Consider the following scenario:

• You connect a Windows Vista-based computer to a network projector.
• You use Windows Photo Gallery to display an image in full-screen mode (slideshow mode).

In this scenario, the image is successfully displayed in full-screen mode on the computer. However, the image is not displayed on the network projector. Instead, you receive the following message on the network projector:

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This issue occurs if the Windows Experience Index rates the computer’s Graphics and Gaming functionality with a score of 3.0 or more.

When you view an image in Windows Live Photo Gallery, the image and the image background may display an incorrect color cast.

The operation may fail when high-definition MPEG-2 video content, including some DVR-MS files, is obtained, rotated, or published from Windows Live Photo Gallery in Windows Vista.

When you use certain NVIDIA GeForce FX Series video cards to view images in Windows Photo Gallery, you may experience display issues.

When you view an image in Windows Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based computer, the image and the image background are yellow.

When you start a slide show in Windows Photo Gallery in Windows Vista, the slide show stops, and you receive the following message:

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When this issue occurs, you do not see the slide show pictures. You may hear audio for the slide show if the slide show includes audio. This issue occurs even though the Windows Experience Index rates the computer’s Graphics and Gaming graphics with scores of 3.0 or more.

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When you use Windows Photo Gallery or Windows Explorer in Windows Vista to edit the metadata for an image file that uses the RAW image format, the file may be corrupted. The problem only occurs if the image file uses the TIFF image standard and was copied to the computer from either of the following digital SLR camera models:

• Canon EOS 1D
• Canon EOS 1DS

For example, this problem may occur in the following scenario:

• In Windows Photo Gallery or in Windows Explorer, you right-click the image file, and then click Properties.
• You click the Details tab, and then you change the information in any of the listed fields.

In this scenario, the file is truncated and cannot be restored. The image file can no longer be viewed.

Note: The metadata of an image file includes the following items:

• title
• subject
• author
• date details

When you try to use Windows Photo Gallery or Windows Explorer on a Windows Vista-based computer to add metadata to a Canon RAW file that has a .tif file name extension, the file is corrupted.

In Windows Vista, when you try send a picture by using e-mail, the Photo E-mail wizard does not send the picture. Instead, the wizard closes.

This problem occurs when you use one of the following methods:

• You right-click a picture, click Send To, and then click Mail recipient.
• You select a picture in Windows Photo Gallery, and then click E-mail in the taskbar.