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Name: Phantom Pharaoh
Date: November 22, 2003 at 13:22:45 Pacific
OS: xp
Comment:

I just got office 2003 but when I try to install it,the pc asks for the cd even though the cd is in the drive.
I was however able to install it on another pc without any problems. Both pcs ran on windows xp
What may be the problem?



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Response Number 1
Name: XLWH
Date: November 23, 2003 at 16:29:00 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Phantom.


Make a folder on your desktop and copy the Office 2003 cd to it.

Run the install or setup file from there.


Take care,

Linda


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Response Number 2
Name: Phantom Pharaoh
Date: November 25, 2003 at 08:02:34 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks Linda but before I got your advice I tried the cd on a friends pc but the install was successful.
BUT after the install when I clicked the icons nothing happens. What might the problem be?


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Response Number 3
Name: PUTALE
Date: November 25, 2003 at 16:34:31 Pacific
Reply:

btw, office 2003 only works under windows 2000 and windows xp. Just so you know. Also, it requires you to activated it, I am not sure if you have done so.


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Response Number 4
Name: brett_in_wpg
Date: December 1, 2003 at 04:56:37 Pacific
Reply:

Seems that I have found a couple of "Aces" in the area of MS Office 2003... maybe you can help me with my problem:

Just installed MS Office 2003 Pro and everything works great except PowerPoint. Will not start up at all... even in safe mode. Have tried a number of suggestions including changing display settings i.e. 16 bit from 32 bit. I have installed new graphic drivers. Uninstalled and reinstalled the entire MS Office program. The internal repair program with Office has even failed to repair the problem - whatever it is.
I am running a Sony laptop with an Pent. III processor at 850.

Any ideas?



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Response Number 5
Name: XLWH
Date: December 1, 2003 at 17:53:44 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Brett.


Try this link - Check for updates -


http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/


It will scan your system and suggest updates that may help.


Take care,

Linda


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Response Number 6
Name: brett_in_wpg
Date: December 2, 2003 at 15:42:23 Pacific
Reply:

Linda,

Thanks for the suggestion, but I already tried that route without success. :>(

Brett


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Response Number 7
Name: XLWH
Date: December 2, 2003 at 16:36:39 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Brett.


What OS do you have and how much memory?


Here is a link that tells you what the minimum requirements are.


You need -


Microsoft Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later; or Windows XP or later


128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or above recommended


150 MB of available hard disk space


http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/prodinfo/sysreq.mspx


Take care,

Linda



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Response Number 8
Name: Brett
Date: December 3, 2003 at 04:11:32 Pacific
Reply:

Linda,

Once again you have stated a very good idea and valid points to check however, been there and done that. :>(

I am running a Sony Vaio laptop with an 800 MHz AMD Duron processor and 128 megs of RAM.

Thanks once again.... any other ideas??

Brett


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Response Number 9
Name: XLWH
Date: December 3, 2003 at 16:38:20 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Brett.


Do you have Photoshop 7 on your system?


I have Photoshop 7 and when I installed Ulead's Media Studio Director's Cut, all I got was a spinning mouse cursor when I double clicked the Director's Cut icon to start the program.


I even emailed Ulead support but couldn't get the program to start up with their suggestions.


Then I downloaded and installed 2 patches for Photoshop 7, not because of any problems with Photoshop, but because I like to keep up to date with patches.


Well after installing the patches for Photoshop, Director's Cut started to work.


I don't know what the patches fixed but apparently, Photoshop caused a problem with Director's Cut which was fixed when I installed the Photoshop patches.


Maybe some other software on your system needs a patch to make PowerPoint work.


Take care,

Linda


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Response Number 10
Name: XLWH
Date: December 3, 2003 at 16:49:11 Pacific
Reply:

Hi again.


I found this -


http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00453.htm


Take care,

Linda


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