Microsoft Excel "Not Responding"

How to Solve Microsoft Excel "Not Responding" Error

Microsoft Excel is mostly used by companies for saving financial data. From calculation of profit/loss to finding averages, to charting and graphing data, Excel is used for several operations. It is even used for forecasting, and therefore, for making crucial business decisions.

An important program like Excel needs to work smoothly, so as to keep the data safe. However, several times, users face an error wherein Excel crashes, freezes or stops working. They get an error message saying- “Excel is not responding”, or “Excel has stopped working.”

1. Run Excel in Safe Mode

Open the command prompt, by pressing Windows + R, or choose the Run option from the Start Menu. In the command prompt, type excel. exe /safe, to run MS Excel in Safe Mode. Now try opening the file again. This would help if an ‘add-in’ or another program is causing Excel to crash.

2. Change Default Printer

This is a very simple solution. When we open an excel document like a spreadsheet, it attempts to communicate with the printer, so as to find out the margins supported by the default printer. If that communication fails, Excel crashes. In this case, you need to change the default printer. Go to the Control Panel, and click on Devices and Printers. Now, set Microsoft XPS Document Writer as the default printer, by right clicking on it. 

Once done, try to open excel again and your problem may be resolved.

3. Install Latest Updates

Issues often occur if the latest Office and Windows Updates are not installed. Make sure you install the latest versions and any updates you may have missed on. It is recommended to choose the option of Automatically Installing any Updates, for windows. You can do this by going to the control panel and then System and Security. 

4. Fix Problems with Add-ins

In safe mode, open Excel. Then click on File. Once it opens, go to Options. There, click on add-ins. The different add-ins in that program will be displayed.

You can try to disable the add-ins one by one, checking in between, if the problem has been resolved. If you see a recently added add in, you can try removing it first, to check if excel works after that.

5. Repair Office

One of the ways to fix the ‘Excel is not responding’ error is to repair Microsoft Office. For doing this, go to the Control panel, and choose Programs and Features. Click on Microsoft Office in the list, and then on Change button at the top. 

You will get the option to automatically ‘Repair’ Office. Once that is done, check if the problem has been solved.

6. Uninstall and Reinstall Office

If none of these methods work, you may have to uninstall Microsoft Office, and then reinstall it. It does not need to be done manually. Microsoft offers a program for it called the Easy Fix tool. You can find it on Microsoft’s official website. 

7. Update Anti-virus software

Apart from these solutions, it is recommended that you check if your anti-virus software is up to date. It may be conflicting with Excel and causing problems. You can try to disable your anti-virus and re-check if the error has been resolved.

If none of the above methods work, you can always use an efficient third party software like Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair

8. Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair

If the manual methods fail, you can opt for Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair. It automatically fixes corrupt Excel files. It restores all data, charts, worksheets to a new Excel File. It has a search option, which allows you to search for Excel files on the selected drive or the folder. It can help fix multiple Excel files at once. 

It has a user-friendly interface, and a step by step wizard will guide you and help you fix any Excel errors that you may be encountering. It can be used for both Mac and Windows. This tool could prove to be a life saver for those who facing a loss of important data due to non-responsiveness or crash of Excel.

Reference - http://www.accountingweb.com/community/blogs/priyanka-chouhan/how-to-resolve-microsoft-excel-is-not-responding-error

जीवन संघर्ष

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.

Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.

Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?” “Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she hastily replied.

“Look closer”, he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft.

He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity-the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

“Which one are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

Moral: In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive.

Struggles for School Admissions in Delhi 2013 on-words......(Mehnat Karane Walo ki Haar Nahi hoti)

Today I am feeling extremely happy to share with you all that finally I got succeeded in securing a seat for my child in a prestigious school of Delhi. My battle with All Schools from Since Last 3 Years finally come to an End. No body can ever think about conditions and difficulty faced by parents in Delhi for their kids to get admitted in Schools. The conditions become worse, if you don't have any sibling or Alumni point ready with you. Location where you stay also plays a vital role to get selected or for opting the best schools. 

I never thought about this at the time of purchasing a flat in Mehrauli area. The oldest and well known famous area of Delhi, have a major draw back for school selection as all school situated more than 5 km area from here and the Bus routes of school also not lie in with-in. If I Knew it earlier rather I would have preferred to stay on rent in the area like, Kalu Sarai, Vasant Vihar or Vasant Kunj. 

No body can ever imagine that, when i jumped in to this field of selection, after knowing all this drawbacks, I applied to 37 Schools of Delhi for my ward admission including all best and worst schools. God knows what will happen as from few parent's experience, they were unable to get a single seat after so many phases of selections.

This was the very first phase of disappointment and frustration to run all over the South Delhi area to fill the 37 schools forms, many more difficulties and frustration still waiting for all of us, as there were changes in the point system of Delhi admission criteria, The DOE introduced a new 5 points for interstate transfer cases and every one applied with the same having fake certificate or documents. So due to this Alumni belt was also disappointed as the transfer case were standing with them and getting admission being in more number and probabilities. So this was the year of court cases, one after another, there were more than 15 cases with the court to decide what will be the fate of Delhi nursery admissions and applicants.

So case after case, case against case, We were forced to run from one school to another for lottery as being in less point category we were on the mercy of Siblings, Alumni, Transfer cases, if they left the seat we all approx 2500+ candidate assembled for lottery, which decide few lucky one from them in numbers not more than 10/15.

This process took months, as process started from mid December 2013 and ended in May 2014, in between this I faced more than 60 round of lotteries and was unable to secure a seat in waiting list too. But thanks to God and St. Anthony School because they allotted a seat for my daughter as there were number of candidate less being a Girls Catholic School.

Now I was with seat but not satisfied as this was not my first or in between 20th choice from the list of filling forms. So I kept an Eye with the process going on but i didn't got more than frustration and disappointment. Now When all process stopped and the summer vacation of my daughter started, I got call from few more schools like Bloom and Manav Bharti, but due to 3 month passed and financial factor, I opted to stay in St. Anthony. In September I got call from Apeejay Saket but i simply refused it, cause it didn't make any sense to change school in September.

Now year change, I again jumped in the field of admission this year for KG class, as Nursery class was over with St. Anthony School. This year option were very less as only few school opened their admission with few vacant seats in the class, even I too had the less choice of schools as I already had a seat and only would opt schools from best School List. But the frustration and disappointment again caught me with full force and not let me to give any single point to be happy. We faced interviews, Lotteries, Tests but again empty handed, back to old school for KG Class. 

This all happened with me but I was too determined to fight again and again with this point systems based on various factor which was not favorable for us. 2016, I again in this admission field to fight and win a seat for my ward, Again I start applying from Jan on-words but with very few options not able to secure one seat. 

Point was against us but this time GOD was with me, as my daughter selected in Apeejay Shekh Sarai with her caliber to crack a seat in Entrance Test. We were very happy but due to financial factor, Teaching methodology, not value for the money factor held our hand to deposit the fees. Somewhere we were disappointed but  we assured our self with hope that may be something best is awaiting us in future, Even everyone suggested me to take admission, my inner soul didn't allowed me to go for it. 

We again started to send our daughter to educate in previous school with filling all fees, Dress purchasing and books. NO Body knows when the fate will change, and this happens to us as first time my daughter got selected in a lottery in DPS VK. I was overwhelmed to hear her name and with in hours i was over with all formalities, admitted her, purchased new books, dress and all.

Now the time of celebration for us, as We WON the battle of Points and admission which we started 3 year back. As we know the more happiness is also unable to digest, we again fell into deli-ma, that are we doing good or not as in comparison, previous school was looking more sound in academics. Again we discussed it with many parents, friends and relatives and came on the conclusion that it will be the best for our daughter in long run as be in the best school in India and DPS brand matters a lot in child's education, confidence and exposure with necessary Co-Ed education in today's scenario.

Sugar Story - "Mahatma Gandhi"

Dead Boy Friend - A Sad Story

Be Deaf..... ......Be Positive.!!!!

Value of Relationship - (Temper can Hamper the Relations)

Once upon a time there was a little boy who was talented, creative, handsome, and extremely bright. A natural leader. The kind of person everyone would normally have wanted on their team or project. But he was also self-centered and had a very bad temper. When he got angry, he usually said, and often did, some very hurtful things. In fact, he seemed to have little regard for those around him. Even friends. So, naturally, he had few. “But,” he told himself, “that just shows how stupid most people are!”

As he grew, his parents became concerned about this personality flaw, and pondered long and hard about what they should do. Finally, the father had an idea. And he struck a bargain with his son. He gave him a bag of nails, and a BIG hammer. “Whenever you lose your temper,” he told the boy, “I want you to really let it out. Just take a nail and drive it into the oak boards of that old fence out back. Hit that nail as hard as you can!”

Of course, those weathered oak boards in that old fence were almost as tough as iron, and the hammer was mighty heavy, so it wasn’t nearly as easy as it first sounded. Nevertheless, by the end of the first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence (That was one angry young man!). Gradually, over a period of weeks, the number dwindled down. Holding his temper proved to be easier than driving nails into the fence! Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He felt mighty proud as he told his parents about that accomplishment.

“As a sign of your success,” his father responded, “you get to PULL OUT one nail. In fact, you can do that each day that you don’t lose your temper even once.”

Well, many weeks passed. Finally one day the young boy was able to report proudly that all the nails were gone.

At that point, the father asked his son to walk out back with him and take one more good look at the fence. “You have done well, my son,” he said. “But I want you to notice the holes that are left. No matter what happens from now on, this fence will never be the same. Saying or doing hurtful things in anger produces the same kind of result. There will always be a scar. It won’t matter how many times you say you’re sorry, or how many years pass, the scar will still be there. And a verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. People are much more valuable than an old fence. They make us smile. They help us succeed. Some will even become friends who share our joys, and support us through bad times. And, if they trust us, they will also open their hearts to us. That means we need to treat everyone with love and respect. We need to prevent as many of those scars as we can.”

A most valuable lesson, don’t you think? And a reminder most of us need from time to time. Everyone gets angry occasionally. The real test is what we DO with it.

If we are wise, we will spend our time building bridges rather than barriers in our relationships.