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OLE object linking and embedding.<br />
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Your spreadsheet perhaps has a document from another application housed inside of it and that app isn't working right
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OLE object linking and embedding.

Your spreadsheet perhaps has a document from another application housed inside of it and that app isn't working right

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Hi SStory. Thank you for your post. The problem is that I am not opening a spreadsheet. This error just pops up when I first boot the machine.<br />
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Thanks
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Hi SStory. Thank you for your post. The problem is that I am not opening a spreadsheet. This error just pops up when I first boot the machine.

Thanks

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When my Windows XP workstation boots up an error pops up and says &quot;Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action&gt;&quot; What does this mean and how can I stop this from happening?<br />
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I am using MS Office 2003.<br />
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Thanks <br />
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Please see the attached.<br />
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ExcelErrMsg.doc

When my Windows XP workstation boots up an error pops up and says "Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action>" What does this mean and how can I stop this from happening?

I am using MS Office 2003.

Thanks 

Please see the attached.

Excel Error Message

The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.

Microsoft Legacy OS

Microsoft applications include a variety of software programs, including development and digital authoring programs (Expression and Media Center), educational programs, Internet software, including Essentials, Skype and the Live family, anti-virus, productivity applications and suites like Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Access and PowerPoint, video games and server applications such as Exchange, SharePoint, IIS and Virtual Server.

Microsoft Applications

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.