[AT] Powerpoint question

[charliehill]

Steve, we already tried that.  Doesn't work.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Powerpoint question


> charliehill wrote:
>> I haven't had to ask a computer question on this list in a while.  I know
>> you guys miss helping me so here goes.
>>
>> I don't have powerpoint on this computer but I do have the MS Powerpoint
>> viewer.  Used to when I got a .pps file I could click on it and it would
>> open.  Well a while back that stopped working.  Now if I click to open a
>> .pps file from an e-mail I get an error (file association) message.  I 
>> have
>> to save the file to my hard drive, then open it from the hard drive. 
>> I've
>> set the associations the only way I know how, by right clicking the file
>> name on the hard drive and telling it to always open with powerpoint 
>> viewer
>> but it still will not open directly from the e-mail message in outlook
>> express.  I can't figure out how to fix it.
>>
>> Charlie
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> Charlie,
> One of the "updates" that MS put in place to help you was to switch the
> toggle in Tools for you.
>
> Go into Tools, Security. Look for "Don't open or save attachments that
> could contain a virus" You want that option OFF.
>
> HOWEVER make sure your anti-virus is up to date and working. PLUS only
> open attachments from folks you trust.
> Personally the nannyware that MS has now is another of the reasons I run
> Thunderbird. I control it and set it up the way I want.
> For instance, with an attachment I see it at the bottom of the message
> and then can select to save/open directly or scan it without any
> problems. Plus I can shut off ALL the HTML crud and not have that to
> bother with.
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
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