Looks like some refresh problems. which video card do you have? Are your
drivers up-to-date?


"cosmin2007" <cosmin2007.362uv2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> *Now this really sucks !* I'm having this trouble again. After
> installing Windows Vista Home Premium x64 Bit, I went down the new
> normal road : install the Windows Live Application set. Of which Live
> Messenger, Windows Live Writer and Windows Live Mail work excellent. But
> Live Picture Gallery S U C K S. Big Time !
> I've had this problem in the past, so nada new, thus leading to a
> larger disappointment. Here's what happens : I was prompted by the
> Windows Live Picture Gallery to install QuickTime, which I did, and
> afterwards Live Picture Gallery doesn't display pictures when they are
> double clicked in gallery thumbnail view. Neither does it when trying to
> open it from Vista file Explorer. Let me say I did a lot of Internet
> research and tried a few solutions, but it still does not work. Can
> anyone please help me with this ?
>
> LOOK HERE [image:
> http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pS...byP0XmWDd_otQ]
>
>
> --
> cosmin2007
>
> Vista Enthusiast

cosmin2007 wrote:

> Using ASUS Nvidia 8600 GT with latest signed drivers from NVidia. It's
> not a refresh problem, the screenshot actually shows where gallery
> functionality freezes after double-clicking a picture from thumbnail
> view in order to preview and eventually tag and edit it.
>
> If Windows Live Picture Gallery is set as default image viewer, then
> when I double-click on a picture to open iti with WLPG the program
> opens but no image is shown, the image display space is black.
>
> This is not a hardware issue, I'm sure. I have all the latest drivers
> for all hardware installed, and WLPG is the only program which is not
> working actually.

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Maybe your Photo Gallery database is corrupted...
have a look at the following article:

(944221) Windows Live Photo Gallery stops
responding or will not start
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944221/en-us

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cosmin2007 wrote:

> Already tried that. It's not working.
> Any other sugestions ?

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Not really, I don't want to continue
guessing what you already tried.

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cosmin2007 wrote:

> Already tried that. It's not working. Any other sugestions ?

Have you tried uninstalling WLPG and reinstalling it?

cosmin2007 wrote:

> OK, here's what I already tried :

SNIP....

> WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE ?

I wonder if this could be related to the caching performance problems
seen with .tiff files? See this article on disabling pre-caching and
assess whether it might be related:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939815/

cosmin2007 wrote:

> OK, here's what I already tried :
>
> uninstalling and reinstalling the Live Picture Gallery alone (as a
> regular user with Admin privileges, also as Administrator)
>
> uninstalling and reinstalling the entire Live application set (as a
> regular user with Admin privileges, also as Administrator)
>
> also tried this (944221) Windows Live Photo Gallery stops
> responding or will not start
> 'http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944221/en-us'
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944221/en-us)
>
> also tried a registry hack I found somewhere which is forcing Live
> Picture Gallery to stop using DirectX or QuickTime for rendering (not
> sure which of them or if any and not other type of rendering)
>
> also tried uninstalling all CODEC packs
>
> also tried logging on to another account and checking if there works,
> no result...
>
> WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE ?

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Ok...thanks for the info...

I'm thinking I would try doing a System Restore
to a time before I installed QuickTime.

Windows Vista -
How to Do a System Restore in Vista
http://tinyurl.com/2bdvvv
or...
System Restore - How to

Using Windows Vista
System Restore
http://tinyurl.com/2qhd77
or...
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ystem-restore/



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