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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / June 2006powerpoint slow loading
I have an older (p2) Compaq machine that just runs powerpoint for a bulletin board service. It is running WIN98SE, has 64 MB of memory, and runs PP2000. When I open powerpoint, the program opens just fine, but when I open the bulletin board file, The progress bar goes about 4/5 of the way just fine, but then hangs there for 10-15 minutes before it finishes loading. Any ideas? It did run fine for over a year, and then started this. I have run a registry cleaner, reinstalled win98, when I ctl/alt/del, the only thing running is explorer, systray, and VNC. I use a wireless card to connect it to the network, and use VNC to remote control it. > I have an older (p2) Compaq machine that just runs powerpoint for a > bulletin board service. It is running WIN98SE, has 64 MB of memory, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > VNC. I use a wireless card to connect it to the network, and use VNC > to remote control it. As an afterthought, There is no anti-virus, or anything else running. Russ, Assuming the 'bulletin board file' is a powerpoint file. see Recovering a corrupt presentation http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00108.htm Cheers TAJ Simmons microsoft powerpoint mvp awesome - powerpoint backgrounds, http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more... >I have an older (p2) Compaq machine that just runs powerpoint for a > bulletin board service. It is running WIN98SE, has 64 MB of memory, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > VNC. I use a wireless card to connect it to the network, and use VNC > to remote control it. TAJ, yes it is a powerpoint, about 2.5 meg in size. Actually stored as a PPS. I have another machine running 98SE and Office 2000, and over the network, if I open the same file from the other computer, no problem. Actually, I save updates as a PP and then use insert slides from files, and if I just try to open the small update file, I get the same scenario. Thanks. Russ > Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > VNC. I use a wireless card to connect it to the network, and use VNC > > to remote control it. > I have an older (p2) Compaq machine that just runs powerpoint for a > bulletin board service. It is running WIN98SE, has 64 MB of memory, > and runs PP2000. When I open powerpoint, the program opens just fine, > but when I open the bulletin board file, The progress bar goes about > 4/5 of the way just fine, but then hangs there for 10-15 minutes before > it finishes loading. Any ideas? Not right off, but a followup question: What progress bar? PPT doesn't normally display one when opening files. ISTR that it may do so when opening a file from an earlier version of PPT. Is there any chance that that's happening here? If so, open it directly in PPT and save it as a normal PPT file, not an earlier version. Next, are there any linked files in the presentation? > It did run fine for over a year, and > then started this. I have run a registry cleaner, reinstalled win98, > when I ctl/alt/del, the only thing running is explorer, systray, and > VNC. I use a wireless card to connect it to the network, and use VNC > to remote control it. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ When it opens, down in the bottom left side, there is a progress bar. It is about where auto-shapes is once the program is running. It is PPT 2000, and the file is a 97-2003 presentation. There are no linked files. Just a plain vanilla PPT presentation. > > I have an older (p2) Compaq machine that just runs powerpoint for a > > bulletin board service. It is running WIN98SE, has 64 MB of memory, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > When it opens, down in the bottom left side, there is a progress bar. > It is about where auto-shapes is once the program is running. It is > PPT 2000, and the file is a 97-2003 presentation. There are no linked > files. Just a plain vanilla PPT presentation. OK, then follow my earlier suggestion and see what happens. Open the file, choose File, Save As and save it as a PPT 2000 file, and specifically NOT the hybrid 97-2003&95 format that you've got now (there isn't a 97-2003 format as such; the option includes 97-2003 AND a PPT95 format file.) Before doing that I'd also walk through the setup steps suggested here: Do this before using PowerPoint seriously http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm > > > I have an older (p2) Compaq machine that just runs powerpoint for a > > > bulletin board service. It is running WIN98SE, has 64 MB of memory, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ I tried all the stuff in the FAQ, still didn't work. Tried saving the file a bunch of different ways, no help. Finally dug out my Office 97, reinstalled it, removed 2000, low and behold, it now works greats. Russ > > When it opens, down in the bottom left side, there is a progress bar. > > It is about where auto-shapes is once the program is running. It is [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ |
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