when using a remote session, the menus on Excel take forever to open and
expand.


any ideas?

I am guessing the excel version here, but i will asume it's 2000 or higher.
Go to Tools, Customise, Options, and disable "Show full menu after a short
delay" and
enable "Always show full menu's".

If this works, find out the settings for this in the HKCU, and export them.
Them import them for all by importing the regkey via the usrlogon.cmd.
As from excel XP it could be possible that these settings can be set for
all, by making changes
to these settings while in install mode.

Stefan
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