screenupdating = false not always working

I have a spreadsheet that connects to an access database which in turn links to a server. Sometimes when i run these data imports with the screenupdating turned off i loose the sheet im viewing and all i can see is a blue/grey plain screen.

This is the same screen you would see if excel is opened but no worksheet is opened.

Is there anyway i can prevent this from happening as im trying to use excel to view stats on a display screen?

You can just try this, hope it works:

Application.EnableEvents=False
Appliocation.DisplayAlerts=False
Application.ScreenUpdating=False

Your Code Here.

Application.EnableEvents=True
Appliocation.DisplayAlerts=True
Application.ScreenUpdating=True

Regards,
Gajendra Gupta