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Pete Benmar - 31 Jan 2006 22:42 GMT

Welcome to the Windows Vista Music, Pictures, and Video newsgroup. You can post a question or answer another user''s question about any of the following:
• Playing music, burning music CDs, and synchronizing music with a portable device
• Working with digital pictures and digital cameras
• Capturing and editing video
• Windows Media Player, Windows Movie Maker, Windows DVD Maker, and Windows Photo Gallery

Also visit the Windows Media newsgroups at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/community/newsgroups/WindowsMedia/
default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsmedia&lang=en&cr=US.

This newsgroup is intended for Windows Vista users. For newsgroups about earlier versions of Windows, visit the Microsoft Newsgroups website (http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx)

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PapaJohn (MVP) - 01 Feb 2006 00:07 GMT

Thanks Pete,

Here's a question for starters... I received an email asking about it
yesterday and I'm curious myself.

Photo Story 3 installed OK on my Vista system but when I tried to open it,
the error message said it wouldn't run on the operating system.... I went to
its properties and put it into compatibility mode, and it works fine. Will
Photo Story 3 go through a revision as Movie Maker is, and be part of the
Vista environment?

I'm wondering about the planned or probable future of Photo Story 3 so I can
best advise others....

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Andre Da Costa [Extended64] - 01 Feb 2006 00:18 GMT

I suspect there will be a new version under the Plus! Brand around RTM or
little bit after Vista is released.

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Nicholas - 01 Feb 2006 06:32 GMT

Plus! again? Geez I just hope this time there will be more than 4 themes...

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Andre Da Costa [Extended64] - 01 Feb 2006 15:08 GMT

Yeah, users have complained about this, I hope to see major improvements in
those areas, I think to add true value, they should at least have 30 themes.
Vista should also include some new Visual Theming capabilities for changing
the colour the Aero Theme and I heard in a recent interview, almost all of
the old screen savers will be removed and replaced with new ones, plus lots
of wall papers.

Vista also includes some updated versions of popular games and two new ones
Chess Titans and Purble Place. So lots entertain value out of the box.

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Nicholas - 02 Feb 2006 07:02 GMT

Great! Yeah, 30 themes would be comparable to Plus! 98. Nice the
screensavers are finally replaced, and I hope wallpapers will comes in
different aspect ratios so they'll look good in either widescreen or 10 x 8
and also please add portrait wallpapers for our loyal Tablet PC users, I'm
still a bit bewildered by how wallpapers are distorted everytime you press
the rotation button lol.

I think theming should go a bit more than just coloring, because I think
that's covered in the Control Panel. Maybe allowing skinning (without
bloating or severly affecting UI proportions), would be nice. : )

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