Microsoft Excel 2003 screen refresh issues KB973475 and KB973593

Fri, 15/01/2010 - 1:08pm — jethro

There has been an issue with Excel screen Refresh issues in Office 2003 for some time. This was relate to a service pack Microsoft issued in 2009. In certain circumstances you will get “bleed through” refresh issues when you do things in excel files with macros in them.

Microsoft KB articles

Microsoft have released a hot fix for this. We would recommend that if you have experienced this issue to request the hot fix from MS and then install it on every machine with the problem.

If you are in a corporate environment then forward this to your IT department for them to do it.

Details of the problem and resolution at Dicks Daily Dose of Excel

Microsoft’s page for the hot fix. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=978908

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Mon, 06/12/2010 - 10:24pm — Anonymous

Office 2010 on Windows 7 has

Office 2010 on Windows 7 has the same thing!

Fri, 31/12/2010 - 4:41am — Jojorup (not verified)

MS release a fix which solves

MS release a fix which solves the problem KB978908. It solved the screen refresh problem like a charm, however, note the disclaimer that I received with the link to the download:

"This hotfix has not undergone full testing. Therefore, it is intended only for systems or computers that are experiencing the exact problem that is described in the one or more Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that are listed in "KB Article Numbers" field in the table at the end of this e-mail message. If you are not sure whether any special compatibility or installation issues are associated with this hotfix, we encourage you to wait for the next service pack release. The service pack will include a fully tested version of this fix. We understand that it can be difficult to determine whether any compatibility or installation issues are associated with a hotfix. If you want confirmation that this hotfix addresses your specific problem, or if you want to confirm whether any special compatibility or installation issues are associated with this hotfix, support professionals in Customer Support Services can help you with that."

So far so good for me.

Fri, 31/12/2010 - 7:38am — jethro

we have had no problems that

we have had no problems that we are aware of with the hotfix.
thanks for the note!

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