I don't know what you mean by flashing in the formula bar, but Excel does
not natively hog the processor unless it's calcing or running a macro. I
suppose it might be an add-in or workbook that's loading automatically when
Excel starts. If you start Excel from Start-Run with "Excel.exe /s" (no
quotes, there is a space before the slash) it will run without loading
anything. If you don't get the processor hogging it would indicate an
add-in (Tools, Add-ins), etc., might be the problem.

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| I've been having some problems with flashing in the formula bar in Excel
| and it also effects my AutoCad application as well (look like sparkle).
| And for some reason Excel tends to bog down the cpu's my computer. My
| IT guy thought it had some thing to do with a macro; however, he has
| uninstalled & reinstalled Excel & AutoCAD twice, recreated my profile,
| and later on during the day it all starts up again. It seems as if it
| all stems from Excel because once I close Excel, everything goes back
| to normal. Does anyone have any idea what causes this?
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