I'm trying to create a slide show with 500 photos and I imported the photos
but when I try to open it it takes forever and sometimes will not open. Is my
file too big or is there another problem. I wanted to add music but I can't
get that far. Can someone help.

Dawn wrote:
> I'm trying to create a slide show with 500 photos and I
> imported the photos but when I try to open it it takes
> forever and sometimes will not open. Is my file too big
> or is there another problem. I wanted to add music but I
> can't get that far. Can someone help.

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There could be other problems...but file
size is definitely on the top of your list.

Maybe you could create smaller projects
and after they are completed and saved
as movies...you could import the completed
movies and join them into a single project.

Doing some maintenance may improve
the situation:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

Also...closing all programs before opening
Movie Maker might help and adding more
RAM would be a good idea.

Lastly...you may want to increase the size
of your Paging file:

(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
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