Error in MS excel 2010 standard file..

Dear Concnered,
I am troubling using my excel file while using it says Excel cannot complete this task with the available resources.chosse less dataa or close other file to complete the task.
please help.
same file is opening in onther system perfectly. i have reinstalled office, C++ ETC.
but still the same issue is there.
please help..

Hi,
Based on the error message, the issue may be caused by some reasons, please try the following methods to fix it:
Method 1: Check whether you exceed limits
Method 2: Make sure only one instance of Excel is active
Method 3: Close all applications
Method 4: Test Excel in safe mode
Method 5: Turn off the preview pane in Windows Explorer (Windows 7 only)
Method 6: Save as an Excel workbook file if you use relative names
Method 7: Change defined names to reference cells directly
Quote from:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2655178/en-us
Besides that, I found more KB and blog for this error message:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2779852/en-us
http://blogs.technet.com/b/the_microsoft_excel_support_team_blog/archive/2012/05/22/quot-excel-cannot-complete-this-task-with-available-resources-quot-after-installing-ms12-030.aspx
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