Microsoft Office 2013 - Excel "Not Responding" Windows 8/8.1

I was having an issue with excel locking up when it was looking up data in another worksheet.  Worked fine in the older version of excel, but recently just upgraded to Windows 8/Office 2013.

Here is what I did to fix it:

Close everything you have open.

Open Windows Explorer, Navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\

Locate a file named osf.dll.  Right click it and select Rename.  Just add .old to the end so it says osf.dll.old.

Opened office and tried the files that were giving me problems.  The problem was fixed!

OS: Windows 8.1
Office: 2013

Source:  Link

**This did not fix the issue.  I ran CCLeaner and it looks like there were over 3GB of files in temp folders.  Will report back if this fixed it.

Error 1303. Setup cannot access the folder C:\...\1033

"Error 1303.  Setup cannot access the folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\1033.  Verify that the folder exists in your system and that you have sufficient permissions to update it."

The first solution was to try and change permissions on the 1033 folder.  That was unsuccessful and gave an "Access Denied".  But I was able to get a solution that worked.

OS: Windows 7
Problem: Office 2010

Solution:  I was logged in as a user that was added to the local Administrators group, but that wasn't good enough.  You must enable the local administrator account and turn off UAC.  To turn off UAC -> Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Security -> User Accounts -> Change User Account Control Settings -> Drag the bar to the bottom and then select ok.  You will then be required to reboot for it to apply. Link

To enable the administrator account -> Click Start Or Use My Computer Desktop Icon -> Right click My Computer -> Manage -> Local Users and Groups -> Users -> Right Click Administrator -> Uncheck "Account is Disabled"

From there... Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\1033.  Right click the folder and select Properties. Select the Security Tab and click Advanced.  Click the Owner tab, enter your username in their to take ownership of the folder.  Click apply and you should now be able to access the folder.

Gmail Configuration and IMAP Settings Outlook/OS X Mail

Every program and every OS acts differently when setting up Gmail.  I always get it the way I want it and never remember it.  So here are those settings and how to configure it.


Incoming Server:  imap.gmail.com
Incoming Server P: 993 SSL
Outgoing Server: smtp.gmail.com
Outgoing Server Port: 587 TLS

Office 2010
Pointing incoming mail to go to [Gmail}/Inbox go to File -> Options -> Advanced -> "Outlook start and exit".  This should be set to your Gmail Inbox.
Junk email settings are under -> Right click an email -> Junk Email -> Junk Email Settings

Mac OS X Mail App
Just type in your name, email, and password.

Click Next

Click Mail -> Preferences -> Select Accounts

Under Mailbox behaviors uncheck everything except Store Drafts Messages on Server

Click Advanced Tab -> IMAP Path Prefix: Should be [Gmail]

Click RSS to be prompted to save the new settings.

More to come....

This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer

This was an issue with Microsoft Outlook when clicking a link in an email.  It would give you the message "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.  Please contact your administrator."  This is caused by Outlook being confused to which browser to use.  A lot of threads I read blaming Chrome when a user would uninstall it.  I was unsuccessful fixing this error with installing and uninstalling Chrome.  But I was able to fix it using Firefox.

OS: Windows 7 Professional
Problem: Outlook 2007
Solution:  I opened firefox and made it the default browser.  I closed outlook and reopened it.  I tried clicking a link in an email and it launched firefox.  Success!  Now getting it to launch in IE (since this is what the person wanted).  I opened IE and made it the default browser, closed outlook, reopened outlook and tested again.  The link successfully opened in IE.

Link

(**Also fixed same issue on Windows XP and Outlook 2003**)

Outlook Web Access, XLSX when saved, saved as ZIP

So I had an issue where someone was downloading an Office 2007 XLSX file in Outlook web access (OWA)... it would download as a zip file.  I found that by adding that webmail address to the trusted sites in internet explorer fixed the problem.

OS: Windows XP
Problem: IE8
Solution:  Click start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Internet Options -> Security -> Trusted Sites -> Click Sites -> type the website and click add.