Package to CD crash

[Ivan Storgaard Vogelius]

Hi
I found the following rather strange problem:

I have a numper of powerpoint presentations located on a network
drive. I can happily open, edit and save presentations, but choosing
"Package to cd" makes powerpoint hang. I have to forcefully kill the
programme and the open it again. Obviously it doesn't pack the files.

Now, the solution was found: I save a copy of the talk on a local HDD
and everything works just fine, including "package to CD".

It seem odd to me; it is the first time _ever_ I've experienced any
difference from using a mapped network drive and a local Harddrive
(and I am convinced the should be no difference, except speed. correct
me if I'm wrong.)

Have any of you experienced something similar? Looks like a bug to me.
I've tested with different presentations with the same result (okay 2,
but point stands).

Ivan

Ps. I use (updated) Win2K and Powerpoint version 2003.

 

[Sonia]

See:

Are you on a network?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00122.htm

 

[Echo S]

Well, I know I can't ever burn files from a network server to a CD without
putting them on my harddrive first. In other words, I can't burn directly
from the server. So it doesn't surprise me that you're seeing this with
Package to CD, too.

 

[Ivan Storgaard Vogelius]

Thank you both for the info. I'm surprised to see so many problems
with network drives.
It's even on a FAQ list. Sorry, but I was searching along the "package
to CD" rather than "network" line (doh!)

Yours
Ivan