Powerpoint 2007 crashed when closing

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

Printer: HP Photosmart C7280

OK, where could I find a certified driver for the printer
so that M$ Powerpoint would not blame HP for the problem?


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[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

Printer: HP Photosmart C7280

OK, where could I find a certified driver for the printer
so that M$ Powerpoint would not blame HP for the problem?

BTW, why didn't the same thing happens to video driver?
Shouldn't Vi$ta enter reduced functionality mode when
someone tried to use a beta driver or Vi$ta component?

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[Echo S]

I'd try the HP webpage.

 

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

If the problem then goes away, it's a good bet that it was caused by a bad

print driver, so THEN you go looking for a good one for your HP printer.

Nothing was printed. Why would closing Powerpoint be related to
the printer driver?

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[Echo S]

Printing isn't the issue, the printer driver is. For some reason, PowerPoint
sometimes crashes upon closing when you have a printer driver it doesn't
like.

Your question body asked specifically about the printer driver, but your
question subject mentions a crash. I wasn't paying much attention to that
before. Do you get an error message when PPT crashes?

Add-ins are another source of crashes. What add-ins do you see listed in the
Office Button | PPT Options | Add-ins?

 

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

Your question body asked specifically about the printer driver, but your

question subject mentions a crash. I wasn't paying much attention to
that before. Do you get an error message when PPT crashes?

Nothing. Vi$ta just said Powerpoint has crashed.

Add-ins are another source of crashes. What add-ins do you see listed in
the Office Button | PPT Options | Add-ins?

I don't know. It's a HP PC with pre-installed Vi$ta. Not much
I could modify without losing HP's factory settings. Anyway,
I could not find any so-called WDM driver for the HP C7280,
just the one found via search in HP's website.


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[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

Leave the existing driver installed but also instal another printer driver from

the ones offered by Vista. A LaserJet 4 or something similarly generic. Make
that your default driver. See if that solves the problem.

I didn't even hit the "Print" option. How come the printer
driver was polled when Powerpoint was shut down......

Is it what Beijing called "un-necessary intervention"?

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[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

I've just watched a change in printer drivers solve a lot of problems for a lot of

people. I've seen a lot of people solve similar problems by removing problem
add-ins.

Well, until HP get a certified driver from Micro$oft...

If you want to argue the "whys and wherefores" instead of just TRYING a few things
that might solve your problem, that's your call.

It's just ridiculous... I did NOT hit the Print button, and
yet a hidden connection was made between Powerpoint and Vi$ta
whenever Powerpoint closes. Sounds like a security hazard
if not a backdoor...

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[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

It's just ridiculous... I did NOT hit the Print button, and

yet a hidden connection was made between Powerpoint and Vi$ta
whenever Powerpoint closes. Sounds like a security hazard
if not a backdoor...

If I printed something and then Powerpoint crashed on
closing, I could accept that. But I <bold>DID NOT</bold>.

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[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

But I don't want to waste any more of your time if that's not what you want.

I don't wanna waste your time as well. The problem is at
the mercy of HP and Micro$oft now... (unless someone found
me a certified HP C7280 driver...

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[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

I don't wanna waste your time as well. The problem is at
the mercy of HP and Micro$oft now... (unless someone found
me a certified HP C7280 driver...

There is not a *print* newsgroup for Vi$ta...

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[Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)]

There is not a *print* newsgroup for Vi$ta...

Sorry... my eyes... found it.

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