total crash during slideshow

[jessica larusch]

I have XP on a laptop and powerpoint is fine other than
everytime I run through a slideshow it crashes completely,
making powerpoint a bit useless
help?
Can i reinstall the whole thing?
Is it my hardware?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have XP on a laptop and powerpoint is fine other than
everytime I run through a slideshow it crashes completely,
making powerpoint a bit useless
help?
Can i reinstall the whole thing?
Is it my hardware?

It's hard to say what the problem is w/o more info.

Does it crash this way on every presentation or just certain ones? Does it
crash on particular pages or as soon as you start the show?

In any case, you may want to try the suggestion here:

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm