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Martin Brown wrote:
> Joerg wrote:
>> Martin Brown wrote:
>>> Joerg wrote:
>>>> Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 19 May 2008 07:38:48 -0700, Joerg
>>>>> <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have Excel. "An unknown error occurred", the usual meaningful MS 
>>>>>> error message :-(
>>>
>>> There are plenty of those. I think they learnt the style from IBM.
>>>
>>> Even worse when it just dies or stops responding spontaneously. At 
>>> least these days it doesn't usually take the OS with it although I 
>>> suspect XL2007 took down Vista on my portable last week.
>>>
>>> First time I have seen Vista completely dead in the water. Stopped 
>>> responding to the keyboard and then shortly after I tried to close 
>>> XL2007 the mouse pointer stopped with the pointer still on the close X.
>>>
>>> Being a portable I had to wait for the battery to die. No reset 
>>> button :(
>>
>>
>> On many laptops holding down the power button for several seconds 
>> resets the box. I tend to stay with older software where I can. 
> 
> In this particular instance it was dead with a capital D. Absolutely 
> nothing worked (not the off switch, numlock or suspend on close) and the 
> display was frozen in time. I wondered if there had been a hardware 
> failure, but it recovered after the battery went flat.
> 
>> Saves a little in cost but the main reason is that older generally 
>> means more reliable when it comes to software or OS. And Vista will 
>> not enter these here premises ;-)
> 
> Unfortunately, I have some customers already on Vista. It isn't all that 
> bad, but it isn't a noticeable improvement over XP. And it is slower.
> 
> XL2007 is a complete crock of shit and best avoided though. There is a 
> bun fight between the Vista & XL development teams over searching 
> directories with wildcards (it doesn't work properly in XL2007 VBA and a 
> commonly used method has been withdrawn unilaterally breaking lots of 
> code). The suggested work around is a joke and only works on Vista.
>>

Personally, I wouldn't touch Vista or Office 2007 with a 10ft pole. 
There is an unspoken rule in industry to store files '97 compatible. Not 
everybody knows that rule but then it's not a problem to ask and if 
necessary walk them through the simple steps via phone.


>>>> Well, it reads all other files just fine.
>>>
>>> Chances are something is wrong with the file. You could try the XL 
>>> viewer (free download from MS) it is somewhat more error tolerant 
>>> than the main application (or a clone that will open XL workbooks). 
>>> If it opens copy and paste the stuff it can decode into a new worksheet.
>>>
>>
>> Well, I know what's in there anyhow since I am a PG&E customer :-(
> 
> PG&E ? Sorry don't recognise the acronym. Pacific something or other?
> 

Pacific Gas & Electric. The usual. Large utility, given a monopoly, 
meaning you pay through the nose.

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