PowerPoint Hangs in SlideShow

[J Beavers]

About 45 minutes after being in slideshow, a white arrow
pops up on the screen and freezes the presentation. I've
reinstalled the program (PowerPoint 2002), reinstalled
video drivers (Toshiba Satellite Pro), turned off the
pointer, ran the slideshow from a CD vs. the hard drive
and talked to various MS support professionals. I could
really use a solution about now. Many thanks, J

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

maybe this is covering old ground, but first I would make sure you have done
all of these:

Do this before using PowerPoint :

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm

Another option is to make sure you have latest video drivers, and maybe
adjust hardware acceleration:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm

Beyond that, I have seen this happen. I isolated it to a slide.
Unfortunately, PowerPoint shows seem to loose something over time. Or so I
believe. I would normally recommend you force the slideshow to restart but
that is impractical after only 45 minutes.

Anyway, if those options don't help, please holler back.
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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
Please tell us your ppt version, and get back to us here

 

[j beavers]

Any other suggestions? I tried theses and I'm still
having problems. Thanks J

 

[Kathryn Jacobs]

Does it work any better if you:
- Turn off background virus checking?
- Turn off automatic checking for email?
- Turn off all other background tasks?
- Run the show with absolutely nothing else running?

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