excel and Win7

[Mychael]

Friend at his company has just swapped from XP to Win 7 and now they are having big issues with Excel crashing all the time.
He knew I'm on this forum so his question is just general, not looking for a specific fix but is Win7 known to give issues with Excel?

 

[clifford_cooley]

I'm not having any issues with Excel 2007.

I can not speak for the other versions of Excel. There maybe a machine specific problem causing this.

One thing to consider is how large the Excel files are. The larger the Excel files the more memory they will require. Windows 7 requires twice the memory of XP upon install. Low memory can cause issues of this type.

Which version of Excel is he using?
What are his computer specifications?

 

[Mychael]

Cant answer many of your questions, they are on a network. I know they are using an "older" Excel then I have and I've got 2007 so I'm assuming 2003 is what they have.
Their files will be huge, they are a big company and use the spreadsheets extensivley.

 

[TrainableMan]

Office 2003 is listed as incompatible in the Microsoft Compatibility Center. I know some people seem to use it just fine but others complain about installation problems or other issues. I would think that Microsoft won't help as they will blame it on incompatibility.