manditory screensaver

[Bryan]

We have group policy set to activate a screensaver after
15 mins of use, applied to the Domain for security
reasons. We have conserns that during powerpoint
presentations the screensaver would kick off and disrupt
the session. Is there anyway within Powerpoint to
disable the screensaver activation during a slide show?
Thanks
Bryan
Email me @ (e-mail address removed)

 

[glenna]

Hi Bryan,

The short answer is No. I doubt if any application (MS
Office included) can override group policy settings.

During a presentation is the PC required to be connected
to the domain? Does the user have the option of disabling
the the screensaver? Can the presenter wiggle the mouse
within 15 minutes?

You might find better help under the Windows newsgroup.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.msp
x

 

[Austin Myers]

Bryan,

If you save the presentation as a *.pss file and double click it, it is
launched in playback mode (not edit mode) and that suspends the screen saver
until the presentation is finished. Launching from with in PowerPoint does
NOT do this.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

If you save the presentation as a *.pss file

The guy from Missouri's good with his head but his fingers get jumbled
sometimes.

That'd be PPS, not PSS, Bryan.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled Myers:

 

[Austin Myers]

It's these rented fingers, I have to return them for a new set. <g>

 

[B]

Question:
If the cursor is moved via VBA code, does that count towards 'giggling the
mouse'? Would code that does this with every slide advance keep the screen
saver from activating?


B

 

[Austin Myers]

Dang it, I just bought the updated knuckles...

Fingers 2003 is due out this summer, I heard. You might want to wait. (g)

B

 

[TAJ Simmons]

And the linux version.....Lingers 2003 <groan>

TAJ

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

And the linux version.....Lingers 2003 <groan>

A quick shot to the head with the brass linuxles will teach you a thing or
two, lad.

 

[Tushar Mehta]

Before finding the solution, it might make sense to check if there is a
problem!

I know that PP disables the 'normal' screensaver I have programmed on
my computers. Though, I don't know about 'Group Policy' mandates.

Does a group policy require a live network connection? Or does it
apply to standalone computers?

If the former, you are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
If the latter...

Does PP actually override the 15 min. screeensaver policy? Start a PP
slide show and leave it alone for 15 mins. Does the screensaver kick
in?

If it does not, stop right here. You are trying to solve a problem
that doesn't exist.

If it does...

Does the mouse click required to advance a presentation reset the 15
minute counter? Start a PP slideshow, leave it alone for 12 minutes,
then click to go to the next slide. Does the screensaver kick in in
the next 3 minutes? Or does it need an additional 15 minutes?

If the latter, then chances are you don't have a problem. It is hard
to imagine anyone babbling to the same slide for 15 minutes.

--
Regards,

Tushar Mehta, MS MVP -- Excel
www.tushar-mehta.com
Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA add-ins, tutorials
Custom MS Office productivity solutions

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

If the latter, then chances are you don't have a problem. It is hard

to imagine anyone babbling to the same slide for 15 minutes.

Never underestimate the power (and durability) of a determined incompetent,
bent on boring his audience to total destruction.

Back when I ran a service bureau, we once got complaints from a customer
using some overheads we'd printed on a thermal wax printer. The wax was
melting and bubbling and, to hear them tell it, running off the OHTs in
mid-speech.

Turns out they were putting the OHTs inside plastic pages, which trapped the
heat, projecting them on a fairly high-powered projector, which gave off
even more heat for the pages to trap. Then it turned out that the problem
didn't occur until an OHT had been on the projector for about 45 minutes.

Think about that.

Try not to shudder.

 

[Kathryn Jacobs]

Those are the kind of presenters that need basic training in how to use the
off button! (I leave it to the reader to decide whether I mean for the
speaker or the projector!)

--
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[B]

Sounds like another use for Steve's brass linuxles.

B

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

Those are the kind of presenters that need basic training in how to use
the

off button! (I leave it to the reader to decide whether I mean for the
speaker or the projector!)

Hey, when the going gets tough, the tough duct tape the bozo's mouth shut.