I elected not to buy VISTA powerpoint, but have installed Powerpoint Reader.
Everytime I try to run a pps file, the "Activation Wizard" pops up.
I select "close";
The pps file then runs but without music, etc.
How do Iget rid of this "wizard"
I'm not going to buy PP or Acess
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thx
mike

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thx
mike


"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <6F63CD88-0E7F-4B05-A00F-(E-Mail Removed)>, Mmmike wrote:
> > I elected not to buy VISTA powerpoint,
>
> There's a Vista version of Windows. Sometimes PCs with Vista also come with a
> trial version of PowerPoint 2007.
>
> I'm guessing this is what you have. Does that sound about right?
>
> > but have installed Powerpoint Reader.
> > Everytime I try to run a pps file, the "Activation Wizard" pops up.
> > I select "close";
>
> It sounds as though you still have the trial version of PowerPonit installed,
> and it's starting instead of the free Viewer when you launch the PPS file.
>
> You'll probably want to uninstall the Trial version of Office. It might then
> be necessary to reinstall the free viewer but that should sort the activation
> wizard problem out.
>
> > The pps file then runs but without music, etc.
>
> This'll be hard to diagnose w/o PowerPoint. You might want to hang onto it a
> little while longer. Start it up, open the PPS ... it'll open as a regular
> PPT file.
>
> Find the sound icon, click to select it.
> Go to Sound Tools | Options | Sound Options group and click the little dingus
> in the lower right corner of the Sound Options group. In the Information
> section does it say that the sound file is included in the presentation or
> does it give you the name of the file?
>
>
>
>
> ==============================
> PPT Frequently Asked Questions
> http://www.pptfaq.com/
>
> PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
> http://www.pptools.com/
>

STEVE
I found the Powerpoint and Access files and deleted them.
Easier said than done; but no more Activation Wizard popups.
Thx for the suggestion !
mmmike