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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / October 2006Producer preload hangs on dialup
When I dialup to the preload page, IE hangs after a few minutes. Here are some facts: - When hanging, IE progress bar is full, and no data is being transmitted from the Internet. - Task Manager shows system idle 99% - Can toggle to other apps, but not back to IE - Once this happens, if I right-click on the IE app button on the task bar, it reinstates the preload and data is transmitted. - Seems to work fine on LAN connection. Any idea what could be causing this? > When I dialup to the preload page, IE hangs after a few minutes. Here are > some facts: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Any idea what could be causing this? There is some issue with preload generally that a number of users have experienced (not just dial up) -- I am not sure of the root cause though loads of large graphic files (and perhaps .png files) are suspect. Maybe the slower connection exacerbates the problem. I just avoid the preload altogether -- as I find it annoying even when it works as designed (but all my productions are designed for CD/Broadband delivery).  SignatureBrian Sullivan Courses by Wire (http://www.coursesbywire.com) I need a way to use the preload. I noticed that IE continues the preload after I right click on the application icon on the bottom bar. Any ideas? > > When I dialup to the preload page, IE hangs after a few minutes. Here are > > some facts: [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > works as designed (but all my productions are designed for CD/Broadband > delivery). > I need a way to use the preload. I noticed that IE continues the preload > after I right click on the application icon on the bottom bar. Any ideas? Does avoiding the preload apparently solve the problem? SignatureBrian Sullivan Courses by Wire (http://www.coursesbywire.com) Yes, it resolves that problem, but won't viewers experience a delayed media playing? > > I need a way to use the preload. I noticed that IE continues the preload > > after I right click on the application icon on the bottom bar. Any ideas? > > Does avoiding the preload apparently solve the problem? > Yes, it resolves that problem, but won't viewers experience a delayed media > playing? Media playing and buffering is not affected by the preload -- what is preloaded is the html and ppt object components. Moving from slide to slide, template changes could experience some visual delay while the components load. I have found that the delay caused by the preload (which is long -- to the point of excessive) is worse than the delay between slide changes at least for my productions but this is definitely a YMMV situation. Viewing Producer productions over dial up is a bit of a lost cause in my opinion unless they are very carefully crafted to work well for low bandwidth. That however makes the broadband bandwidth viewer's experience not optimum. SignatureBrian Sullivan Courses by Wire (http://www.coursesbywire.com) > Yes, it resolves that problem, but won't viewers experience a delayed media > playing? AFAIK any delay in media starting because of buffering will still happen -- the preload feature is just for non media browser objects. SignatureBrian Sullivan Courses by Wire (http://www.coursesbywire.com) |
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