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Powerpoint XP problem. Please help

  • 02-11-2003 09:20AM
    #1
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭


    Hi There,
    I just got a new laptop. I am running a powerpoint presentation with embedded video. When I run this on my old machine, with a similar video card, it works fine. On the new machine, there is a five to seven second delay before the video starts when the next slide is selected. I have tried everything recommended by powerpoint help including enabling and disabling hardware acceleration and changing the resolution. No effect whatsoever.
    I am running the same software and OS (WinXP pro) on both machines. The new one has a 64Mb ATI card and the old one has a 32Mb ATI card. They seem to be very similar except for the memory.
    The delay is detrimental to the presentation so I would like to fix it if anyone has suggestions.
    Thanks, iwb.


Comments

  • #2
    fatmander
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭fatmander


    3 guesses
    Any chance you are running Norton AV, and 'request virus scan' office plugin is enabled? (under miscellanous in Options)

    Could the file or powerpoint itself be fragmented

    Have you updated your Video Drivers?
    hth


  • #3
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭iwb


    Thanks fatmander. I will take a look in the morning. I am not at the machine right now. I will let you know how it goes, incase anyone else has a similar problem.
    iwb.


  • #4
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭iwb


    Thanks for the help. It was actually a windows update. I can't remember the exact specifics but it said something about there being a delay in running video in games.
    I should have tried the windows update route earlier. Of course there were 15 critical updates and another 25 XP updates. Thank god for broadband.
    Thanks again, iwb.


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