{"id":721,"date":"2011-07-01T18:44:04","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T18:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=721"},"modified":"2011-07-11T21:59:42","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T21:59:42","slug":"excel-2003-slow-opening-from-network-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/fixes\/excel-2003-slow-opening-from-network-share","title":{"rendered":"Excel 2003 Slow Opening From Network Share"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>Recently a user was having issues opening excel files , were by a 600kb file could take around 20 seconds to open. When you copied this file locally to the computer it opened it straight away , and other computers accessing the file had no problem. What I did notice was when you opened the file , the network usage would spike to 7mb\/s for the entire time while only retrieving a 600kb file. Opening .pdf \/ .doc files around double or triple the size would open instantly A bit of research online only proved the fault\/fix with a Windows 7 setup accessing office 2003 documents http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/982860<\/a> I tried the “Under the registry entry, disable these two registry keys: Right-click Enablesecuritysignature, and then click Modify. Type 0 in the Value data box and then click OK. Right-click Requiresecuritysignature, and then click Modify. Type 0 in the Value data box and then click OK.” However no success , my setup however was Windows XP and Office 2003. After much searching the fix was actually pretty recent from microsft http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/2570623<\/a> “reduces performance due to the network traffic when reading in the parts of the workbook” So upgrade to 2007\/2010 or disable OFV!

You can perform the below fix manually , or I have create a .re file which does it http:\/\/www.pariswells.com\/upload\/fix.zip<\/a>

You can use the EnableOnLoad<\/strong> registry entry to configure how you want Excel to handle opening workbooks for the OFV. By default, the\u00a0EnableOnLoad<\/strong> entry is not present in the Windows registry. To add the\u00a0EnableOnLoad<\/strong>entry to the Windows registry, follow these steps:\r\n
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  1. Exit Excel.<\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Click Start<\/strong>, click Run<\/strong>, type regedit, and then click OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Locate and then click to select the following registry key: **EDIT** Thanks to Frank in the comments , the proper key is ” HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Office\\11.0″ Old key “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Office\\11.0\\”<\/li>\r\n\t
  4. After you select the key that is specified in step 3, point to\u00a0New<\/strong> on the Edit<\/strong> menu, and then click Key<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Type Excel<\/em>, and then press ENTER.<\/li>\r\n\t
  6. Select Excel<\/strong>, point to New<\/strong> on the Edit<\/strong> menu, and then click Key<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\t
  7. Type Security<\/em>, and then press ENTER.<\/li>\r\n\t
  8. Select Security<\/strong>, point to New<\/strong> on the Edit<\/strong> menu, and then click Key<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\t
  9. Type FileValidation<\/em>, and then press ENTER.<\/li>\r\n\t
  10. Select FileValidation<\/strong>, point to New<\/strong> on the Edit<\/strong> menu, and then click DWORD Value<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\t
  11. Type EnableOnLoad<\/em>, and then press ENTER. Note: The default value is 0 which disables the validation.<\/li>\r\n\t
  12. On the File<\/strong> menu, click Exit<\/strong> to quit Registry Editor.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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