powerpoint has green box that appears when embedding media player

[paolo tinio]

hello,

I have a problem, powerpoint 2003 stops and freezes, a green box appears as
soon as I embed a media player file

please help

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Does that happen during slide edit mode or slide show mode?

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[Ute Simon]

I have a problem, powerpoint 2003 stops and freezes, a green box appears

as
soon as I embed a media player file

I know this phenomenon on some of our computers, mainly laptops, but also
some desktops. I can't offer a solution, but IMHO it's related to Media
player software and video card.

- Which media player software is installed on your machine? (Especially
WinDVD seems to cause problems.)
- Can the problem be solved if you turn down hardware acceleration?
- Does it occur with all video files or certain file formats?

Best regards,
Ute