Re: PPS Does Not Run When Launched in Startup
- From: "Karen" <Karen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 18:52:03 -0700
Thank you Echo. I will contact microsoft and see if they can check out your
explanation further and thus fix the problem. I sent Microsoft my slide show
and they said the PPS worked just fine on their XP. I think the problem is
narrowed down to be a Windows 2000 and not a PowerPoint problem.
"Echo S" wrote:
> You haven't received any responses, so I'll just pop in here and say that I
> seem to recall something odd with logon permissions (or some kind of
> security setting, maybe?) not being overridden in Windows 2000 and XP, even
> though those settings were overridden in Win98 and maybe WinMe.
>
> What doesn't make sense to me here, though, is that you get as far as the
> second slide before the show loses focus and stops.
>
> You know, it may be something like this --
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;133226 It says "When
> you run a PowerPoint slide show, PowerPoint tries to take control of the
> entire screen. Windows 95 allows PowerPoint to do so, so the Windows taskbar
> and Office shortcut bars are hidden during slide shows running on Windows
> 95. Windows NT, however, does not allow any application to take total
> control of the entire screen, so the Windows taskbar and Office shortcut bar
> remain visible."
>
> I suppose it's possible that Win98 allowed apps to take control of the
> screen, but that Win2000 doesn't. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about
> the various flavors of Windows to tell for certain.
>
> --
> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
> http://www.echosvoice.com
>
>
> "Karen" <Karen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CCFF27D4-23B3-4C96-98D2-7E979AA731B4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Recently, I had to replace my computer and update from Windows98 to
> Windows
> > Pro 2000. With Windows98, my computer was set up to reboot daily and to
> > automatically launch a PPS (version Office Pro 2000). However, with this
> new
> > computer, I cannot get the PPS to run properly. When the slide show
> launches
> > and transitions to the second slide; the show stops, then my Windows
> Taskbar
> > and my mouse pointer appears. I don't understand since my current set up
> is
> > the same as on the old computer: the file is in "My Documents" with a
> > Shortcut in "Start Menu".
> >
> > Thank you in advance. Karen
>
>
>
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