Re: Cursor appears and freezes for a brief period

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From: Mark (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/08/04


Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 04:48:08 -0700

Glen thanks for this...
I know I have the right mouse drivers.
It's not usually a big presentation nor do they contain
large movies.
I do have McAfee Antivirus running in the background.
I'll look into what you've told me and see if it works.
Once again thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>Mark,
>
>First I would make sure you have the right mouse drivers
installed. Then I
>wonder bout your system resources. It could be something
is running in the
>back ground, hogging all of the resources. Some of this
might help,
>particularly about the temp folder. Also, do you have a
big presentation, or
>large movies in the show? Or do you have Norton or an
antivirus program
>running in the background?
>
>Do this before using PowerPoint seriously
>http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Glen Millar
>Microsoft PPT MVP
>http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
>Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
> October 10-13, San Diego CA
> http://www.powerpointlive.com
>
>
>"Mark" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:180801c49595$d731fe20$3a01280a@phx.gbl...
>> I wonder if someone can help!
>>
>> I run Ppt XP and WINXP. When running slides in slide
show
>> occassionaly the cursor appears on the screen which
then
>> freezes the machine up for a few seconds? I can usually
>> get the machine back to the slide show by pressing the
>> nter key, then left mouse button and then enter (don't
>> ask how I found that out!).
>>
>> Does anybody konw what's causing this?
>>
>> Could it be "fast save" or "AutoRecover" being left on?
>> If so, can anybody tell me why it happens.
>>
>> Look forwarding to hearing from someone.
>
>
>.
>



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