Excel screws up my computer display

[Dave Gilblom]

After Excel 2007 has been idle for a while odd pieces of the Excel window
start showing up in the wrong place on the screen. If I right-click the bar
that shows the Excel is open, then it is all black and the "Close" and other
choices don't come up until I point to where they should be. If I close
Excel and open it again everything is fine. I do not have to restart the
computer, just Excel. Excel also does not seem to close properly when I use
the shutdown button in windows. None of the other Office programs cause any
trouble. Does anybody know what causes this?

Dave Gilblom

 

[ShaneDevenshire]

Hi,

Excel 2007 is graphically intense, so if your computer graphic - card +
monitor aren't up to speed so to speak, this may not refresh correctly.

I have seen screen savers which put pieces of the screen in the wrong place
and when you move the mouse not everything refreshes correctly.

One solution I have found is to just minimize and restore Excel, then
everything clears up.

 

[Dave Gilblom]

Shane,

Thanks, but minimizing doesn't work. When I maximize, the ribbon is blank
until I run the mouse cursor over it. Then I can paint all the buttons and
pictures back on. I will try adding a graphics card, though. Right now,
I'm using the motherboard graphics.

Dave

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

Shane,

Thanks, but minimizing doesn't work. When I maximize, the ribbon is blank
until I run the mouse cursor over it. Then I can paint all the buttons and
pictures back on. I will try adding a graphics card, though. Right now,
I'm using the motherboard graphics.

Dave

Please post back if you find a solution. I've had this problem with two
different EVGA cards and up to date drivers. No particular solution has been
found by me, although some tweaks have made things a bit better.
--ron