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

Recently there was a lagging issue related to "gaming" mice.  These mice have a "high" scanning rate (1000+ times per second vs 100 times per second) meaning they can track MUCH smaller moves of the mouse. Useful in games, NOT for Office. Some people found reducing the mouse scan rate, usually to the minimum, helped with their problem.

Some mouse drivers allow you to set separate profiles by application.

I have been having this exact problem, only that I didn't know the cause. After reading complains on here, I tried other apps and realised it was peculiar to Microsoft Office apps, especially Excel.

To all still having this issue, I think the best and fastest way to temporarily (only Microsoft can solve permanently) solve this is to:

Windows 10 (you can check how to on lower OS)

1. Go to advanced system settings
2. Click on "advanced" tab.
3. Click "performance settings".
4. Uncheck "show windows content while dragging".
5. Click "apply" and then "OK".
6. Drag the excel window again, I bet your live just got easier. Smiles.

Hi JerrmyHaywood,

Maybe it has to do with the mouse and the USB polling frequency.

You can refer to this article.

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If issue still persists, please let me know and we are willing to continue helping you.

Regards,

Eli

After several attempts, it is indeed the USB rate. I still had a mouse genius gamer. I installed the driver and with the application I lowered the rate to a minimum and the problem was solved. I will leave in Spanish, the key words to help people

(Problemas con lag al mover pantalla de excel), (problemas con lentitud de ventana de excel),

(problemas de lag al arrastrar ventana de office),  la ventana de excel se ve lag al arrastrar, la ventana de word se ve lag al arrastrar, 

Problema solucionado.

Thank you for your detailed experimentations. What you discovered makes no sense except the obvious. Microsoft has an odd way of writing software. Specifically when interfacing with hardware.

Sadly, my company locks all settings, and I can not hide the window contents when dragging. Wish I could. That's how life used to be anyway. When Microsoft first started adding so many visual features into the OS, performance tanked. Until hardware caught up of course.

I have a laptop, so my workaround has been to change from Logitech Unifying receiver mouse to a Logitech Bluetooth mouse. No USB polling issues, so problem solved for me. I understand that not many desktop PCs would have Bluetooth though.