power point viewer

[Soundguy]

I use OE, and if configured correctly it will let you open and run attachments from the email. He may not have a temp folder setup.. or he may have disallowed certain options .. like not downloading pics or running html.. there might be an option for safely handling attached files.. etc.

soundguy

Yea, I don't know much about Outlook Express (and would like to keep it that way ). One thing you might try (it's a long shot) when you are in your e-mail program and you do a right mouse click on the PPS file to "Save As.."; look for another choise that reads "Open with..." Funny how they are both MS products, you'll think they would work together.

As for not using those "other" programs, you could... when you are out of town, you can still check your home e-mail at this website (top left, click on "Check E-mail" and enter your user/password):

CenturyTel Portal

(you can try it at home too... it will look different but if you are away and need to check e-mail, it works).

 

[Bird]

Oh, well, I may not have to worry about it after this weekend. I just got back from Best Buy where I let a nice young fellow talk me into buying a complete new computer system; i.e., desktop, monitor, and printer. Sure hope it doesn't take me too long to get it set up and running, transfer data, and learn to use Vista instead of XP.

 

[teg]

I would pay extra NOT to get Vista, IMHO. My mother's computer has it and it drove me nuts... makes a fast computer run SLOW.

 

[Bird]

I have no idea whether I'll like Vista or not, but since that's what comes on the new computers and since I wonder how long Microsoft will support XP, and since this old Dell is doing some funny things I don't like . . . well, we'll see. I've been dreading trying to get a new one set up.

 

[MossRoad]

I have no idea whether I'll like Vista or not, but since that's what comes on the new computers and since I wonder how long Microsoft will support XP, and since this old Dell is doing some funny things I don't like . . . well, we'll see. I've been dreading trying to get a new one set up.

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I just read an article this morning that mentions that if you own a Vista license, you are entitled to downgrade to XP, W2000 and even back to W98. So, if you don't like it, you can wipe it and install your XP on it. Or you could install XP next to Vista as a dual-boot system and pick which operating system you want to run at boot up. That would be a good way to get used to Vista and still be able to run XP if you need something that you are not familiar with in Vista. Anyhow, you have to have all the drivers for XP before that will work.

 

[Bird]

David, of course, I first got Windows XP from Dell, but had so many problems with it that I actually bought my own XP, had a new hard drive installed, and XP installed then a few years ago. Of course, there have been many, many updates since then. And recently this old Dell has been doing a few things that don't make sense to me, and of course, I can work around them, but . . . little things like when I open a new window it used to open maximized, but quit doing that sometime in the last week. Now it opens a small window and of course one click will maximize it. And I was accustomed to opening folders by double clicking. A couple of days ago that no longer worked. If I right click, the top option is "search" and that's what opens when you double click. So I can right click, then click on the second option to "open" a folder. Again, not a hard work around and someone who knows what he's doing could probably fix it. The cooling fans still work but are getting a big noisy. I use an adapter that goes into the floppy drive (does anyone else still have one of those?) to move photos from the camera to the computer. The printer sometimes makes a loud clang when it starts. In other words, it's about six and a half years old and has seen better days.

So, will I regret what I bought today? I don't know. But I bought a Hewlett-Packard a6330f computer, 19" flat panel monitor, and a Photosmart C4200 All-in-One printer. And tomorrow I'll start trying to get it set up, hooked up, etc.

So if you don't hear from me again, you'll know I failed.

 

[MossRoad]

Bird, you will not regret it. You probably put the hurt on that thing a long time ago with your prolific posting.

 

[Luremaker]

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I just read an article this morning that mentions that if you own a Vista license, you are entitled to downgrade to XP, W2000 and even back to W98. So, if you don't like it, you can wipe it and install your XP on it. Or you could install XP next to Vista as a dual-boot system and pick which operating system you want to run at boot up. That would be a good way to get used to Vista and still be able to run XP if you need something that you are not familiar with in Vista. Anyhow, you have to have all the drivers for XP before that will work.

Did the article say how you go about getting a legal copy of XP to install? Most people I know simply blow away Vista and install a cracked version of XP (one that does not force you to register) or linux.

 

[ultrarunner]

Do you have the 98 Second Edition?

"...Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 98 Second Edition; bla,bla,bla..."

Download details: PowerPoint Viewer 2003

Might be worth a shot...

I've got straight Windows 98 with my Pentium Processor at home... before that I used my Apple IIe

I did try the PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and had to uninstall it... I got the dreaded Blue Screen and Safe Mode Start Up.

At work, we use a lot of windows 2000 very successfully with a few XP's

No one seems to like Vista here and we have not installed it.

 

[Bird]

This new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium came with the Microsoft Power Point Viewer already installed, but so far I haven't had a chance to see if it works (no e-mails with .pps attachments yet).