Microsoft Office 2007 - Create two separate Powerpoint windows

1) Create another Windows XP account to use.

2) Use the shell command RUNAS to run the other instance of PowerPoint under the other account.

Example: having created a special account "test", when logged in as existing user, and already running PowerPoint, use [Start] [Run...] CMD, and then enter a command similar to:

C:\> runas /user:test "c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\POWERPNT.EXE"

Voila! Another instance of PowerPoint.

Pro: you get another instance of PowerPoint.

Con: it's running under the other account, so will save files to the My Documents folder, etc. of that other account. But that could be overcome by changing the MS Office folders locations of where the Test account saves its files. You need never actually log in to Dad through the front end of Windows XP.