Trouble w/install of Power Point

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I have gone through the routine of downloading and installing Power Point for Windows 98 several times and I always wind up with this same problem: Each time I reboot a box comes up "this will install Power Point Viewer....etc.". If I say "yes" PPV will be uninstalled. If I say "no" all is okay BUT it sure gets frustrating to get this message every time I reboot. What is wrong, what am I doing wrong, what do I need to do to stop this?
 
Windows 98 is one of the Operating system versions. Windows 98 has 2
sub-types First Edition and Second Edition.

PowerPoint Viewer comes in two Windows flavors, 97 and 2003.

If you have Windows 98 First Edition and are loading the new PowerPoint
Viewer (2003 version), then the two are simply not compatible. You will
have to use the older version of the viewer on your Win 98 (1st Edition)
system.

Check here for how to proceed:
**Download Free PowerPoint Viewers
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00153.htm


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pitypat said:
I have gone through the routine of downloading and installing Power Point
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for Windows 98 several times and I always wind up with this same problem:
Each time I reboot a box comes up "this will install Power Point
Viewer....etc.". If I say "yes" PPV will be uninstalled. If I say "no" all
is okay BUT it sure gets frustrating to get this message every time I
reboot. What is wrong, what am I doing wrong, what do I need to do to stop
this?
 
I am running Windows 98 second edition so I tried to rid my computer of the PPV 97, went through the procedure of downloading the new installer, then downloaded PPV 2003. When I first rebooted I got the message that the system was looking for a missing shortcut-PPV 97. When it asked if I wanted that shortcut to point to PPV 2003 I answered yes. The PPV 2003 works just fine, as did the PPV 97. Only now instead of getting the message "do you want to install PPV 97" each time I reboot, I now get the same thing except it says "PPV 2003." Just like before, if I answer "yes" it uninstalls the PPV. Now what should I do? Thanks in advance for your help.
 
I would check that the PowerPoint Viewer installation file (or a link to it)
are not in your start-up menu.
Perhaps also, there is a program that feels (wrongly) that the PPV
installation program is the 'reader' for one of the file extensions. It may
be a corrupted file extension association.

Then, I would look at my system settings to find out where the run command
is being generated from. This is not something for novice to do, nor is the
NG the best forum for explaining how to hack/edit the system files and
registry. These are the things that, if botched, can change a computer into
a paperweight.


It sounds, from what I've heard you say, that there is something on your
system initialization (Start-up) routine that is calling for the PowerPoint
Viewer installation program to run. This is not normal.

Could you please post back the complete and exact wording of the error
message (including the title of the message box). This may not be helpful,
but I would feel better knowing we are jousting the same windmill.

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Pitypat said:
I am running Windows 98 second edition so I tried to rid my computer of
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the PPV 97, went through the procedure of downloading the new installer,
then downloaded PPV 2003. When I first rebooted I got the message that the
system was looking for a missing shortcut-PPV 97. When it asked if I wanted
that shortcut to point to PPV 2003 I answered yes. The PPV 2003 works just
fine, as did the PPV 97. Only now instead of getting the message "do you
want to install PPV 97" each time I reboot, I now get the same thing except
it says "PPV 2003." Just like before, if I answer "yes" it uninstalls the
PPV. Now what should I do? Thanks in advance for your help.
 
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