When you install a Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) scanner on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer, and then you try to import an image from the scanner by using “Windows Fax and Scan” or by using Windows Photo Gallery, you receive the following error message:

A problem prevented the document from being scanned. Please try again, or for troubleshooting information, see Help and Support of the information that came with the scanner.

In Windows Photo Gallery, you add some metadata to a picture file. When you open this picture in a third-party tool, some metadata fields for the picture file may be duplicated, dropped, or corrupted.

This issue occurs in Windows XP, in Windows Vista, and in Windows Server 2008.

For example, you open and save a .jpg picture in Windows Photo Gallery, and then you embed some metadata into the picture by using a third-party application. When you open this picture in Adobe Photoshop, you receive an error.

In this example, if you open the .jpg file in a hexadecimal editor, you see duplicated XMP metadata tags. One metadata tag is set to xmp:xmpmeta and the other one is set to x:xmpmeta.

Consider the following scenario:

• On a Windows Vista-based computer, you use Windows Photo Gallery to print a photo.
• On the Windows Photo Gallery toolbar, you click Print. The How do you want to print your pictures dialog box appears.
• You select the paper type that you want to use.

In this scenario, the paper type that you select is unexpectedly changed to a different paper type. However, when you print the picture, the paper type that you selected is actually used.

Consider the following scenario. On a computer that is running Windows Vista, you create an application that uses the Open With functionality in Windows Photo Gallery. The program uses the IDropTarget interface to import the selection. When you select items in different directories, no items are imported.

If you select a single item, this behavior does not occur. If you select multiple items, the application cannot open the images in one instance of the application.

Consider the following scenario:

• You are using a Windows Vista-based computer.
• The computer is connected to an external monitor by using an S-video connection.
• You configure the desktop area to extend across both displays. This configuration is known as “Extended desktop” mode.

In this scenario, when you click Play in either the Pictures section or the Videos section of Windows Photo Gallery, a black screen appears to load. However, the pictures or the videos do not appear on the screen.

Consider the following scenario.

• You use a Windows Vista-based computer.
• You use a widescreen monitor that is attached to a video card.
• The video card uses a Uniform Memory Access (UMA)-based video card driver.

Note UMA-based video card drivers are associated with integrated video chipsets. There is no indicator in the operating system that informs you whether a driver or a chipset uses UMA architecture.
In this scenario, if the Windows Experience Index (WEI) score is greater than or equal to 3.0 in Windows Vista, slide show pictures are not displayed in the center of the screen. Instead, the slide show pictures are displayed on the left side or the right side of the screen.

Consider the following scenario. You install Windows Live Photo Gallery. You try to download an album from Spaces immediately. In this scenario, you are redirected back to the Windows Live Photo Gallery download page.

If you create a redirected folder, such as C:\NewPicturesFolder, and then set the new folder as the Pictures target folder by using Windows Explorer, when you start Windows Live Photo Gallery it does not recognize or open the new folder.

If you uninstall your default browser, you may encounter the following error message when you try to publish an image to an online photo-sharing Web site, such as Flickr:

The authorization process was not completed. Please try again

When you try to start Windows Live Photo Gallery, the program stops responding or will not start.