Scrolling wheel in Excel shuts down my computer...

lazlow · #1 11-01-2011, 06:30 AM

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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