PowerPoint should control the laptop during projector presentatio.

[Guest]

I use laptops to make PowerPoint presenrtations to classrooms. Setting up the
laptop and running the presentation is slowed because of the virus scans
which, on a large PPT presentation, can take several minutes. (having a class
of 10 year olds staring at a screen that says "running virus check" is a real
downer). PowerPoint should have an option built in it to disable scans,
screen savors, network connections, auto updates and selected satart-up items
when you are using the laptop merely as an adjunct to a projector but I
haven't found out how to do this.
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Dan from Ridgecrest

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[Guest]

Surely this facility is built into your virus checker. I wouldn't want
powerpoint or any other program to be able to turn off my virus checker!

However an easy option is to start the presentation in advance and either
black the screen (press B) or most projectors have a hide show button.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Think about it ... if PPT could turn off the virus checker, so could any
program. Like viruses.

It's better to leave the tricky decisions like this up to the smart one (that'd
be you, not PPT, not the computer, not Windows). Most virus protection software
lets you turn off Office virus scans. That should be quite safe to do unless
you're in the habit of running Office files directly off the internet rather
than downloading them first (where the regular virus check will see them).

 

[Bill Dilworth]

A few things Dan,

1) If your presentation takes 10 minutes to scan for viruses, you may need
to optimize it a bit. Even if the 10 minutes is an exaggeration, as 10 year
olds can make even a few minutes seem like an hour, consider optimizing the
presentation. Smaller files = less scan time. Make sure the files are on
the local drive, not on a CD, network, or thumb-drive.

2) Most virus checkers can either turn off all office files or will allow
you to disable scanning on some file types based on their name or
extensions. As Steve said, choosing what to exempt from scanning should be
the operator's choice, not the software's.

3) Consider setting up a dummy user on the computer: a User account with no
privilegdges that can be used when running PowerPoint. Configure the
account to not auto-load anything on boot (i.e. iTunes, WinZip, WinAmp,
QuickTime, ICQ, AOL Messenger, MSN Messenger, Scanner 'Finders',
Registration reminders, and a host of other programs load 'watcher' programs
that suck the life out of a hearty CPU). Obviously, you will want to
disconnect all ethernet, phone, peer-to-peer, and wireless connections prior
to using this account since it will be an open door for hackers and such.


Just some random thoughts...


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