Microsoft KB Archive/264926

= PPT2000: Screen Saver Is Reset to None After You Run .PPS or Use /s Switch =

Article ID: 264926

Article Last Modified on 1/9/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q264926



SYMPTOMS
After you run a slide show, no screen saver is active, even if one was set before you ran the slide show.

In Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 2000
The screen saver settings are restored after you log off and log on to Windows.

In Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98
You must restore the screen saver settings manually.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you run a slide show by double-clicking a .pps file or by starting Microsoft PowerPoint with the /s switch.

Although PowerPoint is designed to turn off the screen saver before it switches to a full-screen slide show window, and to restore the screen saver settings afterwards, it is not restoring the settings.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

To temporarily work around this problem, use either of the following methods:
 * Always start a slide show from within PowerPoint (on the Slide Show menu, click View Show).

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 * After you run a slide show, manually reset the screen saver in the Display Properties dialog box (right-click the desktop, click Properties, and then click the Screen Saver tab).



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: ppt2000 ppt2k slideshow screensaver

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kboffice2000presp2fix kboffice2000sp2fix kbqfe KB264926

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