Inserting Clipart or pictures hanging MS PowerPoint 2003

I am having the same problem and no, it not a graphics card problem.

When I open powerpoint (or any office app with clipart) and then go to
insert - clipart, the program 'hangs'

I had a quick solution whereby I'd open the organise clips link then the
program seemed to be alright.

The main problem I think is because it is trying to search through the WEB
COLLECTIONS.

Is is possible to disable searching through this folder?

I know it is the web collections because an error message appeared (finally
after much trying) saying:

Clip organiser cannot complete the operation. It is illegal to call out
while inside message filter. - Error code 0x80010005.

From my understanding, this error code is relating to a file location error.
Basically there are connections issues inntermittently with the microsoft
servers, hence not being able to get through to online clipart.

A solution to this would be brilliant, it's really irritating me...

"yong.jj" wrote:

> On Jun 2, 6:39 pm, Raja <R....DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > My computer crashed when I tried to insert clip art - it was the only file
> > open. Why did this happen?
> >
> > Can somebody please explain?
>
> It might due to your computer memory speed. do some memory test or PC
> speed performing test.
>
> J.J. - admin of http://presentationism.com
> blog: http://presentationism.blogspot.com
>

In article <0650FB84-903A-43BB-BA1E-09A9FF2B62A8 RemoveThis @microsoft.com>, Jfskelly wrote:
> I am having the same problem and no, it not a graphics card problem.
>
> When I open powerpoint (or any office app with clipart) and then go to
> insert - clipart, the program 'hangs'

Try this:

On PowerPoint main menu bar, choose Help, Customer Feedback Options
In the dialog that opens, click "Online content"
Remove the check next to "Search online content when connected"
Click OK



>
> I had a quick solution whereby I'd open the organise clips link then the
> program seemed to be alright.
>
> The main problem I think is because it is trying to search through the WEB
> COLLECTIONS.
>
> Is is possible to disable searching through this folder?
>
> I know it is the web collections because an error message appeared (finally
> after much trying) saying:
>
> Clip organiser cannot complete the operation. It is illegal to call out
> while inside message filter. - Error code 0x80010005.
>
> From my understanding, this error code is relating to a file location error.
> Basically there are connections issues inntermittently with the microsoft
> servers, hence not being able to get through to online clipart.
>
> A solution to this would be brilliant, it's really irritating me...
>
> "yong.jj" wrote:
>
> > On Jun 2, 6:39 pm, Raja <R... RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > My computer crashed when I tried to insert clip art - it was the only file
> > > open. Why did this happen?
> > >
> > > Can somebody please explain?
> >
> > It might due to your computer memory speed. do some memory test or PC
> > speed performing test.
> >
> > J.J. - admin of http://presentationism.com
> > blog: http://presentationism.blogspot.com
> >
>

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