Excel causes system freeze

For us, as long as the Excel windows are not maximized, we are not having freezes.

Applications / Utilities / Console displays the logs.
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

Hi everyone,

I´m experiencing the same effects : freezing system when maximizing excel workbooks.
I can´t tell if the keyboad-update has had any influence because I installed Excel2008 last week after the Keyboard-Update was already installed.
My config is : MacBook Pro 15", 4GB Ram, 10.5.2 with all updates....

I also found the same errors as you mentioned,(Microsoft Excel[281] CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context) but not only when excel caused these freezes but also when an empty woorbook is maximized and minimized. The error message appears per maximization 20 times. And not only excel seems to be affected... I get the same error messages from word when minimizing/maximizing documents... but then around 100 times per maximization.

rgds
Joachim
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

same here
MacBook Pro 15"
2G
All updates
Found Solution-Stretch the Excel
went to Genius Bar-they "never heard",said to try to re-install
Office... BS-they know




On Feb 22, 9:09 am, Kevin_R... DeleteThis @officeformac.com wrote:
> Excel is causing the whole system to freeze -- requiring a restart. Seems to be related to maximizing the document window.
>
> MacBook Pro 15" C2D 2GB RAM
> MacOS X 10.5.2
>
> We have:
>   - archive / installed OSX
>   - applied all OS updates
>   - reinstalled Office 2008
>   - repaired permissions
>
> Problem is reproducible, though not every time.
>
> While Excel is running, we see the following message repeated in the log multiple times per second:
>
> 2/21/08 5:15:22 PM Microsoft Excel[214] CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context
>
> Right before the freeze, we usually get the following message one or more times in the log:
>
> 2/21/08 4:57:25 PM kernel NVChannel(GL): Graphics channel timeout!
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

Hi, same problem here... I found that symptoms appear more likely if I
open an xls saved with Excel 2000 rather than Excel 2008.

OS X 10.5.2, all updates, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz, 4 GB RAM
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

Hi,

We are looking into the CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context output to
the console. But the system freeze looks like it may be an OS issue. You
might want to check out this discussion:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6706148

Thanks,

Pat


On 03/03/2008 18:47, in article
678153c7-38e1-49bc-b5cf-ec15d227305c RemoveThis @d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
"ggubacsi@gmail.com" <ggubacsi RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, same problem here... I found that symptoms appear more likely if I
> open an xls saved with Excel 2000 rather than Excel 2008.
>
> OS X 10.5.2, all updates, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz, 4 GB RAM

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 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

Sorry, the other thread does not seem related to the problem : posters
in the other thread get random system freezes, I only get them with
Excel. Maximizing windows within Excel is mostly the problem, but also
adding to a custom menu bar caused a freeze here.

System : Mac Pro with 10Gb ram / 8800GT / MS Office 2008

Solution upon a freeze is hard reset. By the way : freeze means :
beachball of death, mouse still moves, but no forced quit possible.

I'm hoping for a quick fix, cause I'm on the brink on going back to
office X here. My business cannot function on 3-4 freezes a day.


On 3 mrt, 23:35, Pat McMillan <patmc....RemoveThis@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are looking into the CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context output to
> the console. But the system freeze looks like it may be an OS issue. You
> might want to check out this discussion:
>
> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6706148
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat
>
> On 03/03/2008 18:47, in article
> 678153c7-38e1-49bc-b5cf-ec15d2273....RemoveThis@d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
>
> "gguba...@gmail.com" <gguba....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, same problem here... I found that symptoms appear more likely if I
> > open an xls saved with Excel 2000 rather than Excel 2008.
>
> > OS X 10.5.2, all updates, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz, 4 GB RAM
>
> --
> Pat McMillan
> Macintosh Business Unit
> Microsoft Corp.
> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

Thank you. Would you be able to send me a System Profile? It would be a big
help in narrowing this down, since we have several systems here running
Parallels and Excel 2008 and have not seen this. If so, please send to
patmcmil.DeleteThis@microsoft.com.

Thanks,

Pat


On 05/03/2008 07:23, in article
958f0343-51ba-4616-86fd-e84295fb0a20.DeleteThis@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
"thorgal73@gmail.com" <thorgal73.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, the other thread does not seem related to the problem : posters
> in the other thread get random system freezes, I only get them with
> Excel. Maximizing windows within Excel is mostly the problem, but also
> adding to a custom menu bar caused a freeze here.
>
> System : Mac Pro with 10Gb ram / 8800GT / MS Office 2008
>
> Solution upon a freeze is hard reset. By the way : freeze means :
> beachball of death, mouse still moves, but no forced quit possible.
>
> I'm hoping for a quick fix, cause I'm on the brink on going back to
> office X here. My business cannot function on 3-4 freezes a day.
>
>
> On 3 mrt, 23:35, Pat McMillan <patmc....DeleteThis@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We are looking into the CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context output to
>> the console. But the system freeze looks like it may be an OS issue. You
>> might want to check out this discussion:
>>
>> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6706148
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pat
>>
>> On 03/03/2008 18:47, in article
>> 678153c7-38e1-49bc-b5cf-ec15d2273....DeleteThis@d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
>>
>> "gguba...@gmail.com" <gguba....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, same problem here... I found that symptoms appear more likely if I
>>> open an xls saved with Excel 2000 rather than Excel 2008.
>>
>>> OS X 10.5.2, all updates, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz, 4 GB RAM
>>
>> --
>> Pat McMillan
>> Macintosh Business Unit
>> Microsoft Corp.
>> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>

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Microsoft Corp.
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 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

Thank you. I would ask you the same favor. If you would be able to send us a
System Profile it would be a great help: patmcmil DeleteThis @microsoft.com.

Thanks,

Pat


On 05/03/2008 08:22, in article
60c63fa4-c36f-4dd1-859c-82ccfdc6af4f DeleteThis @59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com,
"usenetname@gmail.com" <usenetname DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mar 5, 10:23 am, thorga... DeleteThis @gmail.com wrote:
>> Sorry, the other thread does not seem related to the problem : posters
>> in the other thread get random system freezes, I only get them with
>> Excel. Maximizing windows within Excel is mostly the problem, but also
>> adding to a custom menu bar caused a freeze here.
>>
>> System : Mac Pro with 10Gb ram / 8800GT / MS Office 2008
>>
>> Solution upon a freeze is hard reset. By the way : freeze means :
>> beachball of death, mouse still moves, but no forced quit possible.
>>
>> I'm hoping for a quick fix, cause I'm on the brink on going back to
>> office X here. My business cannot function on 3-4 freezes a day.
>>
>> On 3 mrt, 23:35, Pat McMillan <patmc... DeleteThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>
>>> We are looking into the CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context output to
>>> the console. But the system freeze looks like it may be an OS issue. You
>>> might want to check out this discussion:
>>
>>> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6706148
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>>> Pat
>>
>>> On 03/03/2008 18:47, in article
>>> 678153c7-38e1-49bc-b5cf-ec15d2273... DeleteThis @d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
>>
>>> "gguba...@gmail.com" <gguba... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi, same problem here... I found that symptoms appear more likely if I
>>>> open an xls saved with Excel 2000 rather than Excel 2008.
>>
>>>> OS X 10.5.2, all updates, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz, 4 GB RAM
>>
>>> --
>>> Pat McMillan
>>> Macintosh Business Unit
>>> Microsoft Corp.
>>> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> Same problem and console message here on new Mac Pro 3.0, 8800,
> 10.5.2, 4 GB RAM

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Macintosh Business Unit
Microsoft Corp.
This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

On 6 mrt, 01:13, Pat McMillan <patmcmil.TakeThisOut@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Thank you. Would you be able to send me a System Profile? It would be a big
> help in narrowing this down, since we have several systems here running
> Parallels and Excel 2008 and have not seen this. If so, please send to
> patmcmil.TakeThisOut@microsoft.com.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat
>
> On 05/03/2008 07:23, in article
> 958f0343-51ba-4616-86fd-e84295fb0a20.TakeThisOut@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
>
>
>
> "thorgal73@gmail.com" <thorgal73.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry, the other thread does not seem related to the problem : posters
> > in the other thread get random system freezes, I only get them with
> > Excel. Maximizing windows within Excel is mostly the problem, but also
> > adding to a custom menu bar caused a freeze here.
>
> > System : Mac Pro with 10Gb ram / 8800GT / MS Office 2008
>
> > Solution upon a freeze is hard reset. By the way : freeze means :
> > beachball of death, mouse still moves, but no forced quit possible.
>
> > I'm hoping for a quick fix, cause I'm on the brink on going back to
> > office X here. My business cannot function on 3-4 freezes a day.
>
> > On 3 mrt, 23:35, Pat McMillan <patmc....TakeThisOut@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
>
> >> We are looking into the CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context output to
> >> the console. But the system freeze looks like it may be an OS issue. You
> >> might want to check out this discussion:
>
> >>http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6706148
>
> >> Thanks,
>
> >> Pat
>
> >> On 03/03/2008 18:47, in article
> >> 678153c7-38e1-49bc-b5cf-ec15d2273....TakeThisOut@d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
>
> >> "gguba...@gmail.com" <gguba....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi, same problem here... I found that symptoms appear more likely if I
> >>> open an xls saved with Excel 2000 rather than Excel 2008.
>
> >>> OS X 10.5.2, all updates, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz, 4 GB RAM
>
> >> --
> >> Pat McMillan
> >> Macintosh Business Unit
> >> Microsoft Corp.
> >> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> --
> Pat McMillan
> Macintosh Business Unit
> Microsoft Corp.
> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Hi, also running parallels 3,0 here, could be related. System profile
on its way.
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

I have the same issue. Happens immediately when I attempt to maximize the window.
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

Thanks. Could you provide details on your system config or send me a system
profile (patmcmil@microsoft.com)?

Thanks,

Pat


On 06/03/2008 09:52, in article
364235e3-614e-4a5b-95da-98198465fb0c.TakeThisOut@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com,
"usenetname@gmail.com" <usenetname.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mar 6, 8:39 am, thorga....TakeThisOut@gmail.com wrote:
>> On 6 mrt, 01:13, Pat McMillan <patmc....TakeThisOut@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thank you. Would you be able to send me a System Profile? It would be a big
>>> help in narrowing this down, since we have several systems here running
>>> Parallels and Excel 2008 and have not seen this. If so, please send to
>>> patmc....TakeThisOut@microsoft.com.
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>>> Pat
>>
>>> On 05/03/2008 07:23, in article
>>> 958f0343-51ba-4616-86fd-e84295fb0....TakeThisOut@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
>>
>>> "thorga...@gmail.com" <thorga....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Sorry, the other thread does not seem related to the problem : posters
>>>> in the other thread get random system freezes, I only get them with
>>>> Excel. Maximizing windows within Excel is mostly the problem, but also
>>>> adding to a custom menu bar caused a freeze here.
>>
>>>> System : Mac Pro with 10Gb ram / 8800GT / MS Office 2008
>>
>>>> Solution upon a freeze is hard reset. By the way : freeze means :
>>>> beachball of death, mouse still moves, but no forced quit possible.
>>
>>>> I'm hoping for a quick fix, cause I'm on the brink on going back to
>>>> office X here. My business cannot function on 3-4 freezes a day.
>>
>>>> On 3 mrt, 23:35, Pat McMillan <patmc....TakeThisOut@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>
>>>>> We are looking into the CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context output to
>>>>> the console. But the system freeze looks like it may be an OS issue. You
>>>>> might want to check out this discussion:
>>
>>>>> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6706148
>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>
>>>>> Pat
>>
>>>>> On 03/03/2008 18:47, in article
>>>>> 678153c7-38e1-49bc-b5cf-ec15d2273....TakeThisOut@d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
>>
>>>>> "gguba...@gmail.com" <gguba....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi, same problem here... I found that symptoms appear more likely if I
>>>>>> open an xls saved with Excel 2000 rather than Excel 2008.
>>
>>>>>> OS X 10.5.2, all updates, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz, 4 GB RAM
>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Pat McMillan
>>>>> Macintosh Business Unit
>>>>> Microsoft Corp.
>>>>> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no
>>>>> rights.
>>
>>> --
>>> Pat McMillan
>>> Macintosh Business Unit
>>> Microsoft Corp.
>>> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>>
>> Hi, also running parallels 3,0 here, could be related. System profile
>> on its way.
>
> No parallels here, using vmware.

--
Pat McMillan
Macintosh Business Unit
Microsoft Corp.
This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

One question for anyone who's been encountering this issue: Has anyone run
into this issue who has *not* installed the "Leopard Graphics Update"?
(Check the Installed Updates tab in the system's Software Update pref.)

Thanks,

Pat


On 06/03/2008 09:52, in article
364235e3-614e-4a5b-95da-98198465fb0c.DeleteThis@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com,
"usenetname@gmail.com" <usenetname.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mar 6, 8:39 am, thorga....DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:
>> On 6 mrt, 01:13, Pat McMillan <patmc....DeleteThis@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thank you. Would you be able to send me a System Profile? It would be a big
>>> help in narrowing this down, since we have several systems here running
>>> Parallels and Excel 2008 and have not seen this. If so, please send to
>>> patmc....DeleteThis@microsoft.com.
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>>> Pat
>>
>>> On 05/03/2008 07:23, in article
>>> 958f0343-51ba-4616-86fd-e84295fb0....DeleteThis@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
>>
>>> "thorga...@gmail.com" <thorga....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Sorry, the other thread does not seem related to the problem : posters
>>>> in the other thread get random system freezes, I only get them with
>>>> Excel. Maximizing windows within Excel is mostly the problem, but also
>>>> adding to a custom menu bar caused a freeze here.
>>
>>>> System : Mac Pro with 10Gb ram / 8800GT / MS Office 2008
>>
>>>> Solution upon a freeze is hard reset. By the way : freeze means :
>>>> beachball of death, mouse still moves, but no forced quit possible.
>>
>>>> I'm hoping for a quick fix, cause I'm on the brink on going back to
>>>> office X here. My business cannot function on 3-4 freezes a day.
>>
>>>> On 3 mrt, 23:35, Pat McMillan <patmc....DeleteThis@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>
>>>>> We are looking into the CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context output to
>>>>> the console. But the system freeze looks like it may be an OS issue. You
>>>>> might want to check out this discussion:
>>
>>>>> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6706148
>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>
>>>>> Pat
>>
>>>>> On 03/03/2008 18:47, in article
>>>>> 678153c7-38e1-49bc-b5cf-ec15d2273....DeleteThis@d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
>>
>>>>> "gguba...@gmail.com" <gguba....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi, same problem here... I found that symptoms appear more likely if I
>>>>>> open an xls saved with Excel 2000 rather than Excel 2008.
>>
>>>>>> OS X 10.5.2, all updates, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz, 4 GB RAM
>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Pat McMillan
>>>>> Macintosh Business Unit
>>>>> Microsoft Corp.
>>>>> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no
>>>>> rights.
>>
>>> --
>>> Pat McMillan
>>> Macintosh Business Unit
>>> Microsoft Corp.
>>> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>>
>> Hi, also running parallels 3,0 here, could be related. System profile
>> on its way.
>
> No parallels here, using vmware.

--
Pat McMillan
Macintosh Business Unit
Microsoft Corp.
This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze 

I am running into the System Freeze Issue when using EXCEL... has
happened consistently when attempting on of the following:

a. maximising the window,
b. opening a file created in XL 2007 on a PC with .xlsx extension
c. customizing teh toolbar by adding teh Freeze Panes Icon.

Had no issues with Office 2004... Upgrade path to Office 2008 was to
remove Office 2004 and clean install Office 2008.

I am runing a Macbook Pro 2.4 Ghz, 4 GB RAM....

On Mar 6, 5:18 pm, Pat McMillan <patmc... RemoveThis @microsoft.com> wrote:
> One question for anyone who's been encountering this issue: Has anyone run
> into this issue who has *not* installed the "Leopard Graphics Update"?
> (Check the Installed Updates tab in thesystem'sSoftware Update pref.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat
>
> On 06/03/200809:52, in article
> 364235e3-614e-4a5b-95da-98198465f... RemoveThis @c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com,
>
>
>
> "usenetn...@gmail.com" <usenetn... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 6, 8:39 am, thorga... RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:
> >> On 6 mrt, 01:13, Pat McMillan <patmc... RemoveThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Thank you. Would you be able to send me aSystemProfile? It would be a big
> >>> help in narrowing this down, since we have several systems here running
> >>> Parallels and Excel2008and have not seen this. If so, please send to
> >>> patmc... RemoveThis @microsoft.com.
>
> >>> Thanks,
>
> >>> Pat
>
> >>> On 05/03/200807:23, in article
> >>> 958f0343-51ba-4616-86fd-e84295fb0... RemoveThis @s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
>
> >>> "thorga...@gmail.com" <thorga... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Sorry, the other thread does not seem related to the problem : posters
> >>>> in the other thread get randomsystemfreezes, I only get them with
> >>>> Excel. Maximizing windows within Excel is mostly the problem, but also
> >>>> adding to a custom menu bar caused afreezehere.
>
> >>>>System: Mac Pro with 10Gb ram / 8800GT / MS Office2008
>
> >>>> Solution upon afreezeis hard reset. By the way :freezemeans :
> >>>> beachball of death, mouse still moves, but no forced quit possible.
>
> >>>> I'm hoping for a quick fix, cause I'm on the brink on going back to
> >>>> office X here. My business cannot function on 3-4 freezes a day.
>
> >>>> On 3 mrt, 23:35, Pat McMillan <patmc... RemoveThis @online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Hi,
>
> >>>>> We are looking into the CGBitmapContextGetData: invalid context output to
> >>>>> the console. But thesystemfreezelooks like it may be an OS issue. You
> >>>>> might want to check out this discussion:
>
> >>>>>http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6706148
>
> >>>>> Thanks,
>
> >>>>> Pat
>
> >>>>> On 03/03/200818:47, in article
> >>>>> 678153c7-38e1-49bc-b5cf-ec15d2273... RemoveThis @d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
>
> >>>>> "gguba...@gmail.com" <gguba... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi, same problem here... I found that symptoms appear more likely if I
> >>>>>> open an xls saved with Excel 2000 rather than Excel2008.
>
> >>>>>> OS X 10.5.2, all updates, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz, 4 GB RAM
>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Pat McMillan
> >>>>> Macintosh Business Unit
> >>>>> Microsoft Corp.
> >>>>> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no
> >>>>> rights.
>
> >>> --
> >>> Pat McMillan
> >>> Macintosh Business Unit
> >>> Microsoft Corp.
> >>> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> >> Hi, also running parallels 3,0 here, could be related.Systemprofile
> >> on its way.
>
> > No parallels here, using vmware.
>
> --
> Pat McMillan
> Macintosh Business Unit
> Microsoft Corp.
> This posting is provided ³AS IS² with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 >> Stay informed about: Excel causes system freeze