I'm using WinXP, and just installed MS Office 2003. My problem is that MS
Office Photo Manager takes 4 minutes to load! Even if I click on an image
file from Windows Explorer the file takes 4 minutes to display in Picture
Manager. Excel, Word, PowerPoint all load in an instant. I've tried
uninstalling Office 2003 and reinstalling, but the result is the same. Any
ideas would be very welcome.

The Picture Manager is just that, a manager. If you have many images on your computer
the Manager goes out and finds everyone of them before opening. Use some other viewer
for your images such as www.irfanview.com or Microsoft Fax and Picture viewer
(already on your computer).

You might think about an updated video driver
Slide down the acceleration down on your adapter, control panel, display folder,
settings tab, advanced button, troubleshoot tab. Slide down the acceleration down a
couple of notches, then open the Manager, if it opens faster then go to the
manufacturer's web site and look around for an updated graphics driver.

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
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"Blubby" <Blubby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:49AD0D48-B334-4314-9FF4-2022AF46A5F1@microsoft.com...
> I'm using WinXP, and just installed MS Office 2003. My problem is that MS
> Office Photo Manager takes 4 minutes to load! Even if I click on an image
> file from Windows Explorer the file takes 4 minutes to display in Picture
> Manager. Excel, Word, PowerPoint all load in an instant. I've tried
> uninstalling Office 2003 and reinstalling, but the result is the same. Any
> ideas would be very welcome.

I would delete it and use almost anything else!
Picasa2 from Google is free and fifty times better. I don't believe that
Microsoft has ever looked really seriously at photography.

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Quilly,

Have a look at the new Anti-Spyware program CounterSpy
I recommend it, it worked for me at,

http://quilljar.users.btopenworld.com/

What is the file name for "MS Fax & Picture Viewer"? Thanks.
__________________

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

> The Picture Manager is just that, a manager. If you have many images on your computer
> the Manager goes out and finds everyone of them before opening. Use some other viewer
> for your images such as www.irfanview.com or Microsoft Fax and Picture viewer
> (already on your computer).
>
> You might think about an updated video driver
> Slide down the acceleration down on your adapter, control panel, display folder,
> settings tab, advanced button, troubleshoot tab. Slide down the acceleration down a
> couple of notches, then open the Manager, if it opens faster then go to the
> manufacturer's web site and look around for an updated graphics driver.
>
> --
> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
> http://office.microsoft.com/
> http://msauer.mvps.org/
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
> "Blubby" <Blubby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:49AD0D48-B334-4314-9FF4-2022AF46A5F1@microsoft.com...
> > I'm using WinXP, and just installed MS Office 2003. My problem is that MS
> > Office Photo Manager takes 4 minutes to load! Even if I click on an image
> > file from Windows Explorer the file takes 4 minutes to display in Picture
> > Manager. Excel, Word, PowerPoint all load in an instant. I've tried
> > uninstalling Office 2003 and reinstalling, but the result is the same. Any
> > ideas would be very welcome.
>
>
>

I agree with you about Picasa2 - very slick. However it does not display all
image file types, which is a major shortcoming. To my knowledge it won't
manage (*.MIX) files created in Picture it!


"Quilljar" wrote:

> I would delete it and use almost anything else!
> Picasa2 from Google is free and fifty times better. I don't believe that
> Microsoft has ever looked really seriously at photography.
>
> --
>
> Quilly,
>
> Have a look at the new Anti-Spyware program CounterSpy
> I recommend it, it worked for me at,
>
> http://quilljar.users.btopenworld.com/
>
>
>

Blubby wrote:
> What is the file name for "MS Fax & Picture Viewer"?
> Thanks. __________________
====================================
shimgvw.dll

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Blubby wrote:
> I agree with you about Picasa2 - very slick. However it
> does not display all image file types, which is a major
> shortcoming. To my knowledge it won't manage (*.MIX)
> files created in Picture it!
=================================
Microsoft abandoned the .mix format in
2002 when they introduced .png-plus.

MS Picture It!, MS Digital Image and some
of the MS Office programs (Publisher,
PowerPoint, Word, etc) will open Picture It!
..mix files.

The evaluation version of PolyView may allow
you to batch reformat your .mix files.

You can download an evaluation copy at the
following link:

PolyView
www.polybytes.com
(Go to...Downloads / PolyView 4.271 Setup
Program)

When you open PolyView...go to...
File / Format Conversions...

Browse to the folder your .mix files are
saved in and open the drop window and
choose "All Files".

Left click the "Add All" button.

Left click the "Continue" button...

Choose your "Destination Format" JPEG

Choose your JPEG quality...100

Choose a "Destination Folder"...

Left click the "Start" button.

Some older .mix files that were created with
photodraw can pose some problems, have
a look at this article:

(308584) PI: Error Message: Sorry, This
File Can't Be Opened
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308584


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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375