already had our IT team looking at it, but they couldn't find the problem nor the solution, so I know it might be a long shot!

This only happens in Excel - not in the bespoke software I use at work, nor the browser, or Word (I don't use any other Office programs so can't comment on those).

When I am in Excel, I can scroll using the wheel as normal without problems. However, if I click the wheel (to enable faster scrolling) and then move the mouse to try and scroll over a large number of cells, my computer completely shuts down after a couple of seconds with no warning. Work is lost and I have to reboot from scratch. It is almost as if the mouse wheel button is a shortcut to shut down, except IT here have checked that and it isn't the case - and also, it only happens in Excel!

If anyone can suggest anything, I would be really grateful. Even after several months I still occastionally forget I can't click the wheel and I end up losing work. Please don't hesitate to ask if you need any more info to help in finding a solution…

Thanks!!
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Old 11-01-2011, 10:59 AM
Catalin.B Catalin.B is offline Scrolling wheel in Excel shuts down my computer... Windows Vista Scrolling wheel in Excel shuts down my computer... Office 2010 32bit
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From : http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/mouse.txt
MS Excel for Windows -- Mouse Settings Customize Windows START, Settings, Control Panel --> Mouse Left Button: Left-click (global/default) Right Button: Right-click (global/default) Wheel Button: Enter (global *override*) Large Thumb Button: Back (global/default) Small Thumb Button: Forward (global/default) Excel: Tools->Options->General->"zoom on roll with intellimouse keep this off or you won't be able to use mouse for a vertical scrolling, you can still use Ctrl+wheel to zoom in/out. VBE problems with scrolling: make sure you do not have exceptions in Control Panel, Mouse, General, Advanced or for some older drivers there is a tab near the end or from Wheel tab, Wheel trouble shooter, Advanced button remove any added override that does not respond to scrolling or for some make sure Use MS Office Compatible scroll is checked (even if available may not be needed) If still not working see this thread http://google.com/groups?threadm=eFn...TNGP15.phx.gbl
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