• Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word does not appear in DCOM Configuration snap-in

    There are times when you may want to configure permissions for Excel in the DCOM configuration tool. This is a fairly straightforward process if you follow http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms678426(VS.85).aspx - "Setting Process-Wide Security Using...
  • What can cause slow copy and paste in Excel?

    Normally copy/paste operations in Excel are pretty instantaneous. You copy data from one place and then paste into a cell in Excel. Pretty straightforward. But what do you do if you notice that copy/paste seems to take an excesseively long time when doing...
  • Form Controls stop working after December 2014 Updates

    For some users, Form Controls (FM20.dll) are no longer working as expected after installing MS14-082 Microsoft Office Security Updates for December 2014. Issues are experienced at times such as when they open files with existing VBA projects using forms...
  • Office File Validation causes slow opening of Excel files from network

    Office File Validation, or OFV, was a new security feature (an add-in) released in Office 2010 and is installed as part of MS11-021, released in April 2011. It was back ported to Office 2007 and 2003. KB Article 2501584 states, "Office File Validation...
  • Excel 2013 PowerPivot or PowerView add-ins are not available

    We have had reports of the Microsoft Excel 2013 PowerPivot or PowerView add-ins not loading in the ribbon. When users then try to add the add-ins (File > Options > Add-ins) by browsing to the .dll’s in the COM dialog, they are not added...