Microsoft KB Archive/137600

PowerPoint Setup Invokes Network Connection Dialog Box

PSS ID Number: Q137600 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

macintosh:4.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When running PowerPoint Setup, you may receive a dialog box containing a message similar to the following:

Connect to the shared disk Macintosh HD as..

This may happen even if you start the computer with all extensions off.

= RESOLUTION =

You can eliminate this problem by creating a clean System Folder that contains just the System, Finder, and any applicable System Enablers. The following steps illustrate how to create a clean System Folder and install PowerPoint:

Method 1:
  Drag the Preferences folder out of the System Folder, to the desktop. NOTE: Dragging the Preferences folder out of the System Folder, may cause some systems not to boot. Make sure you have a bootable disc.   Restart the machine. This will create a new Preferences folder. The setup will now run as expected.   After the setup is finished, return the old preference file, on the desktop, to the new Preferences folder. 

Note: Do not overwrite any Preferences that were created by the Setup program. Doing this may cause PowerPoint to function incorrectly.

Method 2:

 * 1) On the root level of the hard disk, create a new untitled folder by clicking New Folder on the File menu.
 * 2) Open the System Folder and copy the System, Finder, and System Enabler, if any, to the new folder.
 * 3) Rename the System Folder “Storage” and rename the untitled folder “System Folder.”
 * 4) Restart the computer.
 * 5) Insert Disk 1 of the PowerPoint Setup disks in the disk drive and double-click Microsoft PowerPoint Setup.
 * 6) When Setup is complete, copy items from the Extensions folder, Control Panels folder, and Preferences folder in the newly created System Folder to their corresponding locations in the folder called Storage.
 * 7) Open the Storage folder and click Select All on the Edit menu.
 * 8) Click the group of highlighted files and drag them to the newly created System Folder.
 * 9) The computer will indicate that certain files you are copying already exist in the target location and ask if you want to replace them with the ones you are moving. Click OK.
 * 10) Restart the computer.

PowerPoint setup should now work as expected.

= Additional query words: 4.00 macppt ppt4 please =

Keywords : kbenv kbnetwork kbsetup Version : macintosh:4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.