Hi Theslaz,

One thing I noticed after I reinstalled my
operating system is that when I open Excel; a dialog box opens and it
states that it is installing a Component. If I allow it to complete;
after about 3 or 4 seconds a progress bar completes and the box goes
away and Excel loads as it did before. This Dialog box did not show up
before. What I have been doing is "canceling" the install of the
component; however; today I let it install and tried a save. It worked.
It appears that I have to let this "Component" install!

This implies something is wrong with your Excel installation.
I'd advise you to run Office Setup and do a detect and repair.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
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