.pps files

I am using Vista Home Premium 32-Bit. I have not subscribed to Microsoft
Office. My problem lies with opening .pps files. It interrupts the process
by asking for a Product Key. When I decline and get the slide show back it
has lost the sound. I have installed the Windows 97 Power Point Viewer and
selected it as the default program but the problem remains. I have even gone
to deleting Microsoft Office completely to no avail. How may I remove this
Product Key request so that I may use the 97 viewer on .pps file without
interruption?

Gordon
Thu Apr 03 09:59:40 PDT 2008

"Bob H" <w3huw@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I am using Vista Home Premium 32-Bit. I have not subscribed to Microsoft
>Office.

You don't "subscribe" to Office, you purchase it. Do I presume from that
that your computer came with a trial version of Office 2007? If so,
uninstall it.

> My problem lies with opening .pps files. It interrupts the process by
> asking for a Product Key.

If you uninstall the trial version, that should disappear.

garysgold
Thu Apr 03 10:10:45 PDT 2008


Hi Bob,

Here is a link to viewer 2007. Maybe that will help.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/default.aspx

You may also have to set the viewer as the default program to open the
files. This will show you how if necessary.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html

Gary


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Vista Home Premium SP1 Q6600 Quad Core 2.40 GHz 4 GB Ram 800 MHz Nvidia
8600GTS 256MB 500 GB HD Exp. Index=5.5

Bob
Thu Apr 03 12:26:29 PDT 2008

You can purchase a product key

OR

Download and install OpenOffice, the open source (free) office suite.
www.openoffice.org

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"Bob H" <w3huw@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eAk71kalIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I am using Vista Home Premium 32-Bit. I have not subscribed to Microsoft
>Office. My problem lies with opening .pps files. It interrupts the process
>by asking for a Product Key. When I decline and get the slide show back it
>has lost the sound. I have installed the Windows 97 Power Point Viewer and
>selected it as the default program but the problem remains. I have even
>gone to deleting Microsoft Office completely to no avail. How may I remove
>this Product Key request so that I may use the 97 viewer on .pps file
>without interruption?