Why does my excel window lag so much when moved around the screen? no other app windows have the problem

Anonymous
2018-05-30T21:21:39+00:00

When  I have excel open, even a tiny spreadsheet, and move the window around the screen there is severe lag. The window can keep moving around the screen for a few seconds after I have stopped moving the mouse. I am running windows 10 with all updates installed and Office 365 with all updates installed.

The lag gets worse when connected to an external high res monitor.

This problem does NOT occur with any other application window which can be moved around the screen as fast as I like with no lag.

I am running Surface Pro 3, i5 8Mb Ram with all updates installed.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For business | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-06-26T17:34:52+00:00

    WE NEED HEIP.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-06-19T02:12:15+00:00

    No, this did not solve the problem.  Excel window still lags.  i9, 1tb SSD, 32GB RAM, 980Ti.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-06-07T06:20:57+00:00

    I accidentally marked this as an answer. And unfortunately, the website design doesn't seem to allow you to remove that flag. This means that if you *think* your problem was solved, then you can't correct it when you discover it failed.

    Anyways, it didn't work for me. If anything, it became worse in the 'High Performance' mode.

    The original poster can mark the "answer" and also "unmark" it if need be.

    To unmark it click on the elipsis (3 dots icon) at bottom of the original posting, and select the "unmark" option.

    If that doesn't work you can just add a reply saying the "answer" did not work and ask a moderator to "unmark" the answer for you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-06-05T16:35:45+00:00

    I also got the same problem, directly after using Logitech Mouse M510. I did not install its software, but it looks the driver or it installs something automatically. When I change the mouse back to the older one, the problem keep showing, i.e. Logitech mouse is disconnected. Will try some solutions suggested here.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-05-10T12:55:57+00:00

    I hate to be negative, but Microsoft has no incitive. Many very large organizations have used Microsoft products since the beginning of the company. So invested, they can literally not afford to switch to anything else. No matter how faulty. No matter how poorly implemented. No matter how user unfriendedly. Microsoft needs to continue steeling other companies' software or hire developers that have more experience than college grads. 

    On a positive note, our city school system just switched all students from Microsoft laptops to Android.

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