Hyperlink takes forever to open

[Rebecca]

I have a powerpoint presentation with hyperlinks to open several web pages on
our company intranet. If I navigate to the pages through IE they load fine,
but if i open the pages through the links in PowerPoint they take forever to
load. If I kill the slideshow, they load right away. Any ideas?

thanks,
Rebecca

 

[Rebecca]

thanks for your reply. The problem doesn't seem to have anything to do with
launching the browser. Even when I have the browser open, it opens a new
window for each link. The first link takes like 5 minutes to open. What's
interesting is that after I open one link and wait 5 minutes for it to open,
the others open instantly (but in seperate windows).

I disabled my virus software and that didn't seem to make any difference
either. I've talked to other users and found out that they are experiencing
the same problem. Our computers are all set up using a common image so it
must be something to do with our setup.